chemical analysis starts by dissolving all solids. Therefore, they undo the effects of the physical treatment before their investigations. They are correct in their statement that a chance in hardness cannot be found in magnetic treatment, but they are incorrect in their validation of magnetic treatment.

Claims by uninformed sellers of magnetic treatment devices are incorrect when they claim to be "softening the water." The "hardness" of water is defined by the amount of minerals it contains this hardness is not changed by the magnetic treatment.

Consequently, it is most important to clearly deliniate the intent and the expected effects of magnetic treatment. False or misunderstood claims are the main reason or the negative statements by agencies conccrncd about water quality.

7. Is there a quick and easy way to directly measure the effectiveness 0f magnetic water treatment?

No, exact measurements are time -consuming and costly.

Unfortunately for testing purposes, the development of hard lime scale is a slow process, usually requiring many weeks to become obvious and years more to become a serious problem.

For example, the water supply line of my three bedroom house built in 1962 in Claremont, California, was opened In February 1982 in order to install a magnetic water treatment unit. A part of the 20 year old supply line is shown on the left in Figure 7.

In 1992. the supply line was opened again. Part of the same (then) 30-year-old supply line is shown on the right in Figure 7.

Ten years of magnetically treated water moving through the line cleaned it out and kept it clean, without any residues.

An experienced plumber had to see this pipe, because he did not believe that a 30 year old water supply line with its outside heavily corroded could be without any internal sediments.

An effective magnetic water treatment device may show its own effectiveness alter one month of use by the difference in sediments at its inlet and outlet

(Figures 8a and 8b)

Figure 8b
Outlet of the same device

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