Energy Saving Scams

We're all trying to save money on energy bills these days. Plenty of people who sell energy-saving products are willing to take unfair advantage of you in your quest to save a buck.

You won't save any money or energy if you buy products from people who make false claims. When it comes to purchasing air-conditioners, insulation, roofing and even AC services, we homeowners have to do our homework before we start writing checks.

Shady contractors will misrepresent the energy savings. Before you buy, it's important to know how long it would take to pay a product off with the money you save on energy bills. If you pay $15,000 to seal your attic up as tight as Fort Knox and it saves you $400 a year on AC bills, you won't see an actual return on your investment for 37 years.

Go with an energy saving plan that will pay for itself within three to five years. After that, the lower energy bill will put money in your pocket.

They trip you up with jargon. Steer clear of products touting an "equivalent R-value" and those that refer to the potential savings in terms like "nominal" or "approximately" instead of hard numbers.

More and more often lately, we see glowing reports on TV and in the popular press about the latest inventor who's managed to come up with a device that will save you anything from 25 to 35% on your electricity bill. We should not be alarmed (apparently) to discover that most of the "inventors" of these revolutionary products seem to be uneducated and are unattached to any research arm of a university or similar. Almost all advertised "power savers" on the Net are a scam - 100% of plug-in "power savers" are a scam.

While backyard discoveries are certainly possible, it's very unlikely that anyone who owns no more than a digital multimeter and a $30 power meter from the local electronics store will be able to compete with large labs that specialize in the accurate measurement of power. Huge sums are invested to obtain relatively small gains in some cases.

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