In message <[log in to unmask]>, Andrew Herd
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>The only water softeners that I know do work are about twice the size of a
>file server and need topping up with a salt solution. My parents have one
>and it is no bother. Mind I hate very soft water.
>
>Andrew
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [log in to unmask]
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of [log in to unmask]
>> Sent: 11 December 1998 18:45
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: water softeners
>>
>>
>> Has anyone experience of the 'end-all-your-hard-water-problems' water
>> softeners
>> regularly advertised in the weekend papers? They appear to
>> consist simply of a
>> small black box connected to the mains which one fits round the
>> incoming water
>> main. All offer your money back (about UKP70?) if you aren't convinced
>> within 3
>> months or whatever. They claim by then your kettles, immersion heaters,
>> furnaces etc will have unfurred themselves to your delight. I
>> must say that if
>> they work they are a vast improvement on the great tanks I
>> remember my elderly
>> relatives regularly feeding with large quantities of salt back in
>> the 30s.
>
>
We live in a *very* hard water area. The black box thingie helps a bit -
though I don't understand the physics of it.
There is a noticeable improvement but it's not a cure. We used to have a
salt-eating fileserver in our last house. Cost about £20 a month to rent
plus salt. It was very effective. Alas, no one offers proper water
softeners to rent where we now live.
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