According to the "Jinan Times" report on December 3, entering the cold winter season, the demand for electricity in many people's homes has increased, and "Internet celebrity power saving" has become a popular product on major e-commerce platforms. Some sellers claim that the product "can save electricity when plugged in, and the power saving rate reaches 10%-40%", and the sales volume of some products has exceeded 10,000. Is the power saver the "power saving king" or the "IQ tax"?Some professionals said that the use of such products may not only fail to achieve the purpose of saving electricity, but even consume electricity.
In order to cater to consumers' demands for power saving, "Internet celebrity power saving" came into being. The marketing flickering of the merchant with nose and eye not only makes consumers quite excited, but also deeply feels "good quality and low price": plug and play, plug and play, and plug in with power-consuming appliances to achieve better results......However, the disassembly experiment of professionals shows that the so-called power saver only has 4 resistors, 1 simple diode and 1 LED lamp bead that emits light. Such a simple circuit board was questioned by netizens that "the cost is less than 1 yuan", at best, it is a bright "LED light". "Power Saving King" was ridiculed by netizens as "1% lighting, 99% useless".
The "power saving king" was charged an IQ tax, and the bad merchants looked at the rigid needs of consumers who wanted to save electricity, and the fooling was people's ignorance of the principle and common sense of power saving.
In fact, there are really useful power savers in reality, but most of them are used in the industrial sector. Its design principle is generally based on the principles of reactive power compensation, voltage regulation and force regulation, flattening peak current, buffer absorption, etc. These economizers are usually expensive and have strict requirements for use, and are not suitable for households with short lines and few uses.
For ordinary families, usually, there is no shortcut to saving electricity, and there is no artifact. Instead of being superstitious about "power saving", it is better to "have a long snack" in daily electricity consumption and learn more about safety and electricity conservation. For example, we should pay attention to the use of energy-saving electrical appliances, and the use of energy-saving lamps can save electricity compared with ordinary lamps1 4;Develop the Xi of turning off the power supply of unused household appliances, and the daily standby loss of televisions, air conditioners, stereos, microwave ovens and other electrical appliances in residents' homes is equivalent to turning on a 30-50 watt permanent lamp. In addition, knowing the life tips in the use of household appliances is also conducive to saving energy and electricity, such as regularly removing limescale from the electric kettle, reducing the frequency of opening the refrigerator, and setting the appropriate temperature when using the electric water heater, etc.
Whether it is the "Internet celebrity power saver" or the "fuel-saving artifact" that has been hyped before, the marketing behavior of some businesses constitutes false publicity, which not only violates the principle of good faith, but also misleads consumers, and should be punished. E-commerce platforms shall be responsible for the supervision and management of merchants' entry and product sales. Law enforcement departments should promptly crack down on the behavior of harming consumers through the marketing of "power saver" and "power saving" treasure, and make them pay the necessary price.