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Magnets for water softening

  • 08-11-2010 6:42pm
    #1
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    Hi

    Apologies if this subject has been done to death already.

    Basically, I'm living in a hard water area. As you can imagine, this causes problems with limescale in appliances, etc.

    I'm not that keen on conventional water softeners but I've heard that wrapping magnets around the supply pipes can go in some way to dealing with the problem.

    I know it sounds far fetched & all, but has anybody else tried this & what's the general story with it?

    Thanks in advance.


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  • #2
    kscobie
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    Sorry but i have disconnected more magnet type/in line types over the years, the salt types are the most common, and probally the best


  • #3
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    Sooo....magnets not a very good idea then...

    Nobody tried them with positive results?


  • #4
    enfield
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    I have one for the past 5 years and it does cut down the amount of lime in my water anyway. It cost 80 euro trade ( a mate got it for me) at that time. Also if you know a brickie ask him for some red brick cleaner, it will take lime of anything.
    Regards.
    Tom.


  • #5
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    enfield wrote: »
    Also if you know a brickie ask him for some red brick cleaner, it will take lime of anything.
    Regards.
    Tom.

    Thanks Tom. That's encouraging.

    Nice tip about the red brick cleaner. I'll try it out sometime.


  • #6
    JohnnieK
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    They dont soften the water as such the only one that dose is the salt softener. It changes the state of the lime in the water, it crystallizes the lime so you still get lime at the appliances but it;s flaky and wont stick to stuff or corrode pipes. You still have to clean everything though. It has a tndancy to block filters on things too which I found out when my shower pump was acting up.


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  • #7
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    JohnnieK wrote: »
    They dont soften the water as such the only one that dose is the salt softener. It changes the state of the lime in the water, it crystallizes the lime so you still get lime at the appliances but it;s flaky and wont stick to stuff or corrode pipes. You still have to clean everything though. It has a tndancy to block filters on things too which I found out when my shower pump was acting up.

    Sounds plausable.

    I was never naieve enough that I thought magnets were a 'magic cure-all' for the problem, but it's nice to know that they might have some sort of effect on the problem.

    I can deal with the odd blocked filter in a system.

    I'm suspecting that my copper cylinder is complectly caked with lime at this stage.

    The immersion is gone now, so we'll be changing it shortly. Also, I know that some copper cylinders on my estate were taken out because they were filled with lime.

    I spect that mine will be the same..........My estate is about 8 years old BTW.


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