Man, they even used the thumbnail frame! That’s lazy. You can see Calum himself in that little video that has absolutely nothing to do with FuelSave™, because Calum’s job is an engineer, not someone who tries to make people buy bullshit that does absolutely nothing for their car.
Of course, all of this backstory and whatever is fiction. The explanation for how the FuelSave™ works is fiction as well, but it’s fiction we’ve heard before. Here’s how the FuelSave™ system is described, in the strange, poetic cadence of this site:
“Simply put, this device acts as a small battery for cars.” - Percy Belson
“Once plugged in, it instantly connects to the car’s main electrical system
and discharges stored electricity when there is a heavy energy
demand from the alternator.”
“So instead of having the alternator work overtime, this device supplements
the required voltage to reduce the electrical system’s load.”
“Thus freeing up energy that can be better used
which results in a more efficient and complete combustion of gasoline.”
“That being said, your vehicle’s gas mileage is improved and produces cleaner emissions.”
“Getting better horsepower, acceleration, and a smoother running engine.”
“All within a tiny amount of fuel.” - Percy Belson
This bullshit explanation is basically the exact same thing that the old FuelShark said:
Again, it’s absolute bullshit.
As you can see, FuelSave™ is the exact same thing as the FuelShark—it’s likely made by the same nameless Chinese factory, and as you can see from the description, it’s got a capacitor in there. I opened up a FuelShark to see what size capacitor was in it, and while FuelSave™ might not have exactly the same sized one, there’s not enough room in there for anything substantially different.
Here’s what’s in the FuelShark, and, based on these pictures, should be nearly identical to what’s in the FuelSave™:
When I asked an electrical engineer, Professor Joseph Shepherd of Caltech, professor of Aeronautics and Mechanical Engineering, about what a capacitor like this would do when connected to a car’s 12V electrical system, this is what I was told:
“A capacitor is passive. The cap starts discharged, you turn on engine and the cap gets charged up with 12V and stays charged. It took electrical energy to charge it, and it just sits there at 12v — not going back into the system or anything. You cut the car off and it discharges. That’s it.”
In short, it does, to use a technical term, fuck-all. Nothing. It lights up an LED. That’s it.
Again, this is all ground we’ve covered before, but since it seems there are still places trying to sell this bullshit, and with gas prices actually creeping up again, people will be getting desperate to save money, and could get suckered in to predatory crap like this, and I’m not having it.
This article isn’t so much for our regular readers, who can spot this shit a mile away, but is for you regular readers to send to your perhaps less car-interested and more car-ignorant friends or relatives who may be tempted: don’t buy this.
In fact, don’t buy anything that plugs into your 12V socket and claims to be able to save you fuel, because that’s just not how any of this shit works.
Look at those claims—more horsepower! Cleaner emissions! Save 40% on monthly fuel consumption! And those reviews! The middle person’s car now “emits clear and clean smoke!”
Lies. All of it. Bullshit, bullshit, bullshit.
I tried to reach out to anyone associated with Fuel Save™, but, shockingly, there’s no contact information for anyone, even Boy Genius Percy Belson.
So, I’ll make my plea here:
Percy, if you’re out there, I’d be delighted to give you the chance to prove me wrong. Let’s get in your FuelSave™-equipped ‘69 Beetle, lock that fuel filler shut, and take a 2,000-mile road trip without filling up. I’ll buy the Combos, and I get to pick the music.
Come on, you fictional coward. If it works, I’ll get a FuelSave™ tattoo or something, and issue a formal apology, along with my ringing endorsement.
I’m not holding my breath.
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