Comments on: Power 4 Home Scam – Is Power4Home Just Another Scam?

By: Charles

Charles — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 15:24:43 +0000

First red flag to ID a scam, is look on their website for a means on contact, if there is no real phone number to get ahold of a REAL person, or even a real email to get a real reply, not a autoreply! best thing to do is chase ur mouse right to the top right corner of that browser and give the X a good hefty click!

By: Juan

Juan — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 16:04:37 +0000

By any definition, power4home is a scam. Done!!!!!!!!

By: Jeffery Surratt

Jeffery Surratt — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 20:48:11 +0000

It took me a while to read all the comments But, John Russell finally admitted that it took $8300 that is a far cry from $200 to build a whole house system. If the system provided all my power it would take 14 years to recoup my money not counting my time. Not worth it.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 16:09:31 +0000

This is an outright scam. The telltale signs are (1) it is one of the sites/presentations that goes on and on without giving you any details, just sensationalism about being energy independent. (2) for $200 you could get an alternative energy setup (solar, wind, etc…) but it would be large enough to possibly power 1 cell phone for a few hours a day. If you want to be able to run air-conditioner and all your appliances, etc… you are looking at many thousands of dollars (I would guess minimum $10k and more likely in the $20k-$30k range). So this is a SCAM as there is no possible way to power your whole house for a $200 investment.

By: C R

C R — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 15:52:22 +0000

1) For general purposes, solar panels are NOT the way to go. You could conservatively invest what you spend on solar panels and depending on just how much electricity you use, either pay for all or most of your monthly bill with the investment return without touching the principal.
2) For your outbuilding situation, if you’re just looking at a couple of lights, I agree that solar might be great. Even a small panel will do if you use LEDs for the lighting and since LEDs run on DC rather than AC, you wouldn’t even need a converter
3) You DO realize that a lot of shows stage all or some of what they are showing? I’m sure you can find a lot of components as scrap though if you’re lucky enough to have certain industries in your area

By: C R

C R — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 15:47:32 +0000

WOW! with that reasoning, why don’t you give me all your money and I promise to give it back to you after 30 days (which allows me to earn interest on your money instead of you). Are you people really that ignorant about financial matters?

By: C R

C R — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 15:39:08 +0000

I’m guessing you’re using the same math/logic as time share salesmen and didn’t figure that you could have invested that $8300 dollars conservatively and get about a 6-8% return (depending on the investment vehicle and your tax situation), so up to $664/year which would pay for several months’ worth of my electricity alone without ever touching the principal.

If someone wants to power a light bulb (could use LEDs which use DC power and wouldn’t even have to worry about conversion to AC power) for the end of the world bunker, your system is probably a great idea.

As far as powering a whole house at a reasonable price, solar isn’t the way to go until the panels get more effective than the current 12-18% utilization or prices drop to a small fraction of what they are today (they’ve been dropping over the year, but not enough to be worth it, even with tax incentives and all that crap for which you still pay through your tax dollars).

By: Robin Hutcheson

Robin Hutcheson — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 12:50:51 +0000

I have ordered but not yet received the Power4HomeSystem. I never was naive enough to assume that $200 would build a system to power an entire house and can’t believe any of you would be that obtuse. When I get the material, I will study it and determine if it is comprehensive enough in detail and doable by a half worn out old man. If not, I will return it for a refund but I will give it an honest chance. At a minimum I require enough power to run my wife’s small bedroom air, a few lights, her idiot box (t.v.) and her oxygen concentrator during an extended power outage. I have a new 10,000 watt generator but fuel storage is impractical and dangerous for long periods and could be unavailable during widespread outages. Of course, I have the trepidation’s about frying the utility worker doing line repair or burning down my house or low voltage burning out appliance motors or God knows what else. Will I get answers to these and other questions? We’ll see, but again, I’m going to give it a look before I judge if it’s for me.

By: Jayee

Jayee — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 05:35:01 +0000

ONE WORD. SCAM! If it sounds too good to be true then it is most likely a scam. I feel sorry for these guys trying to pitch a sob story so inexperienced buyers would get suckered in. Not me, I’d rather waste money paying my ConEd bills than to pay for his retarded ebooks that doesn’t explain anything more than what any average consumer can find on the internet. You want to cut your cost of electricity bills by 100%? Easy.. don’t turn on any electric appliances or go live in a hut. That’s what this John guy should do.

By: STech

STech — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 01:39:05 +0000

I started getting annoyed after waiting over 15 minuets go get to what the author said he will tell us in a minuet