Re: [OT] Water Conditioners...

["Rob Lamb" <those@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You should be able to gate your hardness rating from your water
company. All the dishwashers (I know yours is a washing machine but
you get the point) I've ever bought have a little dial in them that
needs to be set to the hardness of your water (something to do with
salt dosing I think). Can't remember the scale (sorry) but it's
named after some German guy from memory.

With regards to the conditioners, we've always used the WaterImp,
but does it work? Sorry, but no idea how you could tell. All I could
say is that to date we've never had a machine (dishwasher or washing
machine) fail from scaling problems.

Rob

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, Wayne <Wayne@p...> wrote:
>
> Hiyall,
> Further to the recent replacement of our washing machine (as the
other
> decided that it wanted to eat our clothes and make funny noises!)
we
> have just got a nice new one... no problems there...
>
> The nice little lady in the shop went rattling on about 'oh you
should
> realy consider getting some Calgon - we do it the best prices
here,
> better than Asda even! and it will make your washing machine live
> longer' (no she didn't sing that bit - but I had to smile when the
tune
> went through my head)
>
> The washing machine came with a quick 'dip test stick' to see how
hard
> the water is, apparently ours is 'hard'. How 'fixed' these tests
are I
> don't know.
>
> Anyways... to the point...
> I've done a little digging on google and found lots of people
doing full
> on water purifiers / filters that need plumbers to fit (I'm not
allowed
> to do plumbing!), but have also come across these so called 'water
> conditioners' requiring no plumbing in - just wrapping of cables
around
> pipes.
>
> http://www.scalewatcher.co.uk/index.asp
> http://www.waterimp.co.uk/
>
> The thing is - do these things actually work?? and are they any
good?
> Have any of the 'ukha collective' ever used these things and would
like
> to share their thoughts? Are water softeners in general worth
their money?
>
> Cheers
> Wayne.
>
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