An inventor in California, who works in a backyard lab, has developed a new design for standard electric motors, and officials here today say it can save the country a lot of energy. California energy officials and officials from Southern California\'s Edison company at an unusual joint news conference National fourth- The largest utility, known as \"one major, billion- A breakthrough in energy saving dollars. The invention is called \"controlled torque motor\", which reduces up to 20 while generating the same output power According to its developer C. , it is called a traditional motorL. Wanlass. Wanlass pointed out that about 64 of the country\'s electricity is used to run electric motors, saying that his new design may \"have a significant impact on energy consumption in a relatively short period of time. He said he expects his car to go public within a year. Officials say the new motor design can be used to replace anything from a small motor in an electric shaver to a large industrial motor. A utility official calculates that if the device is widely used in Southern California\'s Edison system only among residents, it will save about 1 billion kWh of electricity in ten years, or have enough electricity a year to manage a city with a population of 300,000. Officials say electricity savings will increase significantly for industrial consumers. According to Wanlass, if half a billion electric motors are converted into his design, the United States can save between 1 million and 2 million barrels of oil a day, roughly equivalent to the daily output of the Alaska oil field in the entire pulahoe Bay. The existing electric motor costs about $40 per unit. horse- Wanlass said that although this design can be incorporated into the new motor without increasing the current production cost. Wanlass, 51, was the director of Philco\'s electronic research laboratory and has patents for about 40 inventions, most of them in the computer field. He said he developed a controlled torque motor design in a lab in Santa Ana\'s backyard, California. The home after leaving Philadelphia in 1965. Officials at Southern California Edison said they tested the device after Wanlass came to their home last year. Tility officials say the design saves up to as much power as is needed to run ordinary Motors in laboratory conditions. Officials say the motor used under normal operating conditions can expect greater energy savings. Energy officials in California say. California energy officials are particularly enthusiastic about the prospect that Wanlass motors may reduce electricity consumption in household appliances. \"We hope that from today on, the word Wanlass will appear in the mouth of many people, which will benefit these people,\" said Robert battinovich . \", Chairman of the National Public Utilities Commission. Richard L, another national energy official Maulin said the test results of the Wanlass Motor have been handed over to the federal energy and energy R & D department. Mao said the new motor design could enable consumers to reduce the use of household appliances, which President Carter called for last week in an energy message to Congress. According to Wanlass, the redesigned motor uses additional copper windings and capacitors. The design enables the transfer of energy to the motor more efficiently while reducing the loss of energy by 25 to 50. \"It\'s not an obvious design,\" he said. \"It looks like a stupid thing if you do it from scratch. Wanlass said: \"This design is undergoing extensive testing on hundreds of electrical machines in Southern California. McDonald\'s has used 11 cars in Santa Monica, California. Exports since February. A spokesman for McDonald\'s said their tests showed that the company\'s Oak Brook, Ill, head quaters saved 20 cents or more in electricity.
