Treatment of water
Preventing Scale
Removing Scale Buildup
Treatment of Water
The ScaleGuard device is typically installed on the incoming cold water line,
as close as possible to the source. Installation involves wrapping the
source pipe with insulated electrical wire to form a series of closed coils that
are then connected to the computerized box.
The passage of electricity
through these
coils generates a series of penetrative magnetic fields that sweep through the
water at a pre-programmed frequency. In this respect, ScaleGuard is
similar to other magnetic and electromagnet devices. What makes ScaleGuard
uniquely efficient is a patented program that uses these fluctuating magnetic
fields as carriers for virtual high voltage/high frequency signals that promote
resonance at the natural vibrational frequencies of water molecules and its
dissolved ions.
Preventing Scale Build-Up
Basically, the ScaleGuard unit changes how
the calcium is suspended in the water. Typically, as water is heated and
evaporates, the calcium and bicarbonate ions bond to whatever they can - which
is usually the surface of the "container".
Water treated with a ScaleGuard unit
forces the calcium and bicarbonate ions to bond to each other when they pass
through the wire coils where the water can still suspend the ions. These
"seed crystals" are then carried downstream in suspension until the
water is evaporated (or at least heated to the point that the water can no
longer keep the particles suspended) much like a river carrying sediment after a
rain. When the water evaporates, the already formed scale (the seed
crystals) falls from the water as a light powder that can easily be cleaned out
of the "container" with your hands or a shovel.
Removing Scale Build-Up
In any water system, existing scale is continuously re-dissolving. That
is, calcium and carbonate ions are breaking away from the scale and entering the
water. At the same time, dissolved ions present in the water are
crystallizing on the existing scale. These opposing processes reach
equilibrium (ions are dissolving at the same rate as they are crystallizing)
when the concentration of dissolved ions is about 7 ppm (or less than 1/2 grain
per gallon).
Because the source water is almost certain to contain an ion
concentration much higher than the 1/2 grain of hardness (or there wouldn't be
scale in the first place),
new
scale will deposit much faster than old scale can be removed. That is,
until ScaleGuard.
Since ScaleGuard-treated water has already allowed the
calcium and carbonate ions to bond before the site(s) of deposited scale, the
treated water acts as though it has less hardness than it does
thereby allowing your existing scale to dissolve into the treated water.
The bottom line is ScaleGuard treated water removes
existing scale at a rate of about 1/8-inch per month without the use of any
chemicals or softners.
