FAQ's about water hardness, limescale, calcification, descaling water ionizers
[toggle title_open=“When is water hard or soft?“ title_closed=“When is water hard or soft?“ hide=“yes“ border=“no“ style=“white“ excerpt_length=“0″ read_more_text=“When is water hard or soft?“ read_less_text=“When is water hard or soft?“ include_excerpt_html=“no“]On February 1, 2007, the hardness ranges were adjusted to European standards and the millimoles of total hardness per liter were replaced by the (chemically nonsensical) millimoles of calcium carbonate per liter. Water supply companies will probably continue to publish the total hardness, but this is not required by law. The new hardness ranges differ little from the previous ones, only that ranges 3 and 4 are combined to form the “hard” hardness range and numbers 1,2,3, 4, XNUMX and XNUMX are replaced by the – already common – descriptions “soft”, “medium” and “hard”. The new hardness ranges are defined as follows:
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[toggle title_open="Does it make sense to soften hard, calcareous water beforehand?" title_closed="Does it make sense to soften hard, calcareous water beforehand?" hide="yes" border="no" style="white" excerpt_length="0" read_more_text="Does it make sense to soften hard, calcareous water beforehand?" read_less_text="Does it make sense to soften hard, calcareous water beforehand?" include_excerpt_html="no"]If you prefer softer water, there are two options:
Do not set the ionizer to such a high level, e.g. level 3 with a flow of approx. 2 liters/minute. This means that the active water is less alkaline and less lime is formed.
If the water hardness is above ° dH 20, it makes sense to use a water softener. You can find a suitable water softener here:
https://www.aquacentrum.de/shop/de/aquaphor-filter/121-aquaphor-enthaerter.html[/toggle]
[toggle title_open="Why does a limescale layer or deposit form in glass or plastic bottles due to alkaline activated water?" title_closed="Why does a limescale layer or deposit form in glass or plastic bottles due to alkaline activated water?" hide="yes" border="no" style="white" excerpt_length="0" read_more_text="Why does a limescale layer or deposit form in glass or plastic bottles due to alkaline activated water?" read_less_text="Why does a limescale layer or deposit form in glass or plastic bottles due to alkaline activated water?" [include_excerpt_html="no"]These are harmless limescale deposits. The mineral salts in the alkaline water have a different electrical charge compared to the water container, which is why the limescale crystals adhere to the inner wall of the container. The stronger the ionization and the higher the calcium content of your source water, the more limescale accumulates in the activated water. These deposits are completely harmless and do not harm the human body.
To remove the deposits, simply rinse the container with vinegar or citric acid water.
[toggle title_open="White limescale dust forms in the kettle – What can I do?" title_closed="White limescale dust forms in the kettle – What can I do?" hide="yes" border="no" style="white" excerpt_length="0" read_more_text="White limescale dust forms in the kettle – What can I do?" read_less_text="White limescale dust forms in the kettle – What can I do?" include_excerpt_html="no"]Flow-through water ionizers form seed crystals in addition to the hexagonal water molecule structures. Furthermore, the ionization process interferes with the carbon dioxide-calcium equilibrium, which is why more calcium can dissolve in the water when it is activated. After some time, when the "activation" has decreased, or air has entered the bottle, some of the calcium precipitates out again as calcium crystals.
Boiling the water in the kettle also affects the carbon dioxide-calcium balance. When the water that still contains the crystals evaporates, the crystals remain on the surface like powdered sugar. They do not adhere firmly to surfaces.
Remedy: Wipe away these soft limescale deposits with the rough side of a kitchen sponge, or descale the containers from time to time with citric acid or vinegar.
[toggle title_open="Is drinking calcium carbonate crystals harmful?" title_closed="Is drinking calcium carbonate crystals harmful?" hide="yes" border="no" style="white" excerpt_length="0" read_more_text="Is drinking calcium carbonate crystals harmful?" read_less_text="Is drinking calcium carbonate crystals harmful?" include_excerpt_html="no"]What happens to the fine seed crystals of alkaline water in my stomach?
Acids are a means of dissolving solid lime particles and lime crystals. This is the mechanism that also occurs in the stomach and digestive tract when taking solid calcium tablets and magnesium tablets from pharmacies.
The digestive juices in the stomach contain hydrochloric acid. This dissolves all the lime crystals in the stomach and can then pass through the membranes of our digestive tract naturally.
Any health impairment is completely ruled out. Rather, the water ionizer technology contains the total amount of minerals contained in drinking water. The basic mineral salts in particular, which are important for metabolism, are contained in increased quantities depending on the ionization level set.
For more information about water and minerals, see > on this page.[/toggle]
[toggle title_open="How often do I need to descale my alkaline water dispenser?" title_closed="How often do I need to descale my alkaline water dispenser?" hide="yes" border="no" style="white" excerpt_length="0" read_more_text="How often do I need to descale my alkaline water dispenser?" read_less_text="How often do I need to descale my alkaline water dispenser?" include_excerpt_html="no"]With most ionizers, the calcium content decreases during the first few weeks to three months, depending on the calcium content, flow rate, and selected ionization level. Therefore, you should descale these ionizers every two to four weeks, depending on the calcium content and usage.
In the Aquion ionizers, the Allsbon Dion ionizers, the Nexus X-Blue, the Ionquell Alphion and Ionquell Delphi water ionizers, sophisticated technology protects the electrodes from premature calcification.
We still recommend regular descaling, as the valves and the outlet still accumulate limescale. Depending on usage and your water hardness, this can sometimes be the case after just 6-9 months.
You can also tell when the time is right for descaling by the volume flow ratio of the alkaline water to the wastewater. After decalcification, approximately 3/5 alkaline water is created to 2/5 acidic wastewater. The more calcified the outlet of the ionizer is, the less alkaline water flows through, so the wastewater volume flow increases depending on the degree of calcification and is your indicator.
However, this does not apply to the Allsbon Dion ionizers, as their spout hardly gets calcified anymore. With these water ionizers, alkaline water production becomes irregular, especially at level 4. Fortunately, with Allsbon Dion devices this can only be expected after a year at the earliest under normal use and hard water.
Descaling all water ionizers is very simple and is presented on this website.[/toggle]
[toggle title_open="Does it make sense to vitalize the water beforehand with a water vitalizer?" title_closed="Does it make sense to vitalize the water beforehand with a water vitalizer?" hide="yes" border="no" style="white" excerpt_length="0" read_more_text="Does it make sense to vitalize the water beforehand with a water vitalizer?" read_less_text="Does it make sense to vitalize the water beforehand with a water vitalizer?" include_excerpt_html="no"]Do you already own a water vitalizer, water energizer, or water revitalizer from, for example, the following manufacturers?
Grander, Plocher or Plocherkat, UMH, VITAVORTEX, Aquadea, Salsa Helix or other swirlers, Fostac, Weber, EWO, Memon, Gie, Schwarting seed crystals, Ewo, Vulcan, and much more
From our experience, the different water energizers actually have a positive influence on the precipitation and form of calcium in the water, which is particularly evident with the water ionizer.
UMH water swirlers and energizers are the best way to protect water ionizers from stubborn limescale. It's gotten to the point where you no longer have to descale the ionizer, depending on whether the ionizer reverses the polarity of the electrodes or not. Reversing the polarity of the electrodes is still the most sensible limescale prevention technique and capital preservation. Together with an upstream one > UMH Pure Gold However, the water actually tastes noticeably softer.[/toggle]
