New power-saver gadget becomes a hit in Thiruvananthapuram

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With electricity tariff going high, a new gadget called ‘Intelligent Power Saver’, a plug in device, is becoming popular among high-end customers.
The manufacturers claim that the Rs 2,999-gadget will bring down electricity bill amounts. They claim that there has been a surge in demand for their product since the recent hike in power tariff.
Anish Prabha, distribution manager of V R Associates which introduced the product two years back in Kerala, said that initially the gadget was not well received in the state.
“It took us some time to convince them that the technology that drives our product, ‘power factor improvisation’, existed since the 1990s, with most commercial establishments using the bigger version of the technology. The miniature version came into existence four years ago. We began receiving better response recently, but after the recent hike in power tariff, there has been a real surge in demand,” Anil said. “There are now inquiries coming from places as far as Kannur,” he added. Explaining the technology, Anil stated that the device never hides any electrical usage, but identifies points were wastage occurs and stabilizes the power equally in a home circuit. The device needs to be plugged at any of the plug points in your house.
“Sometimes, more power is used up by a device like television or refrigerator, while a certain amount is lost in case the earth connection is not proper. Our device identifies such wastage and alerts the owner who could get the help of an electrician to plug-it. Meanwhile, it will automatically stabilize the usage across home circuit so that each point emits same amount of power,” he said.
K M Dharesan Unnithan, director, Energy Management Centre said that the technology, however, would benefit only homes and shops that receive very high bills. According to him the loss of power will be so minimal for an average household and so it would barely reflect on the bill.