r/mildlyinfuriating • u/L0n3_C3nturi0n • 25d ago
Too mild for school My stepdad keeps putting these things all over the house
He refuses to believe that they're a scam despite showing multiple videos of people testing them and ripping them open and showing that it's legit just an led light. It started with just 1 before I went on a small trip. I come back and there's 3 more around the house
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u/OhTheHueManatee 25d ago
I have an aunt that has been falling for a similar type of scam for decades. She keeps buying these weird necklaces and things you plug in your house that claim to protect you from the radiation that is put out by electronics. I tried to explain that electronics have Non-ionizing radiation which does not damage DNA in anyway. That part of the government regulations she is so against is to make sure that products don't put out poisonous radiation. But of course she insists all radiation causes cancer. She has spent probably tens of thousands of dollars on this crap since at least the 90's.
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u/obog PURPLE 25d ago
Wait until she finds out about the devices installed in nearly every building in the world with the sole intent of flooding the room with radiation, also known as a "light bulb"
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u/OhTheHueManatee 25d ago
Good point. I've tried to point out that the world in full of radiation. But of course that's "natural radiation" which is fine.
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u/obog PURPLE 25d ago
Of course, because natural sources of radiation like sunlight and radon could never cause cancer...
I feel for you though, that stuff infuriates me, even more so after actually studying physics. People love to apply arbitrary distinctions of what is "natural" and "unnatural" based on nothing real.
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u/LichenTheMood 25d ago
Don’t you know. It’s ’natural’ if I have heard of it before positively and it’s ’unnatural’ if I am unfamiliar with it.
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u/GLG777 25d ago
Is he stupid or something?
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u/toomuchkern 25d ago
Yes
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u/cheapdrinks 25d ago
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u/SpacedKnives 25d ago
I GENUINELY clicked this link thinking ‘God here goes another Rick roll.’ And to my glorious surprise. It was an actual video of what you described. Thank you so much.
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u/TheBrightSide_2011 25d ago
It doesn’t even matter what’s inside. There’s no way a little box like this saves money unless it shuts off equipment that uses electricity. I see no outlets, therefore it cannot save money no matter what is inside.
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u/redlaWw 25d ago
He does discuss in the video how it's supposed to work: large inductive loads on an AC circuit cause the voltage and current to come out-of-phase, which reduces the efficiency of the distribution system. Putting the right capacitor across the load corrects this phase difference and allows the load to draw less current for the same effective power, reducing power costs.
The problem is that you can't just plug anything in, it needs to be tuned to the load, and also domestic supplies rarely have this issue because the loads aren't large enough. A further problem is that that particular device was apparently originally designed for lower voltages and then incorrectly adjusted to work on UK power supplies, which meant that it was bypassing the supposedly functional part.
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u/TheBrightSide_2011 25d ago edited 25d ago
I didn’t watch the video.
I’ll just say industrial sites often have large inductive loads and sometimes do some power factor correction because utilities charge extra when you draw a lot of kVAR.
This is a non-issue for residential. Residential does not have large inductive loads and you’re billed based on kWh. Even if the device functions as claimed, correcting the power factor does nothing to reduce kWh. It could, theoretically, reduce kVARh, but you’re not charged for that.
Best case scenario, you’re doing the utility a favor and getting no compensation in return. In reality, you’re just wasting your money.
- an electrical engineer who took a lot of power courses back in the day. Even got a MSEE in power, but hasn’t used it much in the last 20 years.
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u/breaducate 25d ago
At some point you kind of have to hand it to the scammers.
I couldn't come up with this even as a joke, but they appear to have a visceral understanding of what makes rube catnip.
Even the most rudimentary knowledge of electricity makes it hard to imagine how someone thinks this supposedly works, but that's thinking about it the wrong way.
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u/EvidenceElegant8379 25d ago
No, this thing actually works. You plug it into the wall and the green bar lights up. There is a button on the side you push so the light turns off, thus saving energy.
