Well water thats got 28 GPG of mostly calcium. Five years ago, during a weak moment, we tried a set of those high strength magnets that clamp onto your pipes. Still using them today. Still on our original heater element, coffeemaker and plenty of suds. We do have some signs of hard water left on the sinks and shower but they are no worse than when we had city water from a reservor.
My neighbor is on his third heater element and he has a conventional softener that he keeps on a low setting because he needs to watch is sodium intake.
Do the magnets work, maybe, maybe not. Its hard to tell because supposedly they dont take anything out of the water. They change the structure of the calcium so that it doesnt collect on stuff, it just flows on through. I didnt really believe that it would work but Im a K.I.S.S. kinda guy so I figured what the heck.
I will say that, as advertised, right after we installed them, large amounts of calcium came through our system for about a week or so. Enough that I had to clean the sink screens out every couple of days. The instructions said this would happen as the previously built up calcium was dislodged.
I know its hard to believe and to this day, I dont recommend them to anyone. I do tell my experience, but I wont recommend them because its just too farfetched for me to believe these magnets actually work. Its like thinking youve seen a UFO but your ashamed to tell anyone.
Does anyone have any scientific basis to think this would or would not work?

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