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Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2001 21:03:17 +0000
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From: "Rob Gill" <rob@twickenham.freeserve.co.uk>
Subject: Re: LF: Re: Electronic water softeners
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John, Tracy et al,

The advantage of being able to measure your own water hardness is that you 
can then determine if the electronic softener actually does anything more 
than flash some LED's on its front panel!

I bought one a few years ago and, as far as I could tell without damaging 
it, it appeared to contain nothing more than a bit of LED flashing 
electronics. I carefully reassembled it and took it back for a refund.

I do have fairly hard water and would like to believe that one of these 
electronic gizmos would do the trick, but I remain to be convinced.

Good luck and let us know how you get on.

Rob
...........
At 20:20 05/11/01 +0000, you wrote:
>Your water supplier should be able to tell you the hardness
>of the water.
>
>Tracey
>
>
>
> >My ion-exchange resin water softener needs replacing. I am thinking of
> >trying one of the electronic systems, but wonder if there are any LF
>QRM
> >concerns (and how do I measure the hardness of the water)?
> >