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u/seeyoujim 25d ago
Not only that but while plugged in you can’t use the outlet for anything you useful
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u/Lopsided_Flight_2986 25d ago
The resultis the best!
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u/CarpetReady8739 25d ago edited 25d ago
HEY!! Be nice to those of us having to take Resultis® (OTC) externally. It's all we got.
Resultis® manufactured by BeBest™ Brands.
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u/ExpectedFuckingValue 25d ago
The lights are on but nobody's home
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u/RebekkaKat1990 25d ago
Sure there’s a full carton but all the eggs are cracked.
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u/Obant 25d ago
The lead has done its damage. Its getting worse as they age. Mine just got scammed for thousands of dollars while being told directly by my gf and I that he was getting scammed and the FBI doesnt call people to do work for them. He still went through with it... He was so smart and educated in the 90s...
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u/account-suspenped 25d ago
hearing stories like this makes me scared for my parents.
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u/RedPandaMediaGroup 25d ago
Um no it literally says intelligent right on the box. I swear, reading comprehension these days.
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u/klazander 25d ago
Just ask him about the power bill next month
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u/jason_sos 25d ago
“It takes some time to fully work.”
“Someone must be leaving lights on.”
“It’s that damn (insert item here) that you are always on!”
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u/secretprocess Spraying WD-40 up his faucets (at night) 25d ago
So it works by prompting conflict and a search for scapegoats? Genius!
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u/IceLopsided4190 25d ago
Guess that eliminates the electricity bill since you’re now worried about all the conflicts and scapegoats.
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u/Borkato 25d ago
Goats are so cute!
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u/MiscalculatedRisk 25d ago
A long time ago my mother would complain that i was running the electric bill up with my PC, so I monitored my average wattage usage via my GPU/cpu monitor, tracked my hours of use over a month of time, and then prepared the paperwork and the entire dollar or so of electricity I used for my PC.
They didn't bother me again over it.
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u/Fit-Consideration162 25d ago
🤣 my mom had a whinge saying that the bore pump was expensive to run every time I used it to water the fresh grass seeds (maybe 15mins a day) and I'm like.
Lady you use this to try and top up the dam... For six hours straight.
Don't @ me. 🤣🤣
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u/ImperitorEst 25d ago
What in the Louisiana purchase does any of that mean?
You drill for your water? You have a reservoir that you fill from your drilled water?
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u/Fit-Consideration162 25d ago
Some of us in rural Australia have water tables under our properties we can drill into and use for agricultural stuff. I wouldn't personally drink it, smells a bit funky and it ain't fast enough (on our property anyways) to fill a damn dam. Hahaha Our property dams can be a few meters wide.
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u/KenTitan 25d ago
blocks the outlet so essentially saves energy by keeping stray plugins
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u/atreides_hyperion 25d ago
Way back when electricity was first introduced in households people thought it was like water, and would leak out of the plug.
So yeah, they sold plugs to prevent the electricity from leaking out. It's not a new scam by any means.
Just goes to show why a robust public education system is essential, especially in a democratic society.
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u/BickNickerson 25d ago
“SHUT THE DAMN DOOR, I’M NOT PAYING TO COOL THE WHOLE DAMNED NEIGHBORHOOD!”
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u/Cultural_Limit_7823 25d ago
He'll say, "Wow, imagine how much more the bill would be without this device!"
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u/Stock-Lion-6859 25d ago
Well, unless they're in the southern hemisphere, they'll likely be using less air conditioning, so their bill probably will go down and he will be "proved" correct.
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u/MrBlonde1984 25d ago
Had a friend who's mom covered her house in these and often bought them for friends and family . My friend got fed up trying to explain them to her , so she just gathered them all up, ripped them open and showed her mom there's literally nothing inside them other than a small light . Some of them didnt even have a light , just a tiny red sticker .
Mom didn't care. Spent hundreds of dollars replacing the broken ones and continues to buy them for others.
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u/firethornocelot 25d ago
I just had an idea for an online storefront...
