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Subject - Is this a Scam? You Decide

July 21, 2010
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Is this a Scam? You Decide

I received the following email the other day on a device that claims: The Patented KVAR PFC Unit is a UL/CSA/EPA listed product, has a 12 year residential, and a 5 year commercial warranty and with an average 15% to 20% reduction in kilowatts hours, the investment return can be 12 months or less. Lower monthly power bills, decreased heat dissipation in all inductive load appliances, thus extending their productive life cycle and complete power surge protection for the entire home or office. The beauty of this system is you can take it with you when you move. We even had a customer sell his house for $2000.00 more because he used the KVAR PFC Unit as a selling point.

Greetings to you.

We are actively seeking fellow Electrical Contractors to add the KVAR Energy Controller to their product line. Many contractors include this item as a perk to close the bigger deal.

The KVAR Energy Controller is a capacitor bank that captures and recycles wasted energy back into the electrical panel, thereby reducing the demand on the meter. The customer pays for fewer KWH‘s, motor life is extended and it also serves as whole panel amperage surge protection. The customer benefits, you benefit and Mother Earth benefits. The KVAR EC is a certified green device. We offer both single phase, for most residential applications, as well as three phase units for your commercial customer base.

For less the $2000, you can become a distributor of the KVAR Energy Controller, a made in the US, UL Approved and Patented product. As a Distributor your cost for the standard PU1200 is $175 or LESS. The Distributorship comes with product, a demo kit and associated advertising materials.

Do not be misled by all the Chinese knockoffs and other imports on the market. For liability reasons, demand the UL Approved KVAR Energy Controller.

We invite your call and look forward to having you as a part of the KVAR US Team.

Best Regards, Phil McCullem
www.kvar.us, 561.744.5108 Office

Mike Holt’s Comment: Please click on the following links and read the newsletters before you consider becoming a distributor:
TVSS Claims Energy Savings - Update
Power-Save Power Factor Correction Capacitors

 

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  • Power usage is most efficient when the power factor is near one. It costs the utility more in wire and in losses when the power factor is low. The power factor is dragged down by motors and raised by capacitors. The thing is that if the power factor is raised too high, it goes backward - or leading. This is a bad thing. Various electronic devices and metering can become confused. The power factor does not stay the same in any facility. Motors turn on and off. So, the capacitors have to be either automatic - very expensive - or they have to be sized conservatively. Capacitors take up room, they get hot and they age.

    There are certain power quality advantages to capacitors including some TVSS benefit. But, as has been mentioned, there aren't a lot of motors in the average home (fan motors for residential loads are small and don't use a lot of power) and the utility doesn't tend to charge homes for KVA. Though I have seen at least one case where they do. And this should be the only example of saving utility charges. I wonder if other changes were made at the same time for those of you who saved money - like an energy efficient furnace being installed. The capacitor changes the KVA, not the KW. A power factor of one means that the two are the same. Which means that utility losses are minimized. If the utility isn't charging you for potential losses, which they usually don't for residential users, then you aren't going to save money because your usage, or KW charges, are the same. You have to really understand your bill to determine if they are charging you for KVA.

    I've tried to express everything with less lingo, don't know if that was helpful or not.

    Debbie

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