The Power Saver 1200 – maybe you have heard about it or visited their website (www.power-save.com). I know that I had been interested in it since I first heard about the product several months ago. It is a device that you hook up to your electric panel (by a trained electrician) that is supposed to save you up to 25% on your electric bills.
I had tried finding info and reviews on the web, but didn’t find many. Well now a local TV station, WGAL, has tested and reviewed it for me! They placed one in a local house, and they placed one in a controlled test environment at a local technology school.
At the house test, there were no apparent differences from before or after installing the product. In the controlled test, there was a 2.5% reduction in kilowatts used. So, could this save you money? Possibly. But with a $299.95 price tag (plus shipping and handling), and paying an electrician to install, the payback period will be a very long time. For me, it is not worth it.
So, with our electric bill about to increase by about 30% because of electricity deregulation in our state, I will have to find other ways to reduce my electric bill!
