On 25 Nov 2003 at 12:21, Chuck Harkness wrote:

> I can relate an experience with magnetic water treatment.
>
> A few years ago I was at a county fair and a company was demonstrated a
> magnetic water treatment system in combination with a filter for impurities.
> They purported their machine to perform better than a regular water softener
> and separate filtration system. Their demonstration was drawing some tap
> water into a container and testing it by using an eye dropper to put some
> chemical in it that caused the disolved minerals and other impurities to
> precipitate out and also foam on the surface from other impurities.  Then
> they would take some more tap water, run it through their machine and
> perform the their test again; voila, this time no precipitates and the foam
> didn't form.

        Get some of this filtered water home. Go back there next day and ask
them to test your "tap water"...

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