BoatBanter.com - View Single Post - Watermakers - what's best and cheapest for long term cruising use

Wayne.B

On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 21:53:29 -0700, wrote:

I'm looking for a mid-sized 120 VAC unit - maybe 15-20 gph - no 12 VDC
stuff as I have a 6 KW diesel genset. I have 280 gal in water tanks -
so the idea is to run the WM once a week or two and fill the tanks.
Use of standard parts and low maintenance is good. High price is bad.
Recommendations please.
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None of the watermakers commercially available are exactly
inexpensive, and all require a fair amount of care and maintenance. We
are currently paying about 50 cents per gallon for water here in the
Bahamas and I still regard that as reasonably priced compared to
making our own.

My understanding is that the popular Village Marine units do not use
standard RO components but that Spectra does. Those seem to be the
two most popular units that I've heard of. If you like rolling your
own, check on Glenn Ashmore's web site. He goes into a fair amount of
detail on how to design and build your own unit.