[PUP] watermaker

[Steven Dubnoff]

>I am leaning towards the 200 gal unit in 24V but would appreciate input from
>those with some experience in these thingies.


I vote for the 600 GPD AC unit.  Watermakers (at least mine is) are 
very noisy.  I would not want to ever run one at anchor, and when I 
am running, why not run the generator as well.  I usually start it up 
and power an array of chargers and then, as things begin to taper 
off, start making some water.  The advantage of high output models is 
that you don't need to run them very long to make significant 
quantities of water.  (They _are_ noisy --- think a pressure washer pump).

Mine came with the boat (A Filtration Concepts unit).  It chugs along 
under a regimen of benign neglect.  I backflush it whenever I am on 
the boat, other than that, it has received no maintenance other than 
an annual cleaning of the filters.  It is still on its original membranes.

The new edition of Calder's book has a nice chapter on watermakers 
which is well worth reading.

Best,

Steve



Steve Dubnoff
1966 Willard Pilothouse
www.mvnereid.com
sdubnoff at circlesys.com