Water Conditioners

Buying A Regular water conditioner – is that a waste of money?

Buying A Regular water conditioner – is that a waste of money?

Article by michal costaminnego

Millions of people are dealing with hard water problems.  It’s so common problem that sometime we are not even taking care of it.  Or just using a regular water softener and have hope that it will work.  Usually it doesn’t and our money are just like putted in the garbage. Why not change that?

If you are looking for a solution for your limescale and hard water problem there is no point using the regular water softener.  They are not working properly and money that we’ve spent on it can not be called a “well invested’ one.  So how to deal with this problem and why does a conventional methods doesn’t work?

Having limescale is quite huge problem and in itself is a wasted money.  The scale that deposits on the pipes is blocking them and when the water is heated a bigger amount of this heat is needed than in unclogged pipes.  That means bigger bills.  What’s more scale can deposit on washing machines supplies, dishwashers and may cause the damages of any systems and machines in which water is heated.  That’s also money that is spent on repairing those supplies.

For those problems most of people are buying salt using a regular water conditioner or softener or magnetic water softener. They are working by replacing the calcium and magnesium in the water with sodium.  Or treating water with a strong magnetic field.  Those are the regular methods.  But they have serious disadvantages and that’s why they are called a wasting money methods.  First, sodium is unhealthy in big amounts, second, refiling regularly softener with salt might be expensive, third, there is have to be more than one devices bought to work properly (still expensive), fourth, needs good conditions to work.

But fortunately there is one more solution for this problem. This is an electronic water softener. That kind of water treatment is most efficient. Why? This type of water conditioner is a type that is descaling the pipes from the scale that has deposited earlier than the device was installed. It’s dealing with existing scale. That kind of water treatment system works similarly to a magnetic one but sends much stronger signal, remains water treated for a few days, reducing the amount of scale and one unit might be used in whole house.

Of course, you can try first two methods on your own home, apartment. But none can tell you that it will work correctly. When using an electronic device there is almost 100% sure that it will help to deal with the limescale that is depositing and the scale that has deposited a months before.  That’s why you should deal with your hard water problems by using an electronic descaler.  And forget about the regular one that are wasting your money.

Deal with your hard water problems by using best water treatment system.

Magnetic Water Conditioner

Magnetic Water Conditioner

Magnetism is a mysterious phenomenon to most people, and even many of us who have taken a few courses in college physics often don’t feel we really “understand” it.

In the 19th century, hucksters and scam artists were taking advantage of the public’s ignorance of magnetism by offering fraudulant magnetic products to treat everything from baldness to impotence, and an even wider variety of magical wonders are being hawked over the Internet nowadays.

There is a long history of the promotion of magnets to alleviate the “hardness” of mineral-containing waters, and particularly to control the deposition of scale in teapots, plumbing systems, evaporators, and boilers.  There are now a large variety of devices on the market that claim to reduce scale deposition, and some claim to “soften” the water as well.  The earlier devices mostly employed permanent magnets, but many now use alternating magnetic or electrostatic fields.  The magnetic field surrounds the pipe at some point and penetrates it from all sides. This obviously limits its use to non-ferrous pipes such as copper or plastic.

Magnetic water conditioners designed for home use are relatively new.  Most of what is available for the home can be purchased through independent distributors.  Magnetic water conditioning systems are rarely available in home improvement stores or plumbing supply shops.

Conditioning water through a strong, focused magnetic field is a form of magnetically induced ionisation (IMI) known as Magneto-hydrodynamics.  Without the magnetic field chemical complexes contained within the water break down leaving minerals free to attract and bond to adjacent surfaces.

When the complexes are broken down in the magnetic field they take on a charge and act as crystalline centres that allow them to remain in suspension instead of forming crusts on the surfaces.

The theory behind magnetic water conditioner is to pass the flow of water in the pipes through a magnetic field.  This allegedly changes the electrical charge of the ions in the hard water so that the minerals cannot form lime scale.

Does magnetic water soften the water?  No, the essential natural minerals are still in the water but are held in suspension.  It is because of this that most people say the conditioned water ‘feels’ softer.  Less detergent and soap is needed and often the film on the water surface is reduced.

Although, water that has been treated magnetically is completely drinkable.  Traditional methods using salt leave sodium in the water, which some claim makes it unhealthy for people with high blood pressure.

Still, there is no scientific consensus about the mechanism of how magnetic water conditioners might work.  This is not surprising; the entire process by which ions form precipitation nuclei is poorly understood.  The results have been mixed.  Hopefully, the technology will be perfected and in the future, water conditioners will be available that are environmentally friendly and inexpensive.

What is the difference between a WATER CONDITIONER and WATER SOFTENER?

What is the difference between a WATER CONDITIONER and WATER SOFTENER?

Article by Tai Pham

The purpose of this article is to clarify different terms which consumers come across when buying water treatment products. The terms Water Softening and Water Conditioning are used interchangeably in the industry and do cause some confusion.

First of all you should know what is Hard Water? Hard water is the most common problem found in the average home. Hard water is typically defined as water having more than 1 GPG (grains per gallon) of dissolved minerals in it, generally consisting of calcium, magnesium carbonate, and/or manganese.

Now you have to know why there is need to soften up water. Soft water greatly reduces the scaling of pipes, faucets, and bath fixtures, and reduces spotting of glasses, dishes and flatware. Soft water also helps detergent clean your clothes better, while making your clothes last longer too! You can reduce your laundry detergent, dishwashing soap, hand soap and shampoo to half what you would normally use, not to mention soft water is much more pleasant to wash with, leaving less soap scum on you, and your tub/shower.

Now let’s talk about how Water Softener works. A water softener is used to soften up “hard” water. As stated above, water is hard when it contains hard minerals such as calcium, magnesium, and ferrous iron ion. The softener operates using an “ion exchange” process. When hard water contacts the cation resin beads, by passing through the softener mineral tank which have soft sodium/potassium ions attached to them, an ion exchange process takes place with the hard mineral ions, (normally calcium and/or magnesium), and during this contact, simply trade places with the soft sodium/potassium ions. This reduces the “hardness ions” of the water exiting the softener making your water “soft”.

Water filters differ from softeners in that filters are made to remove suspended solids, chlorine, pesticides and some iron bacteria. A filter will not remove dissolved solids, such as the minerals responsible for hard water.

Water Conditioning is a slightly different process. It works in much the same way as water softeners. It helps soften up water but instead of exchanging ions, it changes the crystallization process of magnesium and calcium. Basically, the claim is that these units change the electric charge of the hard water mineral molecules that are dissolved in the water. By supposedly changing the electric charge of the molecules, this causes the hard water minerals not to “stick” to whatever it comes in contact with, such as pipes, water heating elements, bath fixtures and faucets. As these units do not remove any minerals that cause hard water stains and buildup, we can’t say about their effectiveness.

All in all, it is necessary that the customer should be aware of the differences and make the choice wisely knowing the process and all the facts.
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Isopure Water carries a wide variety of point of entry filter units ranging from Water softeners, carbon filtration, and iron removal filters as well as point of use drinking water systems for residential, commercial and industrial applications.