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u/Accurate-Plankton988 25d ago
“Resultis” your energy saving friend….. i want in on this
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u/NotAzakanAtAll 25d ago
Is it selling gullibility tests?
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u/Teravandrell 25d ago
I've got some pre-boiled water to sell you. Saves time in the kitchen, since it's already been boiled
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u/MrBalll 25d ago
Can I store it in the freezer until I need to use it then just microwave it when it’s time?
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u/Powda_Shredder 25d ago
Delusional in their old age.
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u/Seldarin 25d ago
Nah, most people like that were delusional 40 years ago, too.
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u/KindHabit 25d ago
I think this was one of my biggest personal realizations.
That you don't just get stupid as you get old, but that if you were always an intellectually lazy person you will be even worse once you grow old and don't have the energy to develop healthier habits.
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u/lemons_of_doubt 25d ago
I remember being a small kid and seeing a classmate eat glue, I wondered when do kids stop being stupid and start being smart like adults.
Then I grow up and now I know they don't,
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u/Powda_Shredder 25d ago
Maybe so, but it gets worse ten fold as you get into old age because many people double down on their strange habits/theories.
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u/EducatedPancake 25d ago
Questioning yourself and critical thinking isn't fun. It also takes energy. Some people just aren't bothered, or simply refuse. Some aren't capable.
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u/mitchells00 25d ago
Lead gets stored in your bones and starts leeching out real fast when you get past 50.
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u/Mikesaidit36 25d ago
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u/RatOgryn 25d ago
Honestly, it's far more sad than that. It's most likely some degree of lead poisoning causing "rapid" degeneration. Combine that with the fact that when most boomers retire, they basically stop trying. And intelligence, much like all else, is use it or lose it. I'm dealing with this with my parents and it's heartbreaking to watch the people I admired regress into hateful, fearful, gullible people.
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u/Mikesaidit36 25d ago
My mom got increasingly paranoid. She would get the AARP Newsletter, The Week magazine, and the Bottom Line Newsletter, and the local paper.
The Week compiles articles from many sources, but with a slant for the older people that is heavy on, “Watch out for these scams.” The other publications have lots of tips for older people, but also cultivate an atmosphere that they are being preyed upon and that they must remain vigilant. Some of that is true but it has a cumulative effect that makes older people way more paranoid than necessary.It could all be avoided if they have somebody from the younger generation looking out for them and for them to run things past-
“This email sounds off- should I click on it?”
“I got a weird phone call from somebody “
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u/SomethingIWontRegret 25d ago
My dad's essentially in hospice and I've taken over his email and ported his home phone number to a cell phone, and the number of phishing emails he gets is staggering, plus daily calls from scammers. I have to answer the phone, because occasionally it will be someone he knows who hasn't called in a while. But mostly Indian call centers pulling some "student debt relief" scam. The email phishing scams are sophisticated. A lot of Docusign scams.
Some education is necessary. How to strike a balance, I don't know. Keep it simple I guess? If you have to ask the answer is no.
“This email sounds off- should I click on it?”
No.
“I got a weird phone call from somebody “
ffs hang up.
“Should I respond to this weird piece of mail?”
No.
Like that.
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u/AnticPosition 25d ago
I love my parents.
Mid 70s, but still as sharp and progressive as ever.
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u/DubstepDonut 25d ago
Yeah that's my grandpa. Man never lost nuance and critical thinking, even at 90. Shows it's completely possible not to turn into a hateful and fearful ghoul.
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u/TheUnculturedSwan 25d ago
Every day I read this stuff online over and over, and every day I’m a little more grateful for my dad, in his 70s and still the smartest person I know.
