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Article #13Re: Electronic Water Softeners
From: Jon Connell
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 10:28
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 10:28
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Damian Glasfurd-Brown wrote: > 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 principle is that the crystalline > structure of the "hard" components of the water is altered in such a way > as to prevent it aggregating. > > It is claimed that these are just as effective. They are certainly a > great deal cheaper to buy and run, easier to install, and would seem to > be a no-brainer decision. But it seems to good to be true. Seems to be quite a contraversial topic on the Net, as you can see from this literature review: http://www.wqa.org/pdf/GovRelations/WQAMagneticsTaskForceReport.pdf Personally, I'd be surprised if a small magnetic field like that could actually affect the crystalline structure of the various compounds that accumulate in hard water. Sounds like psuedo-science to me (and the crystal reference is always one to trigger alarm bells). Jon
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