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Step 1 - Wind Coils on Water Pipe Step 2 - Attach Coils to Eddy Step 3 - Plug In and Switch On

Limescale Inhibitors

Limescale inhibitors are either electric or magnetic which will change how the minerals in hard water can combine with other substances.  Limescale occurs because minerals like calcium and magnesium combine to form a wall on water pipes.  This wall circles the pipe building up until water flow is highly restricted.  It can even become so restricted that the pipe becomes clogged and water cannot make it through until the pipes are replaced.  Limescale inhibitors will stop the minerals from forming the limescale ring in the pipes to allow the water to move through unobstructed.

Limescale inhibitors do not remove these ions from the water.  Instead they change the chemical composition back to its normal flow. Let’s take a moment to explain this.  Water flows from the ground through river beds and streams, collecting minerals at it goes.  When it reaches your pipe the ions or minerals are happy to keep on flowing, but as the water heats up these ions begin to form the limescale because they combine.  In other words they changed their chemical makeup due to a heat response.  It is simple chemistry.  By altering the water with an electrical or magnetic current the ions are broken apart, so that they may again flow through the pipes instead of adhering to other properties.

Now that you know what limescale inhibitors do, we can look more closely at what they are.  They are a device that comes in three forms.  You have the water conditioner which is the least effective product for limescale inhibitors.  They are powered with electricity or magnetic properties, but on a small scale.

Limescale inhibitors like the descaler are electromagnetic.  It combines both electricity and magnetism, which allows the ions to be broken apart more easily.  Once the water has been treated it will flow through the house.  Water will remain treated for 72 hours before the powers of the electromagnetic force dwindle.

The last type of limescale inhibitors are the water softeners. Water softeners are large pieces of equipment which get to the water when it enters the house.  The water is placed in a storage tank with a resin.  This resin can be sodium chloride which breaks the ions down.  The clean water is then passed out of the tank and sent through the house.  The minerals are still in the water, but they will not combine with other elements.

Water softeners are expensive and require maintenance.  You will have to go through a regeneration process, change out filters, and basically keep up with the system to avoid dysfunction.  A water descaler requires no maintenance.  It will continue working because the water does not flow through the system in the same way as it does in the softener.  The descaler has coils that wrap around the pipes instead.  These coils break down the water and allow it to flow through the house.  You will notice immediate benefits and other benefits appear over time as you use the limescale inhibitors.

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Introduction | What Makes Water Hard? | Hard Water Regions in the UK | Is Hard Water Bad For You? | How You Can Know If You Have Hard Water
Limescale | Effects of Limescale | Effects of Hard Water | Various Methods Of Water Treatment | A Quick Guide to Common Water Treatment Devices | Benefits of a Limescale-Free House