Anyone know what to do with a ScaleBuster?

[itm2]

I've just found a magnetic device in a cupboard with "Scalebuster" written on it. I'm guessing that it's some form of de-scaler for mains water pipes. I attach a couple of images.
Does anyone know how it's supposed to be used?
https://imgur.com/a/UEINHpt

 

[JohnD]

It's just an ornament, of no practical value.

 

[Scarlet Pimpernel]

It's just an ornament, of no practical value.

So don't hide it away in a cupboard. Put it on prominent display.

 

[ReganAndCarter]

Put the Scalebuster back in the cupboard, next to your bottle of snake oil.

 

[Brigadier]

How much do you want for it?

 

[^woody^]

Was there any scale around it in the cupboard? It's worth more if still working.

 

[conny]

For the OP. I believe the idea is to clip it around your incoming water pipe. The magnets inside somehow help to break the scale down by disturbing the magnetic properties which allow it to form in the first place. No idea if they work but, going by the previous comments, I suspect not.

 

[itm2]

For the OP. I believe the idea is to clip it around your incoming water pipe. The magnets inside somehow help to break the scale down by disturbing the magnetic properties which allow it to form in the first place. No idea if they work but, going by the previous comments, I suspect not.

Thanks for that. Yes it seems to have caused much mirth here but I was really no wiser re. what to do with it. I've since found similar devices advertised on the web, but have no idea whether any of them have any merit. The one that I found must have been bought by the previous owner of my house (we moved in many years ago), but wasn't actually connected to a pipe - just lying at the back of the downstairs coat cupboard.

 

[EFLImpudence]

- just lying at the back of the downstairs coat cupboard.

You can settle whether it works or not.

Is there any scale on the coats?