Recent talk of watermakers on another list got me thinking about an idea I came
up with on may last trip to the Bahamas. And as I well know, few ideas are
original, I thought I would run it by you folks and see what you think of it.
And whether anyone had tried it or seen it tried.

While sitting in the Exumas I got to thinking about how nice it would be to
have a watermaker while at the same time weighing the pros and cons of the cost
and maintenance involved.
At that point I started thinking about all the condensation water my A/Cs were
making and how it was just going overboard and being wasted. So I started to
wondering about setting up the condensation pans to drain into a shower sump
and pumping that water, perhaps using a higher pressure pump than the small
bilge pumps that come in most shower sumps, through a media/charcoal filter and
then through an ultraviolet sterilizer and into one of my water tanks.
A shower sump and an ultraviolet sterilizer along with the hoses and fittings
would be much cheaper and lower in maintenance than a watermaker.

The A/Cs can make 5 gallons or more condensation water in a 24 hour day. And I
have 3 units so I'm looking at, at least 10-15 gallons of "free" water per day.
And on part of the last trip to the Bahamas there were 5 of us on board and we
made 120 gallons of water last 7+ days no problem.
So at that rate, 10 gallons or more of condensation water per day would be as
good as a watermaker for me.

So, what do you think?
Has anybody tried it? Down sides? Problems you can for see?

While searching around the web I did run into this:
http://www.waterfromair.com/index.php


Capt. Bill