Digital Electricity is a Gamechanger
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- There's been a major breakthrough in electricity to solve a problem you likely didn't know we had. Much of the electrical power you're paying for each month never gets used, instead it's lost as heat or vibrations. Digital electricity (or software-defined electricity) is here to make every electrical system 100% efficient; meaning you only pay for the power you need.
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As an Electronics Engineer, there are too many errors in this video. Seems like the marketing department did a good job of convincing people. The grid is not even close to that inefficient as its claimed.
Nice video, however, it contains some inaccuracies. The first point the power lost due to the transmission grid the is dramatically overestimated is not 70%, the efficiency of a most step up and step down transformers are around 99% and the sag in the lines are deliberate to account for the environmental conditions between summer and winter. maybe this equipment allows you reduce the load by 70% which is a different thing altogether, having not seen the mathematics of this device but the typical estimate for grid losses are between 8 and 15%
OK, this device has 100.0% efficiency, and so produces 0 heat; the 2 fan grills are for decoration. And magically alters battery chemistry too!
Or another thought, perhaps you might study some of the fundamentals of knowledge humanity has acquire before you take on the role of presenting such 'research'. Here’s a good place to start: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermodynamics
I was thinking that, nothing can be perfect in this world.
Another interesting point is that his main sources either don't have sources themselves (no transitive sourcing) or consist of the company whose product he is advertising.
Also, the very fact that he takes his laptop transformer as an example (as a picture in the background) on avoidable heat loss demonstrates that he doesn't really know how power conversion or magnetic fields work. I don't claim to be an expert either but I at least know the basics of electronics.
Some of the things he mentioned in the video were interesting revelations when I made my own research, such as the material heat increasing resistance, but most of it wasn't all that magical. I can't see why we need a magical device either, as using a simple hack solution with some capacitors could possible have roughly the same effect without running the equivalent to a discarded google server from ebay so save a couple percent of your power on your other devices.
Oh and sorry for responding to your 4 month old comment, I just wanted to share my thoughts with someone who can also see the flaws.
Try a collab with Wendover Productions, or something like that. Doesn't matter how small you are now, with quality vids like this they'll say yes
I'm a big fan of Wendover's videos, I'd love to collab with him at some point.
Every conductor has resistance, therefore there is always heat loss. Some believe that absolute zero temperatures can remove the resistance and therefore with the addition of this, we would have 100% efficiency. But that would mean that the wires could never come into contact with heat.
Absolute Zero Freezes everything, hence the name, electricity included.
Electricity is going to become like planes for Wendover Productions.
oh boy. we'll see. i'll try to space out the electricity-related videos a bit more.
Just found ur channel today, good videos keep it up
The title sounded interesting I added this to the top of my watch later list and after 9 minutes I realized that I was excited for an ad.
Lol definitely not an ad. I have zero financial ties to that company, I just read about them in Popular Science and decided to make a video about the technology.
I wish you had a better understanding of electricity because there is some false information about power loss in this, but good video production.
Another fantastic video!
Thanks, buddy!
Your videos are so good. I look forward to more.
George Hayes Thank you! 😊
You have really improved your editing and I love it!!
Thank you, I try to keep improving with each video.
I had no idea this was a thing... fascinating! You should start a Patreon; I'd love to support you financially.
Thank you, Evan! It’s something I’ll consider starting once I’m a little farther along in subscribers, but I really appreciate that.
This is an extremely interesting topic, unfortunately there are a number of inacurate statements in the video. A follow up with the status as of 2019 would be interesting.
Indeed, I am considering what to do about this and whether it's worth a whole new video.
Very interesting indeed. I am taken back by the high quality and great depth the you provided in this video, very professional. Great job and keep it up.
Thank you!
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This is actually really cool! Is there any downside or “catch” to using this technology?
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Too many estimates, does this technology even pay for itself? I don't believe at all this could double battery life in for example a laptop, that is what charge controllers are for. Also you're adding another system that itself takes power, do you actually know if the energy used overall is actually going down, and what amount of power do I have to use before I actually start to see a benefit, i.e. a net gain of power? I highly doubt that this tech is even close at all to how magical you make it seem.
Great video
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I can see this channel blowing up within a year
Q: Why do transformers hum? A: They don’t know the words.😆😂🤣
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Okay Okay I get it - and it's a great idea but you can't tell people that their Iphone is going to physically or practically last 2x longer - electrons are electrons and at a 5 volt DC charge going in - no matter how that 5 volts was generated, will be the exact same stream of electrons entering the Iphone. It won't run longer nor will the device last 2x as many years or protect battery from wear out. - it's all DC 5V in. On the plus side, the energy efficiency of eliminating all the transformers could really lead to some energy savings - so long as the technology isn't too expensive (right now)
How much energy is used running that microwave
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Great Video
Thanks!
