The Eddy water descaler uses electro-magnetic waves to reduce effects of the calcium, magnesium and manganese salts in hard water, also known as “limescale”. It alters the form of the magnesium and calcium crystals in solution to a much softer, much less harsh and corrosive type which is much less likely to adhere to taps, basins, toilets, boilers and pipework and can be flushed harmlessly away with your normal waste water. Unlike a conventional water softener, no extra water is used and no harmful deposits are flushed down the drain.
The device looks exactly like on the picture and the installation was a snap. It took barely 15 minutes. Reading the instructions are worthy though to make sure you wrap the pipe in the correct direction.
Anyhow… now it’s just a matter of giving this time to see if it works.
Where i will notice the most is, i have a warm mist humidifier in the bedroom. I have a large green tupperware container and the unit sits inside that.
Of course, with my water as hard as it is, there is white limescale all over the tupperware container. Just a drop of water is all it takes… once it dry’s… white limescale streak.
Anyhow, around the same time as installing the Eddy, i installed a new warm mist humidifer.
I noticed after just about 2 weeks of using the Eddy and new Warm Mist Humidifier… that there was a “sludge” in the humidifier around the heating element. I have never seen this before.
I used a turkey baster to suck out that sludge. There was also, as expected, considerable build up of hardened lime on the heating element. I was hoping to not have seen that, so the jury is out.
It’s the sludge i found most fastinating because i’ve never seen that before.
I’m now considering installing a Culigan Stage 4 filter just AFTER the EDDY to capture more of this sludge as the Lime is changed from scale into something different.
I need to contact the manufacturer again, to ask their thoughts about where the filter should go, if it should go immediately following the EDDY or further down line.
Maybe this is too premature too, for again, i keep reminding myself that EDDY did ask for a 3 month trial, so maybe i just need to do the time and see where things are at that point.
So far, I have not noticed the showers getting better. I have not noticed any difference in boiling water. I have not noticed any difference with the clothes from the washing machine nor dishes from the dishwasher.
If/When i start to notice these things, i will post. For now… my concentration is actually on the heating element in the warm mist humidifiers.
The Eddy water descaler is the cost-effective and eco-friendly solution to your hard water issues.