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"Damian Glasfurd-Brown" <dljb2@spamtrap.cam.ac.uk> wrote in message
news:dge27r$rvl$1@gemini.csx.cam.ac.uk...
 > I note that a number of suppliers offer electronic water softeners
> (sometimes referred to as descalers) which consist of coils of wire
> wrapped around your water mains inlet pipe, which are supplied a current
> by a small mains-attached box.

The U.S. Department of Energy wrote this document in 1998 (I think) and it's
been used by the US manufacturers to promote their products ever since....
http://www.space-age.com/magwater/fta/

HOWEVER....

In 2001 the US Army did some extensive trials and wrote this report...
http://www.hnd.usace.army.mil/techinfo/CPW/PWTB/082201_PWTB%20420-49-34%20Magnetic%20Water%20Treatment1.pdf

You may need to save it to you HD before it will open. So...

QUOTE:

"The attached document provides an evaluation of current magnetic water
treatment technology. Scientific literature is reviewed and summarized and
several devices are tested for scale prevention. In summary the magnetic
water treatment devices were NOT effective for scale control."

"Although the devices were NOT effective, it is still very important that
Army public works personnel use this information to avoid unnecessary
expenditure of manpower and funds to purchase and install these devices."