Power Factor Correction Devices

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Permalink Reply by Bud Poll on September 2, 2011 at 1:21pm

Here's some reading for you.  I always have difficulty trusting anything I find on the internet, so these look like dot gov sites, but I'll let you decide on their authenticity.  I have only skimmed their information as I hate spending time on these misplaced product claims.

http://www.nist.gov/customcf/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=903669

http://www.nist.gov/pml/quantum/power_121509.cfm

 

Bud

 

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Permalink Reply by Anthony Hyde on September 8, 2011 at 11:02am

Working full time in energy efficiency consulting I see a lot of "to good to be true" products in ads, home shows, and regretably, on job sites. In the real world there is no requirement for truth in advertizing.  Advertizing sells, sales make the world go round.

Since "Connecting home energy proffesionals" appears in the heading of this site, I have to assume most visitors have some indepth knowledge of the products they may encounter in projects they work on.  If you encounter a new (to you) product start with a Google search.  Read the products site, but more importantly read the sites related to the product - in this product search those that include "SCAM".  Several are:

 www.srpnet.com/energy/powerwise/kvar.aspx

www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/12/091217102304.htm

www.srpnet.com/energy/powerwise/kvar.aspx

www.open4energy.com/forum/home/scam/power_factor_correction

 

You can always go direct to DOE site or to EnergyStar.gov but one of my favorites is the Energy Vanguard blog site.  They maintain an index of past posting on all things related to energy efficiency.  Their posts about the different scams always have links out to refrences.  Some recent posts included insulating paint, Oh, shinny stuff (radient barriers), power factor correction and R-6 bubble wrap insulation.

www.energyvanguard.com/blog-building-science-HERS-BPI

 

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