T&T: $150 Reverse Osmosis System

[Don Sorensen]

My wife and I went to the local Home Show in Tucson and ran across an
interesting water generation system. 

This system generates the water from the humidity in the air. While their
web site shows a freestanding home unit which generates 5 gal/24hrs, they
also have a military unit which is being used in vehicles in Iraq. They also
have units aboard several shrinp boats in the Gulf. 

They say that a unit installed in a boat would generate about 10 gal/24hr
because of the high humidity. Instead of the spigot from the free standing
unit the unit would put the water into your onboard water tank. 

The unit uses 110V at 5 amps when running. It will also run from an
inverter. 

The price is about $1,400-$1,800 plus install. the unit must have a lot of
air flow and probably could not be installed in engine room unless it had
ducted air from the outside.

On our DeFever we have a 700 gal fresh water tank which lasts us over a
week, sometimes two weeks, with showers, washer, heads,ice, etc. I am
guessing we could generate enough water while underway, on shore power, or
under generator power to keep the tank full most of the time. 

I tasted the water and it was much like bottled water, much better than most
marinas.

Here is the web site you might want to review.
http://miragevortexmanufacturing.com/

The owner said one install on a boot the owner had the free standing unit in
the solon and had a valve to direct water to fresh water tank when the units
internal tank was full. It kept the fresh water tank full most of the time
and gave fresh chilled drinking water directly from the free standing unit.

This could be an interesting alternative to water makers most of us have
used in the past.

Don Sorensen
MV Esperanza
Seattle/Dallas