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u/snow99as BLACK 25d ago
Sounds just like my mother thinking her Smart TV keeps hacking her Google account when she's getting on it and logs in or when she logs in on Apple TV on the same TV. She keeps blaming neighbors thinking they're hacking her. it got so bad to the point I just left and moved. She also keeps saying people have my card information and I'm like okay cool so why am I not getting any fraudulent transactions? Left my card active for half a year just to prove a point
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u/Persistent_Parkie 25d ago
Last week I kept arguing with my dad about the purple cursor disappearing from his TV (it's on his computer) and why the darn thing wasn't letting him play free cell (which is also on his computer) while using his TV, among many other things.
Fortunately it was "just" septic pneumonia. He's back home already and very much on the mend which at his age is wild. Anyway he's no longer arguing with me about objective reality which is very nice because I was about ready to murder him even after I knew he was sick.
So between that and losing my mom to dementia I very much understand the frustration.
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u/Impossible_Zebra8664 25d ago
Just popping in to say that extremely unusual behavior/rapid cognitive decline in a short period could also indicate the presence of a UTI. My grandmother (with vascular dementia) and FIL (with Alzheimers) both experienced UTIs at various points, and they went completely off the rails when it happened.
So that's kind of my PSA for anyone caring for or interacting with elderly loved ones.
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u/pk851667 25d ago
I honestly don’t think it’s anything unusual. Previous generations were way more ignorant in ways we can’t fathom.
The difference with world now is we all have the world in our pockets. If you’re intellectually curious and are looking for truth, you can easily find it. If you’re lazy and dimwitted, you’re gorging yourself on the trough. Most people gorge themselves on the trough.
It was the same 30 years ago between the people who watched PBS and listened to NPR vs the ones who consumed morning zoo and mindless tv. Same medium, consumed in very different ways. It’s just now been exacerbated.
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u/dragonchilde 25d ago
Also, the nature of the world is just different. Used to be much smaller and narrowly focused. When they were older, they just went to church, had their sewing circles, etc. now they have access to Amazon and fox news 24/7 and lack the critical thinking skills that have never been taught in school to discern fact from fiction.
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u/EveningAnt3949 25d ago edited 25d ago
There is also an increase in odd behavior by young people as well as a lack of critical thinking among young people.
And it's not just anecdotal evidence. I currently live in a developed country with a very high education level (not the US) and reading comprehension, basic math skills, and open mindedness are lower than they used to be according to research and polls.
Pollution might be part of the problem, certain types of pollution are also at an all-time high.
But I think there is an obvious explanation: smartphones, social media, the 24-hour-news-cycle, a lack of in person social interaction.
I visit the grocery store everyday and use public transport every day.
What has changed over the years is social interaction and social awareness.
People unintentionally blocking the path or even the entrance, people not being aware their backpack takes up space, people absentmindedly texting in the store.
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u/RappingElf 25d ago
Life changed a lot too from what they grew up with, probably moreso than past generations
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u/DroidLord 25d ago
My sister is the type that believes that connecting to her home WiFi will give her phone a virus. She also refuses to update her phone apps and she has like 40 permanent notifications to update her apps.
She was born in the 90s. I've given up trying to explain this to her. It's like I'm talking to a brick wall. It's fucking exhausting. She can do whatever she wants, it's not my job to teach her.
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u/chewy_mcchewster 25d ago
Oh.. my Ex.. oh boy. She refused to turn on the A/C, so she put a fan right in front of the tv sensor whenever i would come over because i would bitch about the a/c.. and 'Everytime you come over, the remote control never works, you know tech stuff and keep breaking my tv when your over'... i moved the fan, and it works, no problem 'Youre making me look stupid on purpose, no, you keep changing things and think i dont know what youre up to'.
oh.. okay.. well then
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u/Django2chainsz 25d ago
It’s easier to fool people than to convince them they’ve been fooled
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u/ringobob 25d ago
"those energy saving boxes are actually a scam by Bill Gates to get you to install mini 5G mind control devices into your own home. Get rid of them."
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u/Murph_9000 25d ago
Show him an article that says multiple boxes like this can increase the bill, due to resonant harmonic phased interference between the trimming capacitors. That might get you down to just one scam box for the house.
