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Post by Paul Geer - OLD on Jan 4, 2011 8:30:47 GMT -8
I hear the 'Easy Water' adds on the radio most of the time and occasionally see it on television. Like you, I have been wondering if this is Fact or Snake oil. While I was at IU, we had the same kind of Magical water treatment we tried for one cooling and heating season instead of the customary chemical water treatment. It didn't work and we spent most of the winter cleaning cooling towers and about all summer cleaning boilers. What a mess! The Magical method was these large powerful magnets that cost the IU 20 Thousand dollars for this little test. Is 'Easy water' the same thing? Our chemistry professors told me that there is such a thing as "magnetic moment" in all substances, however, after the magnetic field is removed, like water or anything in it returns to it's own properties. There many "cons" against this product, this is just one article. www.chem1.com/CQ/aquacrack.htmlI wouldn't by it, I don't care if Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck or even Rush Limbaugh Radio Barker it. |
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Post by Joe Lyddon on Jan 4, 2011 16:40:13 GMT -8
Hi Paul
I really don't know much about you're talking about...
All I can go on is based on my limited Chemistry background.
1. For Boilers, distilled water is the ONLY form of water to be absent of calcium & minerals that get left behind as a result of being distilled.
2. Distilled water is the purest water can get to be... it is nothing but H2O.
3. Purifying water is best done by boiling it with maybe a few drops of Iodine in it.
4. A good filtering prior to distilling would make it easier on the distilling boiler tanks, which would have to be cleaned now & then.
5. We have pitchers of tap water that we leave alone to let the Chlorine, etc. dissipate before we drink it... we have two pitchers... by the time we are done with one pitcher, the other is ready to drink and we refill the empty one to wait until the other one is empty... and they rotate. Water tastes so much better without the Chlorine, etc. taste!
6. Irons for ironing clothes should always used with Distilled water... no mater what they say about it.
That's about as far as I get involved with water... except for watering plants and bathing, etc.
Happy New Year!
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Post by Paul Geer - OLD on Jan 4, 2011 20:58:43 GMT -8
What I fail to tell you was the Magical water "treatment" were large powerful magnets that are strapped to the water pipes and the idea is to change the "properties" (though magnetic moment) of the minerals in the water (hard water) so not to stick to iron or copper pipe interiors. 'Easy Water' does the same thing except with radio frequencies. Neither one works.
The makers of 'Easy Water' make the claim that water softeners that regenerate with salt, removes all the "good" minerals like calcium. However, it is the calcium that coats the inside of pipes and lime-up fixtures. The 'Easy Water system leaves the all the minerals in the water but with the "changed ions", calcium and other minerals are not to stick to pipes and lime-up fixtures. The article I presented explains why this doesn't work. In short, if you have a water softener, stick with it.
But... let's just say this device does work. While it changes the ions in the water to "repel gravity", it does nothing about removing the minerals that do effect the performance of detergents in clothe washers and dish washers, not to mention soap scum left behind in the tub or shower stall.
So either way 'Easy Water' would not work out too well.
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Post by Joe Lyddon on Jan 4, 2011 22:50:18 GMT -8
Ouch!  That sounds like heavy stuff to get along with... If you say so, Sir... Yes Sir, Sir...  ;D   We do not have that much trouble with our water... |
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Post by Paul Geer - OLD on Jan 5, 2011 7:23:07 GMT -8
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Post by Joe Lyddon on Jan 5, 2011 10:18:37 GMT -8
Nope... First time I've ever seen it... Haven't needed it... I've heard of The Culligan Man! Never had to use'em. |
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