• How it Works
• Cost Reduction
• Surge Protection
• Reduction of Electric Noise
• Reduction in Maintenance Costs
• Brown Out Protection
• What is Optimum Power?
• What is Power Factor?
• Testimonials

When you bring electricity into your establishment from the utility company it is alternating current electricity (60 cycles per second) and you are expecting it to do two kinds of work — resistive and inductive.

When you supply power to an ordinary light bulb, it immediately produces light and in a very short time it also produces heat. The resistance to the passage of electricity creates light and heat. This is called the resistive load.

When supply power to any appliance with an electric coil in it, such as an electric motor or a transformer, the electricity passing through the magnetic field of the coil induces a responsive electrical energy that works in the opposite direction to the electricity that is driving the motor. This is called the inductive load.

Our Optimum Power Unit is installed into your electrical system between the electric meter and your main electric panel, and it distinguishes between the resistive load and the inductive load. It does nothing to the resistive load; just leaves it alone. However, due to some of the features of alternating current the Optimum Power unit captures the inductive load on one cycle, turns it around and gives it back to all the circuits connected to your panel as useful energy on the next cycle. It does that 60 times per second.

Optimum Power Units can be used beneficially in any kind of establishment that has a lot of inductive load generated by fridges, coolers, freezers, air conditioners, fans and pumps; basically, any kind of device that uses motors and all fluorescent lighting that uses a transformer type ballast.

The primary benefit of the Optimum Power unit is of course a reduction in the amount of energy that is received from the local power utility — and therefore, a reduction in cost. However, there are other benefits.

The Optimum Power unit works as an over all surge protector to guard against major surges of power that come down the utility line from other users (or from a lightning storm).

Whenever a device connected to the electric panel turns on or off or changes speed it creates a blip in the quality of the electricity in the circuit. These can be frequency variations, mini-surges, troughs, harmonics, variations in voltage etc. When this occurs frequently it is referred to as electrical noise, which reduces the efficiency at which electrical devices operate. The Optimum Power unit helps to filter out electric noise.

Electric noise creates wear and tear on electric devices. Therefore a reduction in electric noise reduces maintenance costs and extends the useful life of inductive load appliances.

A brown out condition occurs when the electricity demand by the over all community is almost more than the local utility can supply. Because so many applications are turning on and off every second, the result is that on a momentary basis the electricity available can drop below a critical threshold. That threshold varies for different equipment but when the supply drops below a specific equipment threshold, that equipment is either damaged, shuts off or both. In many cases the Optimum Power unit keeps the in-building electricity supply just above the threshold during brownout conditions.

Optimum Power Cost Reduction Units are government inspected. They create direct savings in the cost of electricity. You can expect overall cost savings in a range of as low as 5% to as high as 26%. If you believe an Optimum Power Unit could be beneficial to you, you should call. It costs nothing to find out.

Optimum Power units increase your Power Factor, which results in a direct increase in efficiency, lowering costs & reducing stress on machinery.

Our Optimum Power units:

• are a device installed locally in your building which provides for more efficient usage of your electricity & a longer life-span for your motors & machinery.
• act as a Reactive Power Generator, which helps to provide the electromotive power that your motors require to operate-rather than the motor drawing it all from the utility.

• It is a means of measuring the efficiency of how motors utilize electricity.
• PF uses a scale of 0.00 to 1.00 in terms of evaluation, with 1.00 being a 100% efficient usage of the electricity motors draw. Many businesses operate at a Power Factor of 0.70 or less.

Benefits:

• Increases efficiency of electrical energy usage
• Saves on the cost of electricity
• Electrical noise reduction
• Protection against short brown-outs & power surges
• CSA Certified
• 25 Year Lifespan
• 7 Year Guarantee
• 70% Canadian-made components
• Made in Canada

Carriage House: Oshawa

We installed units several months ago. Although our main reason for installation at the time was to save on energy costs, the day following the installation we experienced a brown-out.

In the past, brown-outs have cost us tens of thousands of dollars in addition to significant inconvenience due to the resetting of our electrical equipment.

The Optimum Power units protected all of our electrical equipment except for a reset of our telephone system. We view this as a potentially greater benefit than the energy cost savings due to frequent brown-out conditions.

Open: www.carriagehouseoshawa.com

Emerald Tile: Ottawa

We had Optimum Power units installed in several locations. We were anticipating hydro savings in the area of 10% to 15% & are thrilled with the actual savings in the first few months, which exceed 20%.

Open: www.emeraldtile.ca

Glen House: Gananoque

We have installed units during our off season period so we will receive full benefit after our spring / summer season gets into full swing.

We are very pleased with the initial savings of 8%, considering that we have very little other than lights running at this time of year.

Open: www.glenhouseresort.com

Produce Retailer: Kingston

Test readings on installation of 600 volt Optimum Power Units result in an average of 26% savings.

Call for an appointment to evaluate whether our system can work for your application.