Re: Magnetic Water Softners

Because it is a bogus report posted on a sales webspace and the
magnets do not work perhaps?

I know they did not work in the application I saw them used in and
there were atleast 100 magnets applied to the system.

the other rich

On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 15:02:56 -0500, Marshall Dudley
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>In an earlier message a post was made comparing the magnetic water
>softners with the 100 gpm magnets that JC Whitney sells with the
>implication that they do not work.
>
>I was wondering, if they never work, why does the Department of Energy
>contend that they work and write in their Federal Technology Alert
>report on them:
>
>"These technologies can be used as a replacement for most
>water-softening equipment. Specifically, chemical softening (lime or
>lime-soda softening), ion exchange, and reverse osmosis (RO), when used
>for the control of hardness, can be replaced by the non-chemical water
>conditioning technology. This would include applications both to cooling
>water treatment and boiler water treatment, in once-through and
>recirculating systems. Other applications mentioned by the manufacturers
>include use on petroleum pipelines as a means of decreasing fouling
>caused by wax build-up, and the ability to inhibit biofouling and
>corrosion.
>
>The magnetic technology is generally not applicable in situations where
>the hard water contains "appreciable" concentrations of iron. In this
>FTA, appreciable means a concentration requiring iron treatment or
>removal prior to use, on the order of parts per million or mg/L. The
>reason for this precaution is that the action of the magnetic field on
>the hardness-causing ions is very weak. Conversely, the action of the
>magnetic field on the iron ions is very strong, which interferes with
>the water conditioning action.
>
>A search of the Thomas RegisterTM in conjunction with manufacturer
>contact yielded eleven manufacturers of magnetic, electromagnetic or
>electrostatic water conditioning equipment that fell within the scope of
>this investigation. The defined scope includes commercial or
>industrial-type magnetic, electromagnetic or electrostatic devices
>marketed for scale control. Devices intended for home use, as well as
>other  non-chemical means for scale control, such as reverse osmosis,
>are not within the extended scope of this FTA."
>
>.......
>
>This report can be read for free at:
>
>http://www.magnaclean.com/energy_article.html
>
>Marshall
>