People
who are living in hard water areas need to think about using
water softeners to improve the properties of their water. Hard
water is water which has a high level of minerals such as magnesium
and calcium dissolved in it. Whilst these are not harmful to
humans or animals, these minerals can cause a lot of damage
to electrical appliances that use water. Magnesium and calcium
can also make bathing quite unpleasant as it is difficult to
get any lather when using soap and it can leave a residue on
the skin. To combat these effects, water softeners can be used
to change your hard water to soft water.
When
washing machines and dishwashers are used in a hard water area
they will soon start to be affected by limescale. This is a
build up of minerals within the water which can cause appliances
to break down, as the limescale gets into the various water
carrying parts of each machine. By not using water softeners,
anyone with electric appliances that use water will need to
replace them every few years which is very costly.
Hard water can also start to cause damage to pipes as limescale
builds up in them over time. Pipes which carry hot water for
example tend to suffer more as the heat encourages mineral deposits
within the water to adhere to the inner surface of pipes. As
more and more of this limescale becomes attached to the pipes
it starts to clog them. Experts believe that this clogging can
actually lead to a 25% reduction in the amount of water flowing
through pipes.
Clothes that are washed in hard water also start to feel very
rough as any dirt on them can mix with the minerals in the water
and form salts which are insoluble. This means that they cannot
be simply washed away with detergent and water, so it makes
sense to use water softeners. Washing clothes in hard water
which has not been softened can lower the lifetime of clothes
by around 40%.
One
way to change your hard water into soft water which is efficient
and effective is to use an electrical device that will alter
the properties of the minerals in hard water. Such water softeners
will easily fit onto the mains water pipe, at the point it enters
the property. When it is switched on it will create a magnetic
wave that works to change the electric charge which is in the
limescale in hard water. The result is that the limescale can
no longer stick to surfaces as it passes over them, making damaged
electrical appliances and pipes a thing of the past.
Obviously using such a device is a fast and effective way of
getting rid of limescale and turning hard water into soft water.
With no chemicals used in this process and nothing removed from
the water it is clear to see why these types of water softeners
are becoming so popular.
