Care-Free Water Conditioners work effectively on water with both high and low mineral concentrations: especially lime; soda; calcium carbonate and saline waters. Care-Free improves water from town supplies, bores, springs, creeks, rivers and wells. With more than one hundred thousand units now installed, we have experienced very good results in all areas.

Turbidity (the measure of the degree to which the water loses its transparency due to the presence of suspended particulates) is caused by microscopic suspended particles in your water supply. Laboratory tests confirm a decrease of 20% in the turbidity of the conditioned water.

Your Care-Free Conditioner causes the mineral particles to repel each other, separate and become smaller (reducing micron size). Because there is less light refraction from the smaller particles your water becomes clearer. This is especially evident in swimming pools.

Bottom line…you will have greener, healthier more robust growth with less water. You can also look forward to increased yields, which means more profitability because:

a) The better “wetting action” of conditioned water improves soil texture by surrounding individual soil particles with tiny droplets of conditioned water. Not only does your soil become more permeable but also it is able to retain its moisture content for longer periods;

b) By improving the permeability, salts which previously accumulated around root systems and in the soil are leached away and do not reform. Plant stress is relieved and improved growth is noticed in weeks – sometimes only days; and

c) Mineral particles and salts in the conditioned water no longer adhere to leaves to the same extent and what’s more, leaf burn is reduced considerably – a major benefit.

NOTE: Laboratory LEAF ANALYSIS testing on an orchard of stone fruit trees between Conditioned and Unconditioned water, confirmed a massive 66% reduction in Sodium and 52% reduction in Chloride in the Conditioned water.

Yes. In fact, Care-Free has been granted a Soil Desalination Patent for it's remarkable ability to reduce soil salinity. Soil analysis tests in a number of applications have confirmed a substantial reduction.

For example, after irrigating turf grass at the Wagga Wagga Golf Course for only six months with the Care-Free Water Conditioner, the lowering of salinity in the soil was very apparent.

The following results were taken from a soil analysis test before Care-Free, and 2 1/2 years after installation. 

The National Health and Medical Research Council Guidelines for CaCO3 hardness state 500 mg/L is the maximum. Care-Free has undertaken numerous tests with applications in very hard water and it has proved successful in reducing or in some cases eliminating scale build up. For example, the properties of the water in the following test was considered Hard to Very Hard and hot water systems used with this water had very short life expectancies. The water contained the following properties:

After 18 months of Care-Free conditioning,  an inspection of hot water systems found no evidence of any scale build up. The Local Water Authority reported tubes and cylinders were in excellent condition.

Yes. We have found that with high concentrations of Manganese above 0.5 mg/L and iron above 1.0 mg/L, the Care-Free Water Conditioner requires more frequent cleaning.

Note: With iron and manganese problems – the conditioner must be down-sized. Please check with your dealer or contact us.

The Care-Free Conditioner causes a natural protective carbonate film to form inside the equipment and piping, which will not grow or increase in time. This self-healing greyish film is of negligible thickness and not only protects the system against scale and corrosion, but will not impede water or heat flow.

In old, corroded systems it is possible for scale to seal a leak. So removing the scale may cause the pipe to leak (In this case the pipe should be replaced). Nothing further will happen – except that you will have clean pipes!

Care-Free treated water will maintain its conditioned state, unlike magnetic or electronic water treatment devices, where the water reverts quickly back to its original form.

Seed propagation tests using Care-Free treated water which had been stored for eight weeks, confirmed that the water remained in its conditioned state.

Periodically, it may be necessary to drain the lower region of the tank in order to expel any high concentration of dissolved solids that settle on the bottom.

Nominal capacity of the Care-Free Water Conditioner is 35kPa – 5PSI. Provided you abide by our flow rates there is minimal restriction. Headloss charts are available for all sizes.

Note: For a little pain in headloss, there's a lot to gain in performance. 

In most domestic household applications, your Care-Free Water Conditioner is best fitted into the main line after the water meter or pump and before any tee junctions or holding tanks, whereby the whole system will benefit. Your Care-Free Water Conditioner will operate at any angle, above or below the ground, however do not bury it.

When fitted below ground it must be installed in a suitable size box or pit, which allows access to unions for cleaning. On larger installations where it is impractical to install a Care-Free Water Conditioner on the water meter due to variation in flow, several smaller Care-Free Conditioners may be fitted on branch lines within the property.

NOTE: Do not install or test the conditioner at the end of the pipeline.

When watering or irrigating from a short discharge pipe, it is extremely important to prevent air from entering the conditioner as cavitation will result and oxide may form on the catalyst core, impairing performance. If cavitation occurs reduce the outlet slightly to obtain a “full pipe” of water and so eliminate this problem.

Your Care-Free Conditioner has been designed for life, however it must be maintained. Periodic cleaning is required and is dependent upon your water conditions and usage. Use the following as a guide:

Domestic town supply: 5-10 years

Farm Use and Irrigation: 1-2 years

Swimming Pools: 10 years

Industrial / Cooling Towers: 1-2 years

The range of Care-Free Water Conditioners CF06 to CF50 comply to hydrostatic tests performed by the Water Corporation, Plumbing Testing Laboratory at 2 MPa or 285 PSI for 60 seconds. It also withstood burst pressure testing of 3.5 MPa (500 PSI) without failure. The Care-Free Water Conditioner will function from 5° C to 85° C.