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It all depends on your Wh meter. If it is designed to give you a corrected power reading, no, it won't do a darn thing for you. If your meter reads via current only, then, yes it will help.

Most industrial feeds read both Power and Power factor. The more inductive the load, the more you pay. Adding banks of capacitors or a synchronus condensor (a rotating capacitor) can correct the vars back to zero. The investment usually pays itselft back in short order.

For those of us with many many motors in our houses, and the wrong type of meter, it could help. If you have 2 A/C units and multiple pool pumps, it may help. For someone with only a refrigerator and lights, it will do nothing but lighten your wallet.

My biggest concern with this company is:

They rely on "personal testimonials" which makes them suspect in my mind...

just like Swepco....
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