Re: Magnetic Water Softners

I suppose we are on the same page HOPING they would work, however,
while you might find this site's posting of the article compelling, I
find it likely NOT accurate, Hence the disclaimer on the DOE site 

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Since my own personal experience with them showed little or no
improvment (not formal testing, just a period of time 30 days scale
untreated to 30 days with the magnets) and a visual inspection. The
scale LOOKED to be just as bad with or without the magnets. Both
required chemical cleaning of the surfaces and adhesion seemed
identicle.

I can see where magnetic fields such as within a MRI unit arraging the
electrons in a uniform path could have an affect, however, as soon as
the MRI is shut down the electrons once agian begin bouncing in a
random motion. This is probably a good thing or folks undergoing an
MRI would likely only be able to walk north or south :)

I have heard more smoke and mirror theories about this than I can
shake a stick at. The last one stated that the realignment process
broke the barb off the calcium molecules rendering them smooth so they
could not stick. There were DOE and MIT reports on that one as well.

If you are 100% correct and it has been perfected, you are the
unwitting soul who will have to fight litterally hundreds of bogus
claims before you ever came into contact with me. That is the hazard
of the internet sir, and NOTHING on the internet should be thought to
be true unless sound science can be found and publications on the
internet are not sound science.

the other rich
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