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MagneGen^® Magnetic Water Conditioning versus Other Magnetic Water Conditioning

All Magnetic Water Conditioning Devices are Not Created Equal

Magnetic water conditioning has been available in the United States for nearly 50 years since a patent granted to Vermeiren in 1949; however, all devices prior to the invention and patenting of MagneGen's^® products suffered from the following defects:

an inability to penetrate steel pipe with magnetic flux - a normal commercial steel well pipe will absorb approximately 17,000 Gauss. This ability of ferrous pipes to absorb magnetic flux is referred to as "reluctance" and is the primary reason that most magnetic water conditioning devices fail to have any discernible effect on water. Obviously, in order to project a dense magnetic field INSIDE a steel pipe, the magnetic water conditioning device MUST have a Gauss rating sufficient to overcome the steel pipe's reluctance. In the case of the MagneGen^®Pipe Protector we guarantee a minimum of 20,000 Gauss in a closed magnetic circuit to the surface of the pipe to supersaturate and penetrate the steel pipe. If the pipe's reluctance absorbs 17,000 Gauss this still leaves approximately 3,000 Gauss - absent any other losses to air gaps, etc. - to penetrate the steel pipe walls and condition the water. Some manufacturers attempt to get around this problem by asking their customers to insert a PVC nipple between two sections of steel pipe thus allowing magnetic flux to penetrate the PVC pipe into the water. This may result in some ionization of the water; however, it will not polarize or charge the pipe negative since the steel pipes forms - together with the steel condenser of the MagneGen^® Pipe Protector - the negative "field" (or stator or fixed part) of the Faraday Generator (see Faraday Generator).

an arrangement of flux lines on non-ferrous pipes generally parallel to the direction of water flow - most magnetic water conditioning devices have arranged the magnetic flux field parallel to the flow of water in the pipe. In such an arrangement - even assuming that the flux field could penetrate the pipe - the application of "Faraday's Law of Electromagnetic Induction" will not take place since the flux field and the flowing water are not at right angles to each other (i.e. perpendicular as required by the Law).

We should also state for the record that magnetic water conditioning - at least in the United States - suffers from a sort of self-imposed image problem. It is perceived by many lay people as a somewhat strange and misunderstood phenomenon with a rather large number of mystics and charlatans claiming to have successfully treated water (whether or not they have overcome the defects mentioned above). Indeed, surfing the web will bring one to quite a number of magnetic water conditioning web sites that make outrageous claims with little or no scientific backing. Of course, magnetic water conditioning does work for the physical and chemical reasons we have indicated in this web site. And in the case of non-ferrous pipes even a fairly weak magnet may have some discernible effect. Consequently, a number of marginal players exist around the periphery of an industry which is only just beginning to emerge from the shadows of the chemical industry. Until such time as industry wide standards for performance are understood and set forth the rule for prospective purchasers must be the old Roman Law rule of caveat emptor (let the buyer beware!).

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MagneGen® Magnetic Water Conditioning versus Other Magnetic Water Conditioning

MagneGen^® Magnetic Water Conditioning versus Other Magnetic Water Conditioning