FuelShark

Can someone from the US explain to me how these people are still in business? (Yes, I'm aware they sell these everywhere now, but it originated in the US.)
This shit contains two resistors, a LED diode and a capacitor that won't even fucking WORK in a DC circuit.

I get it, normies are retarded and will buy any snake oil if they manage to convince themselves it works, but this isn't audiofool equipment, even people with extremely superficial understanding of how electronics and automobiles work understand this does absolutely nothing except draw a tiny current to light up the LED.
Is there some reason why these people aren't drowning in false advertising lawsuits? They explicitly claim things that are physically impossible for their product to be doing and couldn't stand up even to the most basic independent testing

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Because they save consumers a lot on gas?

I've been using the fuel shark for years and saved overall $5000 on gas

I believe that this These things managed to save an extremely minuscule amount of fuel so technically it’s not false advertising. Were talking like .0001 empegees though

I have had one of these for a few years now. My savings have been phenomenal! It works by accessing your cars CPU, over clocking it to make it more efficient this saving gas in the long run.

They use some very very extraneous arguments to how the thing works and how they actually do save gas in some (probably immeasurable, probably theoretical) fashion. Their numbers and metrics on how much it saves is complete bogus

Most of the gas "saved" by consumers is a placebo effect on people just being more gas conscious when they drive

Wtf is this

American consumer protection laws are extremely limited compared to Europe. Big businesses can get away with anything. Now you understand why it was Her Turn.

It's not physically possible for what it seems an RC circuit to have any effect on the engine combustion, if all it takes energy to keep that capacitor charged (not much but parasitic resistance is inevitable) so it puts a tiny-tiny load on the alternator which ultimately worsen the MpGgG.

Obvious false advertising is still pretty fucking illegal here

There is no physically feasible way for them to be saving gas, though. They draw a minuscule current that lights up a diode (your car already does that with a whole fucking bunch of stuff, especially at night). The cap just sits there doing nothing, in a DC circuit it basically behaves like a break. The only effect this thing could possibly have is actually increasing your consumption on a miscroscopic scale, but any difference you'll observe will be just normal fluctuation due to driving conditions and style.

I use two of these and get 80km/L would recommend

I want to get one and use it ironically

>in a DC circuit it basically behaves like a break
That's partially incorrect as the capacitor behaves in only one way: storing energy. Power fluctuation are minuscule in a car still every now and then the capacitor will push a little bit of energy back into the system, but yeah it would consume a drop more of gasoline per tank.

>Power fluctuation are minuscule in a car still every now and then the capacitor will push a little bit of energy back into the system

Wouldn't it only do that if the socket completely dropped out, though?

except in a car, the battery already acts like the capacitor of the circuit, while the car is running, dampening the electrical load of the coils firing/points switching/ac clutch engaging etc.
just adding another, tiny capacitor into it will not change a thing, especially when it isn't connected into an electrical system between the battery and engine ignition system which is the only place it could operate as described.

However, you would achieve the same effect simply wiring a second, smaller battery into series with the main one.

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The cigarette lighter is directly wired to the battery. Fluctuations are inhevitable due to switching loads and the intrinsic parasitic inductances and capacitances which introduces ringing into the system.
For what it counts that capacitor tries to do his physical job but at the end is like trying using a bucket to remove fluctuations from water, does more harm than good.

the only people that fall for this also go for magnet bracelets, detox foot pads, .99 cent eBay “Ecu upgrades” that increase 100hp and 30mg that’s just some transistor in a box like this...same scam different delivery... there is a sucker born every minute my friend.

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You would want the new battery in parallel, not series. If you put another 12 volt battery in series, you would have a 24 volt system, destroying many electronics.

> When your car's electrical system is stabilized, you get a strong even engine spark and the result is better combustion.
>Universal - suitable for every car

wtf is this retardation?
I need to come up with a scam and sell it.

Its basically this. The cap may charge but its not going anywhere or doing anything. How can anyone fall for this shit?

> people with extremely superficial understanding of how electronics and automobiles work
nowadays everyone has literally no understanding of electronics and automobilism, the extent of knowledge is "insert battery to make remote work" and "add magic go fluid whenever car tells you"

That's fucking golden. What is it supposed to do? A HW key?

