>>>>> The ECC electronic rust protection system is designed to operate in
>>>>> the automotive environment. Its sophisticated electronics generate a
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>air leakage path...so of course it's bullshit, and another 'get rich
>quick" masturbation exercise.
If there's no return path, ie no water, then the car won't rust. ;-)
- Franc Zabkar

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The Real Andy - 29 Dec 2008 08:57 GMT
>>>>>> The ECC electronic rust protection system is designed to operate in
>>>>>> the automotive environment. Its sophisticated electronics generate a
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>- Franc Zabkar
Unless the water molecule is on the grain boundaries of the metal.
>>> On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 16:13:36 -0000, "ian field"
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> This car 'electronic juju' has no return path - except via the giga-ohms
> air leakage path...so of course it's bullshit, and another 'get rich
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> I have a bridge for sale !
Do you have those 'water conditioners' in your neck of the woods that are
claimed to work 'by altering the crystallisation behaviour of Calcium and
Magnesium ions' that would otherwise scale-up your pipes and boiler? Things
like http://www.freescale.co.uk/ and http://www.littleplumber.com/.
Some of them have a pair of open-ended wires emanating from a box of
'electronics' that are meant to be wrapped around a water pipe - even a
copper one. A 'consumers' guide' to these things
(http://www.britishwater.co.uk/Document/Download.aspx?uid=ee36c54e-925e-4b64-b732
-b7b13aa6a638)
says: 'It is acknowledged that in some circumstances conditioners do not
work or are not as effective as expected. It is therefore important that, as
with all domestic products, the type of conditioner that is purchased comes
with a manufacturer's performance-linked money-back guarantee' ... but, of
course, they don't and the documentation that comes with these things
doesn't actually say anything that can be tested.
Where I used to work, we acquired a wall-mounted water boiler for making
cups of tea (!) which used to scale up badly so one of these things was
fitted by the local 'handymen'. The boiler scaled up just as badly. Later
we went back to using a kettle (!!) and opened up the case of the 'water
conditioner' to find little more than a couple of 555s.
Chris
Andy Wood - 16 Dec 2008 19:45 GMT
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>Do you have those 'water conditioners' in your neck of the woods that are
>claimed to work 'by altering the crystallisation behaviour of Calcium and
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>Chris
I have never seen one of those here, but I am certainly aware of their
popularity in the UK. For years I have seen Magenta Electronics
advertising a kit for one. This is not your garden variety 555 one
either, no sir, this is a high power microcontroller-based one. Like
you say, they are careful not to make great claims about it, only that
it *may* help reduce scale formation.
http://tinyurl.com/5gg5lw
I would not be surprised if that kit is based on a project published
in Everyday Practical Electronics - that magazine occasionally
publishes projects that may, let us say, be based on
less-than-mainstream science.
Andy Wood
woodag@trap.ozemail.com.au
ian field - 16 Dec 2008 20:19 GMT
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> publishes projects that may, let us say, be based on
> less-than-mainstream science.
At a time I was working on a building site they were routinely installing
"calcium modifiers" to every new apartment.
These were brazed copper capsules with an integral copper pipe through the
middle. The capsule contained a stack of ferrite ring magnets, not unlike
the one's used in oven magnetrons.
Ross Herbert - 28 Dec 2008 08:12 GMT
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:Chris
Hydrosmart is one such device claimed to remove scale etc as water flows through
the pipes - even at high flow rates.
http://www.hydrosmart.com.au/
Here is a good reference site for water treatment scams and pseudo
science/quackery
http://www.chem1.com/CQ/magscams.html