Snake oil TradeMe gadget

[george formby]

Think I would prefer the cuckoo rather than the stored then spiked bum bandit.

Only at a push surely?

[Banditbandit]

Whats an emery?

A small board of sandpaper you use to file your nails while the profit from your snakeoil rolls in ...

[Banditbandit]

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Health-beau...-364032007.htm

I win.

Bwhahahahaha ... so the water sticks to your fillings in your teath?

I fell about lauging at that one ..

[Banditbandit]

I think it says if your exhaust is to small or coked up the engine has to push harder to go anywhere so it costs more to do the same thing...maybe?

Yeah .. that's a very good analogy for the laws of resistence.

[Spearfish]

Only at a push surely?

very good but

[Oakie]

Where do you put the snake oil?

On your snake of course.

[Grumph]

An "emery". Shirt lifter, fudge packer.

From Dick Emery, deceased, cross dressing, camp British comedian. Catch phrase " Oooh, you are awful"

Careful lads, he was a motorcyclist too - albeit a Honda owner....

[steve_t]

Ok, this thing on trademe is almost certainly a whole lot of ripoff hocus pocus witchdoctor bullshit.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/a.aspx?id=364946230

Question time everyone? Lets ask him genuine technical questions, and lets see if we can get him to 'splain how it works. Fun? No?

PFC devices are a scam

http://michaelbluejay.com/electricity/powerfactor.html

[steve_t]

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Health-beau...-364032007.htm

I win.

Hahahaha I wonder how many people have bought one

[nallac]

PFC devices are a scam

http://michaelbluejay.com/electricity/powerfactor.html

SCAM?,If so, why do factories spend mega bucks installing em....

[neels]

Power factor correction is viable, installing capacitive pfc banks works for largely inductive loads.

Can't see how a plug in box that big can correct 19kW though

[steve_t]

SCAM?,If so, why do factories spend mega bucks installing em....

Did you follow the link? Commercially, some businesses are billed for bad PF.
I guess I should say, for residential power saving purposes, PFC devices are a scam

[nallac]

Did you follow the link? Commercially, some businesses are billed for bad PF.
I guess I should say, for residential power saving purposes, PFC devices are a scam

Yip had a quick read of the link.

My old work installed them because of the low/bad power supply.

[Smifffy]

An "emery". Shirt lifter, fudge packer.

From Dick Emery, deceased, cross dressing, camp British comedian. Catch phrase " Oooh, you are awful"

...but I do like you.

[Blackshear]

Hahahaha I wonder how many people have bought one

Seen a couple go for 61 and 64.

I just don't even know, man.