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u/ManInTheDarkSuit 25d ago
I'd also say that the inverse flux generated by these devices enhances the cancer rate of COVID in 5G areas.
What you said sound feasible in my sleep deprived state. You need to use boomer specific language prompts.
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u/googlin 25d ago
also that they were created from heavy federal investment during the Obama years and AOC championed them for the New Green Deal
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u/ManInTheDarkSuit 25d ago
I need to regionalise that for my UK boomer audience.
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u/FreedomBread 25d ago edited 25d ago
Starmer picked up the torch from Brown, and plans from 2010 were finally put into place to favor the Labour Party by using these devices to affect power infrastructure such that more frequent replacement of equipment would be required. This will run up the cost to the public and enrich local leaders. Starmer didn't push it hard enough so they sacked him in favour of Burnham, who was more than happy to push harder to get at least one of these in every flat as soon as possible, since renters are more likely to fixate on their utility costs.
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u/Working-Glass6136 25d ago
Resonant harmonic phased interference, you say? Until you can tear and burn the bible to escape the EVIL ONE, it will be impossible for your educated stupid brain to know that 4 different corner harmonic 24 hour Days rotate simultaneously within a single 4 quadrant rotation of a squared equator and cubed Earth!
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u/CpuJunky I mean, c'mon 25d ago
Haha. It's advertised to stabilize voltage, balance current, and reduce power waste to lower your electric bill.
In reality, it consumes a bit of electricity for a meaningless light.
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u/lunicorn 25d ago
If it gives you enough of a night light that you can turn off a bigger light it's a win!
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u/ForwardCut3311 25d ago
Whenever someone claims unregulated capitalism will fix itself through the market, show them this thing.
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u/Amazing_Ear_3941 25d ago
There's some of them that have a capacitor inside. In industrial settings, adding capacitance to the line CAN help with power savings because it improves the bad power factor caused by running a bunch of inductive loads (motors). Utility companies aren't crazy about that for a few reasons, so they charge those customers more if their power factor is too far off. Adding capacitors helps to push the power factor back towards unity, where it should be. But that's only certain high demand industrial plants that have to worry about stuff like that - it's a total non factor for residential (the caps they add would be too small to be meaningful anyway). So, there's a grain of truth to some of these, but they're all basically just a total scam.
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u/awry_lynx 25d ago
It's important to have a grain of truth in your scams because that way you can fall back on pointing people at real & numerous academic studies from trustworthy sources and claim that they also back up the bullshit you're selling.
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u/Sigseg-v 25d ago
A German IT magazine once made a real full test with this stuff. They measured everything, x-rayed them, broke them open, measured every single element inside. Finally they classified the device as „night light“, gave it an E for functionality and an F for value for money.
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u/unicornsandrainbowst 25d ago
Anyone already buying and using this crap is far beyond the line where a teardown/explanation from a Magazine (or any other source) will make them change their beliefs.
I've resorted to just let them be stupid as long as it doesn't affects me.
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u/dtoddh 25d ago
It saves energy by blocking the outlets.
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u/FutureFreaksMeowt Aqua Tofana save us from these fuckass men 25d ago
You can't use a lot of energy in one place if you're using a little energy in a lot of places!
Follow me for more nonsense lifestyle tips!
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u/PseudoLiamNeeson 25d ago
What's his email address? I know a Nigerian prince that has a great opportunity for him
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u/GaminGit333 25d ago
Technically these do work.
By occupying a power outlet, they restrict your ability to plug something in that does actually draw power, therefore saving your electricity.
/s
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u/Toadcola 25d ago edited 25d ago
Maybe it’s better to play into his gullibility/paranoia. The device may lower power consumption, but it’s doing it by:
Stealing your wifi.
Absorbing testosterone.
Bugging the house for the Chinese.
Making robocalls for Democrats.
Surveillance and cloud storage for the IRS.
Mining bitcoin and giving you a small cut to pay for power but sending all the real money back to the RESULTIS company.
