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Re: Electric Kettles



If you look in some of the aquarium books from the 50s & 60s you'll find that
boiling a pot of water, letting it cool, and siphoning off the top half was the
recommended way of getting softer water.  This only works with hard water though
(>10º dH)

Mike Wise

Mayalauren@aol.com wrote:

> When I lived in England everyone had electric kettles with a heating element
> inside the kettle. After steady use a thick coating of calcium would build up
> on the element-you know where I'm going with this!-  would any of you in the
> UK mind testing the hardness of some boiled water?  If it works then I won't
> have to get that RO unit after all!!
> Just a thought I had last night!
> Jason
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