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

On Mon, 02 May 2005 18:29:57 -0500, Rick Morel
wrote:


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

Thanks for the primer. I didn't know you needed 20% of the production
to effectively flush the salt water afterwards.

R.

On Wed, 04 May 2005 02:01:37 -0400, rhys wrote:

Thanks for the primer. I didn't know you needed 20% of the production
to effectively flush the salt water afterwards.

R.

Well, 20 minutes worth of running for the Pur 40E, 1-1/2 Gal per hour,
or 1.5 Amp hours. I don't find that bad for what you get. :-)

Rick

On Wed, 04 May 2005 07:45:20 -0500, Rick Morel
wrote:


Well, 20 minutes worth of running for the Pur 40E, 1-1/2 Gal per hour,
or 1.5 Amp hours. I don't find that bad for what you get. :-)

Neither do I, and I don't begrudge the "maintainence cycle". I was
simply unaware of the requirement.

Like having an electric windlass, it simply becomes part of the power
requirement, particularly if one anticipates making one's own power
and running an electric motor.