Why come up with your own scam? the guy is charging $15 for a capacitor and two LEDs just undercut him on his own bullshit.

>How can anyone fall for this shit?
Placebo and post-purchase rationalization. Just look at the Amazon reviews, it's got four stars on average for fuck's sake.
People start going easier on the gas pedal, cherrypicking the days they drive innacity and on the highway, and voila, "today my consumption was at 80%, it werks!"

>a LED diode
> LED
> Light Emitting Diode
> Light Emitting Diode Diode

As for your question? Snake oil. Americans will fool themselves into believing anything.

>soul purpose
Got me

fake ebay flash drive

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Nope, it's supposed to be a USB WiFi dongle. Notice the "MAC ID" line on the back sticker.

>an led, a couple resistors, and a capacitor
What is thos even supposed to do? Keep the led on a little longer after power is cut off?

Mazda's new engines use the exact same principle as these to get better fuel economy. They do in fact work as advertised

Why buy just one? I used a huge series of splitters and adapters to plug in 100 of these, and now my car uses no gas at all. In fact it actually generates fuel as I drive. Starting with an empty tank, I put in one drop of gas, plugged in my FuelShark array, and started driving. Ten minutes later, my gas tank was so full it overflowed and started spraying gas all over the road. Now I sell gas to chumps who don't know about the FuelShark. In less than a month I've earned enough money to begin construction of a power plant that will harness over 9000 FuelSharks to generate enough free energy to run a large factory. The factory will produce 100,000 FuelSharks every day. In one week, the entire planet will be powered by FuelSharks. In one month, spacecraft will be launched to Mars in order to disassemble it for material for more FuelSharks. In one year, most of the solar system will be converted into FuelSharks, providing enough energy for humans to colonize the entire galaxy.

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I too read the amazon reviews

as a former electrician and electronics specialist and ultrasound technician i can say with 100% certainty that an increased draw on the battery would actually cause the car to run less efficiently

that being said this thing in no way can save you any more on gas or effect vehicle power its tecnicly a light more than anything else

>ultrasound technician

you make me laugh all day inu

do you want a cookie

that does exist though
for medical stuff and non destructive testing i believe
but i'm not sure if that is what that dude was trying to say

he's making sure you don't get credit for something that you didn't make

credit means something as an anonymous poster

in fact this whole back and forth has been written by me, don't try to take credit for it

yes it means (You)'s
but he won't get much since he has been EXPOSED

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I don't see why car companies don't build cars with those few resistors and a capacitor built in.

That said, they stay in business because it's really not worth your time to build one your own.

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lel.

Everything is regulated out the ass nowadays and they're not allowed to sell you bananas that are too curved but shit like this is still fine

>not allowed to sell you bananas that are too curved

Source?

There was a thing like that in europe about cucumbers, but they appealed it.
(EWG) Nr. 1677/88

How about light bulbs that just fucking work instantly? And that's pretty much worldwide

>expecting it to plug into the OBD2 port and just light up
>plugs into cigarette lighter

There is no lightbulb that works instatnly, incandecent ones need a dew miliseconds to heat up their filaments, LEDs usualy have a switching power supply and mercury tubes need to heat up a electrode.

FuelShark worked for me.
It went from 10MPG to 6.7L/100KM.
Now I'm not a cancerous imperial system user.

That one actually works, as it basically uses two sockets to light a single LED, which uses way less than anything else you would have put into those sockets.

will these work in my chevy bolt? i wonder if the extra gas will make it go faster

>introducing the new and super efficient...
>FUELTORNADO

>3000 km per tank, thanks sharknado!!!

>Most of the gas "saved" by consumers is a placebo effect on people just being more gas conscious when they drive

This

>can't read

he says the fuel consumption is down by by 2l/100km from what it was. not saying it is, but that's what he's claiming, instead of the fuel consumption being that 2l/100km

Oi I am laffin

>he says the fuel consumption is down by by 2l/100km from what it was

No he doesn't.
>the fuel consumption is less
>with 2l/100km after Fuel Shark saver

Are you fucking illiterate?

I only have a very loose understanding of electrical engineering, but Isn't this shit just power factor correction? Which would be a complete non-issue in car's electrical circuit?