Hi Piclisters,

My boss has asked me to evaluate a device (which I can't get a hold of to
see) which supposedly saves gobs of money on electricity (sound familiar).

Anyway, this device, hooks to the incoming power. My initial reaction was
"Oh, power factor correction". My boss says "oh no, they say this is not
power factor correction". Ok what is it then. Nobody is telling me. This is
all I am being told - I don't have any details.

Some of the claims for this magical device... (Feel free to laugh out loud
at some, most or all of these)

Motors run cooler
Light bulb and ballasts run cooler
Transformers, panels, switchgear, breakers, starters, controls run cooler
SCRs, diodes, switching transistors and microprocessors all run cooler
Switching power supplies are more stable
Process and production controls are more accurate and reliable
Air conditioning and refrigeration is more effective and reliable
In-House and outside maintenance and repair labor costs decrease
Equipment repair and maintenance parts cost decrease
Light bulb and ballast replacement costs decrease
Costs to production or process downtime are decreased
Computer data is more secure and safe
Computer operation is more reliable and safe
Communications systems are more reliable
Lights flicker less

I do know you can save some $$ with power factor correction - but I
seriously doubt some of the above claims. For example, how is hooking a
gizmo to my mains going to make my uP run any cooler? Light bulbs run
cooler?

They do stop short of telling me my hair will grow back and I'll lose 20
pounds.

I'm curious to hear comments from the list on some of the more "interesting"
claims :) Have fun.

-- Mark

Doesn't matter what your business card says...
We're all in the results business.



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