MIT student invents a load balancer that greatly reduces your electric bill!

It's a plug-in load balancer that regulates the Voltage/Current in your house.

This is a capacitor unit that absorbs power spikes and then discharges when the power level drops. It slows the wasted energy. It aids in motor Startups during heavy amperage draws. That is how it reduces your power bill. They help but not as much as the add claims.
 
It's a plug-in load balancer that regulates the Voltage/Current in your house.

Apparently this has been circulating on Facebook since 2020 and Snopes (yeah, yeah I know) has investigated whether Nathan Gilroy actually exists and found that he is a fabrication to supposedly sell a product. MIT has no record of a Nathan Gilroy ever registered there.
There is very little else about him available online. Given that key parts of Gilroy’s identity and credentials are impossible to confirm, his educational background is outright falsified, and the promotional material around him appears deliberately deceptive, we have concluded that such a person does not exist.


But is the device just a scam? Described as a “smart device plugged into socket,” and a “voltage stabilizer,” it apparently conserves electricity, but no details are offered about the device’s mechanisms that allow it to do this. It also goes by different names online. One website called it ElectroPro while others called it “Power saver.” Amazon shared a version of the device labelled “Powersave.” Most Amazon reviews say the device is useless, or a “total scam.” Scamadvisor, a popular YouTube channel, called it a “complete waste of money” and said the product they ordered looked completely different from how it was advertised.

Is Nathan Gilroy, the Alleged ‘Inventor’ of Powersave, Real?
 
My soon to be father in law has some similar devices in his home. He was told by an electrician friend of his that they actually work, so he decided to try them. He didn't get the 50 percent reduction in his electric bill that this one advertises, but it did drop around 25 percent. Something about the electricity coming into the house in spikes, rather than smooth waves. He put several in his house (like this one says to do), with one at the electrical box where the power comes in, and a couple others at various places around the house. Dunno if this one is legit, but there are things like this already on the market.
 
This is a capacitor unit that absorbs power spikes and then discharges when the power level drops. It slows the wasted energy. It aids in motor Startups during heavy amperage draws. That is how it reduces your power bill. They help but not as much as the add claims.

He'll suddenly vanish!
The power companies sure don't like his invention!
 
The power companies sure don't like his invention!
Startup capacitors are in use on all big motors to reduce the overall load at startup. These smaller units at various distances from the power panel assist smaller things like lights and small appliances reduce their loads at start up. It's not uncommon to reduce your power bill about 25% with the use of LED lighting these days. They also limit the surge your items deal with by absorbing it, which protects your more expensive equipment.
 

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