From my understanding they don't clean the water at all. But they do
change the structure of the calcium carbonate, so it has a higher
solubility, and is less apt to precipitate out. Also from what I
understand, if it does precipitate, it forms soft free floating
crystals, instead of scale so it washes right out of the pipes.
There are a number of companies that sell them. My son has them on his
well water since he uses a ground water heat pump, and although he has
very high lime content, he has had no problems with scale at all. I
have read it works with some water, but not other, and might be related
to the content of trace amounts of dissolved silica.
Marshall
On 7/18/2011 4:20 PM, [email protected] wrote:
Awhile back there were posts discussing cleaning water by applying
magnets to the pipes where the water enters the house. Does anyone
have information on this subject ??
Do they remove lime ?? {Have lots of lime deposits. ]
Where to get the magnets & what strength ???
Where to put them on the pipes ???
Can the pipes be plastic ??? Boy this gal is a pest... :-)
Thanks, Lois
