On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 01:05:07 GMT, "Phil Lewis"
wrote:

I hope that you are aware the RO units operate under the "ue it or lose it"
theory. If you do not operate it every 5 days, you need to backflush
(without chorine in the water) and use a storage agent.

I have a large on on my boat and do not even keep the mebranes in it.
Maybe on a long cruise where I cannot get water I will crank it back up.


On Sun, 01 May 2005 14:19:18 -0400, rhys wrote:
So is the trick to keep the membranes out and stored until such time
as you run out of decent tanked water?

R.

No. I spent 2 1/2 years cruising with a watermaker. The trick is to
use it every day, then run some product water, about 1/2 a gallon,
through to rinse out the sal****er. Pickle if it won't be used for
more than about 3 days in warm weather, 5 in cold. Pickling is a snap
- just put a capful in 2 qts. of water and run it through. Then it's
good for a year.

Add a "silty water kit" or make your own. Just another inline filter
with a 5-micron element. I've made water pretty much everywhere with
this.

On last note. Don't get one larger than you need. Then you're wasting
Amp-hours and water to run it. It takes X Amp-hours per gallon of
water, whether you're making 1-1/2 gallons per hour (mine) or 500
gallons per hour.

Rick
http://www.morelr.com/specter