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u/T-Fez 25d ago
The last one will backfire if they think the tradeoff is worth it
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u/Toadcola 25d ago edited 25d ago
You might be surprised. Lots of Americans regularly vote against their own self-interests as long as it also hurts someone they don’t like. Those same folks would rather pay more for electricity than have someone else making money off of them. They love a lose/lose.
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u/Zenith-Astralis 25d ago
Get him something like the KT-US-EM-15AP smart plug (picked one of the first results of Google randomly; shop around as you see fit). It's basically a tiny wattage monitor on a 15amp breaker. You plug it in and plug whatever else into it and the app lets you see how much power is flowing through it. It's not magic, but it DOES really help to get a feel for how much power various things around the house are drawing. You can plug your whole entertainment system into one (1800 watt max) and see how much it's drawing when everything is "off". You can see how much your fridge is using, or that window AC unit, or whatever.
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u/Freak_Engineer 25d ago
Yeah. This could also aid in showing him that these garbage snake-oil plugs actually consume power.
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u/youlooksticky 25d ago
Secretly run significantly more power in your room. When the bill goes up the following month suggest maybe they don't work and that you could unplug them all just for a month to see if the power bill is affected at all. Unplug whatever you've been covertly running in your room. Powerbill goes down. Viola.
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u/AgentJ386 What does God need with a starship? 25d ago edited 25d ago
Big Clive dissected that very model.
Other similar devices.
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u/Methheadmarvin 25d ago
At the most basic levels of logic and critical thinking. Ask him how plugging something into a wall outlet would save power and not use it?
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u/Adventurous_Light_85 25d ago
100% I can guarantee you that not only do they not save energy but they use at least some additional energy. It’s a scam.
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u/Goetterwind 25d ago
If all Outlets are blocked with these things, you cannot put anything into them, hence you save energy!
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u/maelbowfeelfunny 25d ago
Just open one and show him.
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u/ComfortablyNomNom 25d ago
Show him what? If he's dumb enough to think such a device exists, showing him the inner workings and a basic LED light won't convince him of anything. He will just think that's the devices parts.
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u/Exceptionalynormal 25d ago
They do work! They catch fire, burn the house down and then you save on your electricity bill!
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u/max_revs 25d ago
I remember a family story from my great-grandfather's childhood about a traveling salesman who came to his small, rural farming town selling little wrapped boxes, made from the finest new technology in the big city that were supposed to rid homes of bedbugs and other pests. I don't recall exactly but there was some part of the scam that involved leaving the package wrapped for a set period of time in the home before it would work, basically enough for the salesman to have moved on, and when all the people who bought one, a good portion of the town, unwrapped these magical mystery devices it was just two pieces of wood and a note that reads "place bug here and squish"
Modern scams have evolved and are more creative than ever but it's not a new idea to sell snake oil.
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u/12VoltGuardianAngel 25d ago
Can I have Dad's contact info? I have a once in a lifetime opportunity for him. /s
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u/Ahleron 25d ago edited 25d ago
Your stepdad is an idiot. You can't save electricity by powering an electrical device.
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u/crazy_urn 25d ago
You cant reason someone out of a position they didn't reason themselves into.
If you cant out smart someone, you need to out dumb them. Tell them you've seen research that these devices turn the frogs gay. That THEY are selling them to make the next generation gay. Create fake AI youtube videos and websites if needed. Then ask him if he has started feeling the affects yet.
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u/GunKatana 25d ago
You should sell him on magnetic fuel line proton stabilizers for his car, propane grill, lawnmower, etc. They will double your mileage or your money back.
They were developed by a former SWAT and SOCOM unit member and were going to go public until Big Oil sued them. Now, we have just a few factory units that escaped the embargo at the Strait of Hormuz and if you call now, you can get three for the price of two.
Call: 1-800-GULLIBLE
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u/Dewey081 25d ago
THE RESULTIS THE BEST
...That's good enough for me. Where do I get them?
