Since moving into our new home in Richmond Ky we've come to realize the water is very hard. I'm just starting to look into water softeners. When I lived in Nebraska I had one and always found it a pa
Wild. I had never even heard of such a thing. But I note that it's only effective against calcium carbonate; which while likely the most common source of hardness is by no means the only one. So how
Author: Matt Trebelhorn <matt.lists@trebelhorn.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 23:09:12 -0500
Central Kentucky is mostly limestone. Lots of caves, lots of very hard water. I'll go out on a limb and say that most of the mineral content of our water is calcium carbonate. Matt, in Lexington ____
Before I tried an alternate to the salt-based softeners I would do a lot of research. There are many "new" methods of softening water on the market that seem like snake oil, some (most?) soften water
Matt, thanks for the info.B We need to get our water tested to see what its composed of.B If it is mainly calcium carbonate I'll have to look closer at the process. Randall, while I was in Pasadena I
Pat, I'm leary of the process as well and snake oil may be an apt description.B Thats why I posted to the shop-talk list, hoping someone might have tried it and could give an honest review of the pro
I'd definitely get it tested first. As a child, I remember my nutty grandfather constantly tending to his water softener that he (erroneously) thought was going to remove the iron in his water... I u
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I've known folks who have sold the magnetic water softener systems, and they swear by them. Testing does not show that there is any change in the water, but they claim that it is on the molecular le
Hmm, that's an interesting question. The site Brad linked to claims that their unit removes the calcium carbonate (aka temporary hardness) from solution and turns it into "micro crystals" that are l
Not saying it does not work but that link for easywater reminds of the magnets you tie-wrap around your fuel line to increase HP and MPG... Not a scientist but seems to me that if you change the wate
Calcium carbonate has a number of crystal species. Best known are marble, chalk, and lime (the scaly stuff hard water leaves.) it's possible to discourage the formation of scale with magnetic fields,