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I think Okowatt(ökowatt) is just another scam. I am a professional electrician and worked in the field for many years, even had an electrical contractor's license. I spent my greatest number of years in the field working as an electrical technician and troubleshooter and I can tell you that everything in a building, be it a house or otherwise, requires so much power and you get billed for the amount of power you consume, not for capacity, current or anything else.
There is a power equation and you can manipulate any part of the equation but on the other side of that equation, you will have total power needed or consumed and that will not change, unless you want things not to work or wear out sooner than they were designed to.
I can get a 120V light bulb to work for at least a short while, but if the voltage is too much, the thing will burn out. I can play around with the current but things will either not work or stop working soon.
There is really only one way for anyone to save on electricity and that is not to use it, period. If anyone really wants to save on electricity, then use only one or just a few solar panels to create your own electricity. Solar panel systems can be custom-designed to serve the needs of just one or a few circuits but one does not need to spend $20,000 for an entire house system. A product like Okowatt(ökowatt) that cost only $40.00 is not going to get you anywhere.
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I have 2 units in my moderately sized home for 4 months and have seen zero difference in my electric bill. Appears to be a scam to me
Have had four months and see no reduction in power costs. The unit is within six feet of the power box. Cannot find a number to contact them. In my opinion, this is a rip-off. Would have been willing to try a replacement.
I think therumbrras supply is a scam. I put an order in for a oko watt control on June 3 2020, today it is July 17 2020. I have been trying to contact them and they do not get back to me and all they say no one is able to take my call the hone number 855-806-0893
My Electric Bill went from 190.00 a month to 140.00 a month. It worked for me.
This device is theoretically possible. I am a chemical engineer. There is something called Power factor which is a measure of how much the alternating voltage leads or lags the generated voltage. Basically regular resistance light bulbs have no effect on power factor but motors have inductive load where they store unused power for a few factions of a second and then send it back lowering the power factor. You pay for the current even if you don't use all the power. This is combated by adding a capacitor which shifts the load the opposite way. Your air conditioner probably already has a capacitor (about the size of a coke can) but other inductive loads in your house (transformers, small motors, etc) probably do not. The power company may add capacitors on their lines (look exactly like transformers), but it is not in their interest to do so unless they can't provide the required peak load.OK so much for background. Obviously an OkoWatt unit doesn't contain a large capacitor, it is just too small. However it is possible to mimic capacitance with a large power transistor. Add a sensing, control and driving circuit and presto the claims are possible.I have no idea if OKoWatt is doing this as they give no engineering specs.
Point on. Point on. Point on. Point on.
