Worst fake "power saver" plug yet
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Published 2021-02-12
Probably a nice night light, but don't use force to get its bizarre plug into a standard socket.
These units rely on deceptive marketing and science based loosely on power factor correction, which can't really be applied in this way to your home.
To be quite blunt - it's conmen blinding the average Joe with science.
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All Comments (21)
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It saves power by blocking an outlet that could otherwise be useful.
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Everyone knows green light is all you need to be eco friendly. 💚
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"This one has... Issues..." This is why I'm here, Clive.
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Saddest part is the waste of resources, and it being a literal waste that's now just landfill material.
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I once worked for a company that imported CCTV cameras from China. We requested that they increase the camera resolution from 480 lines to 540 lines. We were amazed to see the new cameras turn up a week later. Amazing! All they had done was alter the specifications in the paperwork, not the actual camera. Can’t say I was that surprised actually!
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"Have they no scruples? No, none at all." -Big Clive, while disassembling a fake version of a product that wouldn't actually work if it was real.
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My Dad just fell for this scam. The one he got he told me cost 170 canadian bucks. I tried to explain to him that he got scammed and it almost started an argument. This is were I think that I must have been adopted.
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So this mystery product saves power, repels rodents, and acts as a night light, depending on the sticker placed on the front? And acts as an air ionizer? “How rude!”
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That looks suspiciously like a plug-in wireless doorbell case!
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These things keep getting weirder and weirder. I fully expect the next iteration to accidentally generate power out of nothing and put it into the mains, actually saving you money.
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Seems like maybe they designed the circuit so it will work just as well with fake capacitors. Now that's planning ahead.
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Next step up in fakeness: uses plug as mechanical holder/switch only and runs the LED on a factory-reject battery hidden inside.
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Plot twist: The capacitor wasn't connected properly because then Big Clive would notice it on the Hopi
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Both cap leads soldered to the same trace. LOL, I'm not surprised. This gadget reminds me of the "Green Plug" that was sold in the USA back in the 90's, they were great a burning up appliances.
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So pointless earth sleeving, pointless fuse, pointless capacitor, pointless LED light, pointless vents, pointless Earth pin (because its not long enough). Everything about it is pointless, no wonder the design is so sleek.
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Clive you have the most whimsical way of describing a product that brings laughter, love and hate in the same breath. Don't ever change Brother. Don't ever change. And Happy Valentine's :)
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"It seems a quality case, it's just full of crap."
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There is a huge advantage to soldering both leads of the capacitor to the same trace. It will last much longer than one that is in the circuit. :-)
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"Don't be too rude." This isn't a sexual issue, it's a safety one!
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Excellent presentation. These so called "power saving" devices have been around for Decades and every single one of them has been a huge scam. (In some cases those things have actually caught fire and caused property damage)