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u/BThriillzz 25d ago
Man if I was just a little shittier of a person I would ripoff so many dumbass people
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u/WifeyCallsMeLazy 25d ago
Nigerian prince here. Ask your dad to get in touch with me. I may have few more scientific inventions that I can't get patent for.
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u/UnitedPanic197 25d ago
I got mine to work. You just need to remove everything in the box and connect the wires. Plug it in and instantly saves you power.
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u/lawstudent4545 25d ago
My mom bought this right after Covid and then bought one for us as well (which was kind of a sweet thought tbh). She has a university degree and works as a teacher! I was dumbfounded. She wouldn’t believe me, that this box is doing NOTHING besides having that green light. She told me she checked how much electricity she used on days she plugged it in and that it was less than on other days without it. That’s just confirmation bias to me. So it took me asking her if she was suddenly dumb and sending her several articles and videos on how useless these boxes are and that they are a scam.
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u/Virtual_Invite_8251 25d ago edited 25d ago
I had a family situstion with these just last week.
Dad: “I sent you something have you read it?”
Me: opens email, it contains only plain text copied headline of the advertorial for this miracle device
Few hours later he managed to copy the URL and sent it to me. Calls again.
D: “…you would not understand that, it’s PHYSICS and you were never into that in school”
M: sent him articles about the scam and called him to remove it
“Have yoh unplugged it?”
D: “I did not have time to read the articles you sent me and I will see next week if there is an update in my electricity consumption”
Sad to see him (mechanical engineer degree) degenerate like this. This happen a month after he let scammers into our account and had it wiped. In January he did an online IQ test which led into 29USD/month subscription he had no idea about untill may.
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u/Procrasturbating 25d ago edited 25d ago
If your dad has not always been a little dim, maybe replace his carbon monoxide detector to be safe. Not trying to insult your dad, some of the most successful people I know got there with a good attitude, hard work, and not much else.. but this is a little worrisome if not normal shenanigans for him. I guess even the best of us get scammed at some point.. this one hurts.
Anyway, thanks for the public service announcements on these little buggers. I love how they use "The result is the best" on the label. Totally qualitative statement about nothing descriptive. They could mean people giving them practically free money.. so it would hold in court.
EDIT: Maybe tell him it's a neat idea but you want to go bigger, and buy an actual Lithium battery unit for the home if it makes economic sense for you. There is a real product out there (Tesla Powerwall comes to mind, but I would look elsewhere).. just very expensive unless you have huge differential power prices.
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u/Coffee_exe 25d ago
You know how many people fall for business language? Most business people. Stake holders being used to prop up failing companies is how most successful business now work. NuGenix was started by people with a degree in business not medicine or even supplements or chemistry.
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u/Own-Relationship-407 25d ago
Obviously you’re just a hater. “The result is the best,” it says it right there on the label!
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u/IllSurprise3049 25d ago
Bro is gonna end up losing his life savings to a Nigerian scammer.
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u/Alysma 25d ago
If his electricity bill is actually higher than it should reasonably be, he should check older appliances. For my parents, it was the 30+ year old freezer in the basement being responsible for a huge chunk of their bill.
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u/Shifty_Gelgoog 25d ago
Tell him Trump said they're bad. Solves that particular problem
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u/UnHyperVenom 25d ago
I have a similar box which my mom had bought a long time ago.
It was lying around and I had decided to open it up a few days back.
It seems to have a big capacitor block along with a RGB LED control PCB that you see on the top.
If you're wondering what it's supposed to be doing:
"Motors and other inductive loads draw reactive current. A capacitor connected in parallel can locally supply compensating reactive current, thereby improving the power factor and reducing the total RMS current and apparent power drawn from the mains."
For a typical residential customer though this generally does not reduce any consumed kWH by the appliance, so is pretty much useless
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u/bloodpriestt 25d ago
My gf’s dad literally tapes magnets to parts of his body if he has pain. Like little dime-sized magnets on his shoulder because he played racquetball yesterday and is sore.
And he is a super successful rich business guy.