Sounds too good to be true? Well 1 out of 1 qualified physicists thinks that it isn't true and that you should never give money to sellers of bogus products like that one.
The Bogus Bill-Saver Product Bin
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https://www.migilife.com/collections...ny-cooling-ace
Sounds too good to be true? Well 1 out of 1 qualified physicists thinks that it isn't true and that you should never give money to sellers of bogus products like that one. -
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@wizzo227
Yep, and in winter you’ll see the magical heaters that warm your room for 2p a day and somehow avoid the rules of thermodynamics.
Oh, and those energy saving devices that either claim to control the house voltage or power factor to reduce bills… -
Hmm interesting 🤔 @wizzo227
Thank you for sharing, not something I have come across before so not really familiar if it would help towards energy saving. Has anyone tried any of the products before?The Future of energy is Renewable 🍃 So let's work this out together! ✨
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On the air conditioner replacement which I linked to, I'm sure without trying it that we have an example of a bogus product to avoid. The people in the advert pictures look happy with it. Don't be fooled.
Last edited by DebF_EONNext; 4 Days Ago at 19:12. Reason: Community Values
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300W/600W Solar Panel Kit Complete 12V Polycrystalline USB Power Portable Outdoor Rechargeable Solar Cell Solar Generator
I'm a great fan of solar panels, but Not when they are being miss-sold like this one is.
After doing what physicists do, which is mainly looking at the size of it, I think you could get a reasonable 10 or 20 Watts top-up charger for a car battery from this, and nothing more. Because there are blatent lies about the max power and Amps in the specification table, I have no confidence in the claimed efficiency, and no idea whether you'd get a part which could be used outdoors for any longer than one summer. Buy these at your own risk if you need a 10 Watt 12 Volt solar panel and be cautious about headline titles.
Notice the inconsistency - the title says polycrystalline and the spec table says Monocrystalline Silicon. What I think goes on here is that we no not say wa country headline generating computer trawls the records to find phrases numbers and photos like those found in adverts of products which people have bought and liked. Then it churns out a similar headline and advert for a cheaper product, in this case a one square foot solar panel advertised for power which should need about 30 square foot. Your best defence is to ask somebody who has at least bought and tested a real one, and never give money to mainly-deceitful adverts like that one.Last edited by DebF_EONNext; 4 Days Ago at 19:14. Reason: Community Values
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Evening @wizzo227 👋
Thank you for the update, have you come across anyone that has purchased anything and provided any feedback? Would be interesting to know how they got on with the products and if they lasted. 😊 -
Thank you for asking. No I don't know enough people. With that last solar panel, it wasn't the build quality which worried me. It was a couple of blatent lies in the Amps Watts and %efficiency claimed and some obvious borrowing of somebody else's specifications table. With a Definitely Bad like that one, don't buy it to test. That one is certain to fall far short of the headline performance numbers.
One way to get good advice on solar panels is to find someone who is accredited with "MCS". In the UK, it is their job to know at least one proven good renewables product line and to advise what would be best for a UK customer. It is never too late to get your bill saving improvements from properly fitted big solar panels.