Magnetic water softeners

[broadbean]

What's your opinion on magnets, do they work, can you soften water with them and how much is reasonable to pay for them? Has anyone here tried them?

[jakedasnake]

I bought magnets from a door-to-door salesman about 10yrs ago. Didn't do a darn thing. I think I paid $250 for a pair of them. I could never get the money back from the salesman :mad:

[plumberman]

What's your opinion on magnets, do they work, can you soften water with them and how much is reasonable to pay for them? Has anyone here tried them? I believe the magnets break the hard water down but it doesnt actually take it out. Leaving the hard water in a powder like form. Same principle as the "no salt" softners. They are very tempermental.

[greg-cws]

My experience with magnets has been less than stellar.

Now, before I get accused of being biased "because I don't sell them", I CHOOSE not to sell them. If they worked, I'd use them myself. I wish that magnets would work.

My simple test on devices like this is to run water processed through the device over a glass sheet (flow rate of 0.01gpm) angled at 15degrees from horizontal under a heat -lamp for 10 days.
At the end of the 10 days, I simply compare it to my control sheets - RO water, ion-exchange softened water and hard water.

The alternative treatment technologies always produce the same amount of scale as the regular hard water.

I will proudly endorse an alternative technology (even if I don't sell it) if it actually works.

[ion_avenger]

In all my 25+ yrs of water treatment in residential, commercial, and industrial - Ive NEVER EVER seen magnet-based systems (rare earth, electromagnetic, neodymium, ceramic alloy etc..) that do ANYTHING to the water.

I'm with greg on this one. If they worked, I'd push them, but I have a reputation to maintain. I can't/won't sell something that doesn't work.




My experience with magnets has been less than stellar.

Now, before I get accused of being biased "because I don't sell them", I CHOOSE not to sell them. If they worked, I'd use them myself. I wish that magnets would work.

My simple test on devices like this is to run water processed through the device over a glass sheet (flow rate of 0.01gpm) angled at 15degrees from horizontal under a heat -lamp for 10 days.
At the end of the 10 days, I simply compare it to my control sheets - RO water, ion-exchange softened water and hard water.

The alternative treatment technologies always produce the same amount of scale as the regular hard water.

I will proudly endorse an alternative technology (even if I don't sell it) if it actually works.

[eugenelfiorenzil]

i am not really familiar with water softener but this is useful i guess..

[dlyakoshetrshe]

Water softeners, hard water will save you many problems. Home water treatment systems, magnetic water softeners have been studied. Water hardness is measured by calculating the sediment dissolved in water. Hard water can cause all sorts of problems. You can reduce water softened using only if necessary. You can buy a traditional water softeners, which are completely water pressure.

[ion_avenger]

I took out a pair of NeoMax Magnnetic "Water Softener (http://www.watermagnets.com/)s" from a house on Saturday. Customer bought them from a friend who was moving. They strapped them onto the pipes and lived with them for 6 months. Not a lick of difference. They now have a cool new Patriot Analyst twin softener with sonsors. I think they'll be a lot happier now!!!!:D