Well you could argue that powering that device itself is already a waste/loss in itself but obviously a significantly smaller one than anything else. How does it act in cases of power surges and stuff like that? If it's a proxy between you and your electronics, I assume it will filter out any surges that could burn the PSU in your computer, or filter out any funny interference with your kettle boiling water for the tea affecting the image on your TV, right? How vulnerable is that appliance itself though? And does it potentially pose a risk of creating any surges and stuff in case of a malfunction - be it a hardware or a software one? How prone it is to hacks and stuff like that if it's connected to the internet to provide data for your smartphone app?
I really want to find a way to help implement this, any ideas everyone?
YEAHHH ANOTHER ONE
And nearly twice the length of my last one, so enjoy!
This video is extremely inaccurate, the claims as to how devices use power is completely bogus. An electrical device "draws" power, as in, it "pulls" it from the source. As such the device only consumes precisely as much power as it requires to operate. Yes, devices get warm, there is power loss, nothing is 100% efficient, it has nothing to do with the device being "given too much power". The video also accurately points out the move from DC to AC power, but then starts talking about "Digital Electricity"...for those that do not know or understand, digital is either "on" or "off", two states, nothing in between, just like DC... you could even say that Digital is DC because it is! Please do not fall for this scam product or the rubbish lies this video is promoting.
Laughed my ass off at the depiction of what "regular electricity" looks like at 7:38, anyone that has ever attached an oscilloscope to measure the AC waveform would see how clean this waveform actually is. The waveform is so accurate that it is used in many places to keep time as devices will count cycles. This device likely does some form of power factor correction (PFC) but the potential gains for a household is minimal at best.
The claim to zero power wasted is a joke also, this video contradicts itself as it shows accurately that wires get hot when carrying power, and that heat is lost energy. Even the wire terminals on their device will not be 100% efficient and there will be loss at them, it is impossible.
Yeah, the firehose analogy was completely off.
Exactly. Also the loss due to vibrations are tiny, you dont need much power to make audible sounds. Not even worth mentioning. Also the servers in the last part already use highly optimized power supplies special made for servers. No flexbile general use device can reach their performance.
True power drawing is concept not that forced power supply.
They forgot loading concept
>"Completely Bogus"
THANK YOU! I just did an Electrical Energy course and this is just bullshit. As an EE, I can't see how this is even feasible... How can they know what is plugged in and the voltage needed (accurately) with that ONE SOLE BOX???
Quality content, keep it up !!!!!
Thank you! That's the plan.
Exactly, at last they have now new electrical idea/technical analysis to avoid power loss and to include, lower the supply voltage as the equipment/devices will vary accordingly as designed. Not to mention the safety and security of Mankind. Which is workable if really put in perspective view.
Just avoid the phrase:
Money talks and ruled as a whole.
Period.
Convinced me.
Lol you were 365 yesterday (when you hit a hundred thousand I hope I get a prize for being one of your earliest supporters)
Here before 500 subscribers!
Same.
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Should be at least 100k
Interesting well made video.
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You remind me of zepherus
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subscribed at 1600 subs! why don't you have more subscribers?
Thank you! It probably has to do with my currently slow upload speed. I’m hoping to change that a bit soon.
Some quality content for a small youtuber.
Sub number 969. Lets see how fast it'll go up.
Well I passed 1k before seeing this comment which is pretty wild. Thank you for checking the channel out!
1k already. it was ~950 just before i subbed
Hey hey hey! Back of Tesla, much less power is wasted because we use ac instead of dc. And the sound at the transformer is called 50hz hum
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2:40 isnt it 220?
It’s 220V in Europe, but in the U.S. it is 120V (sometimes also 110V).
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Alectricity.
July 16, 2023...
Can you even electricity??
really laughing in this video. good for non electrical engineers or normal people. well what's new in this? and if you know you can find many solution like this in market..... we regualr use it industries and already applicable . but ever thought why it's not still applicable in residential areas. Opint is how you can say THEY INVENTED??
This video is extremely inaccurate, the claims as to how devices use power is completely bogus. An electrical device "draws" power, as in, it "pulls" it from the source. As such the device only consumes precisely as much power as it requires to operate. Yes, devices get warm, there is power loss, nothing is 100% efficient, it has nothing to do with the device being "given too much power". The video also accurately points out the move from DC to AC power, but then starts talking about "Digital Electricity"...for those that do not know or understand, digital is either "on" or "off", two states, nothing in between, just like DC... you could even say that Digital is DC because it is! Please do not fall for this scam product or the rubbish lies this video is promoting.
Laughed my ass off at the depiction of what "regular electricity" looks like at 7:38, anyone that has ever attached an oscilloscope to measure the AC waveform would see how clean this waveform actually is. The waveform is so accurate that it is used in many places to keep time as devices will count cycles. This device likely does some form of power factor correction (PFC) but the potential gains for a household is minimal at best.
The claim to zero power wasted is a joke also, this video contradicts itself as it shows accurately that wires get hot when carrying power, and that heat is lost energy. Even the wire terminals on their device will not be 100% efficient and there will be loss at them, it is impossible.
Dude I'm an EE student and this is just... awe-inspiring BULLSHIT
Lol
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