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THE RIPPLE EFFECT
Mineral scaling has a rippling effect. It impacts everything across our modern build environment; from consuming unnecessary energy, to destroying equipment, to jeopardizing general health due to excessing bacteria and biofilm, to the unaware layman consequences of how decades long descaling habits using chemical treatments and other water softening process create global strain we are now realizing as fundamental fact. Similar to the realized consequence of using lead piping.
Decades of chemical treatments create unseen consequences
50%
EFFICIENCY LOSS
Scale reduces water heater efficiency by up to 50%
(Battelle Study & US Dept. of Interior)
9.4%
FUEL COST INCREASE
0.5mm of hard scale increases fuel costs by 9.4%
(UK Ministry of Health)
50%
LIFESPAN REDUCTION
Water heater life reduced by up to 50% through scale
(Office of Saline Water)
Over time scale deposits act as an insulator, causing the water heater to work harder and harder to heat the water. This reduces the energy efficiency of the water heater by up to 50% (iv).
Each five grains per gallon of water hardness will cause a 4% loss in efficiency.
4%
This loss directly affects heaters' ability to reach high temperatures quickly.
Studies show the water temperature decreases 5°C with a limescale thickness of 2mm after 480 seconds (ii).
No Scale 60°C → 60°C
2mm Scale 60°C → 55°C
Scale deposits on water heaters and heat exchangers will lead to increased running costs, as the heater will now require more energy in order to heat the water.
Scale deposits will cause a 4% increase in cost for gas storage tank water heaters when using 50 gallons of hot water per day.
$4
extra per $100
Their study concluded that 0.5 mm of hard scale increases fuel costs by 9.4%.
0.5mm
Scale
+9.4%
Fuel Cost
$109.40
per $100
1
50% Efficiency Loss
Scale reduces water heater energy efficiency by up to 50% (iv)
2
4% Loss per 5 Grains
Each 5 grains/gallon hardness causes 4% efficiency loss (i)
3
5°C Temperature Drop
2mm scale reduces water temp by 5°C after 480 seconds (ii)
4
50% Lifespan Reduction
Water heater life reduced by up to 50% through scale (iv)
5
4% Cost Increase
Scale causes 4% higher costs for 50 gal/day gas heaters (i)
6
9.4% Fuel Increase
0.5mm scale increases fuel costs by 9.4% (iii)
Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, OH, Study on Benefits of Removing Hardness (calcium & magnesium ions) from a water supply, 2009
Ministry of Health UK, Report of the Sub-committee of the Central Advisory Water Committee, 1949
The Office of Saline Water, U S Department of the Interior 85 How lime-scale is killing heating efficiency. Vol 22 No.2 April 2004
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