Water conditioners.

[outback]

I was wondering if anyone has had any experience with water conditioners. You know the ones that clamp on the pipe or are plumbed in-line.
I dunno if they work or if its all mumbo jumbo.

[ozwinner]

Mumbo jumbo, is what Im thinking, specialy if you can just clamp them onto a pipe!!
Do they literaly filter the water, or just impart some hokus pokus into the water?
If its hokus pokus, then do I have a deal for you.......

Al

[craigb]

Dunno, burt didn't Peter Brock have some magjic doohickey a few years ago that meant he could run his Holden on water ore something?

Maybe it's the same device

[beejay1]

had one for years in a previous house and it was fantastic. It was one of those that used salt and charcoal to filter and it was plumbed in to the water system. Got it serviced annualy and it never gave us problems.Also,It did work

Ive also tried the ones that clip ont the mains pipe into the house. They work on the principle of doing something to the ionization or something but to be honest they are all complete CRAP so dont waste your money on that kind as they do not work.
beejay1

[outback]

The ones I'm thinkin' of are the clampy on ones. they have rare earth magnets, or are made of "special" metal. As beejay pointed out they are supposed to change the ionic charge somehow.

The plumbed in salt using doohickey is a water softener, I got one of them, and agree it works great, but I need to do something to the pipeline before the softener.

[ozwinner]

Dunno, burt didn't Peter Brock have some magjic doohickey a few years ago that meant he could run his Holden on water ore something?

Maybe it's the same device

I was thinking of Brocky when I typed my response.
Now that IS hokus pokus.

Al

[beejay1]

The plumbed softener I had did also prevent the plumbing from getting "Furred" up as its hard water that causes this and use of soft water will eventually remove any build up in the pipes.
At least thats what I found. We never had any build up on the kettle element which is a useful check to determine hard or soft water.so maybe our softener had something else in it,I dunno.
I can say with absolute certainty though that the clip on ones really are total crap so spend your money on some Tooheys and give up drinking tea.
beejay1

[Sturdee]

The ones I'm thinkin' of are the clampy on ones. they have rare earth magnets, or are made of "special" metal. As beejay pointed out they are supposed to change the ionic charge somehow.

Hey Outback I'll do you a double deal, the clampy on one and a coat hanger bridge, both going cheap.


Peter.

[ozwinner]

Hey hang on Peter, I was here first with the deals.


Al

[Sturdee]

AL, you were only flogging hocus pokus suitable for pulling rabbits out of hats but I was offering a real genuine one only coat hanger bridge.

Much better deal but to be fair I'll share the proceeds with you.


Peter.

[outback]

Thanks all.
I haveno call for a bridge suitable for coat hangers, so will have to let the offer pass.
They sound all witchcraft to me, but then the same goes for a lot of things until they become accepted.

Beejay, what you say is 100% correct. My problem is the 350 metres of pipe between water supply and the softener.
No I can't shift the softener cos' it would cost a fortune in salt, I only want the water is used in the house to go through it, much cheaper. Most of the water which I am having trouble with goes on the garden etc. so i was looking for an easy fix.
I know, they don't exist.

[Barry_White]

Hey Peter

You keep your hands of our coat hanger and try and sell one of your own Victorian bridges.

[David L]

Do a search on your favourite search engine for magnet water.
I think you will find it is used in industry to prevent pipes from "furrring" up