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Watermakers - what's best and cheapest for long term cruising use
Len wrote:
On 19 jun, 11:15, " wrote: On Jun 19, 3:16*am, Len wrote: ... Due to bacterial growth you will have to operate the watermaker every 3-4 days. That's the only disadvantage of such a system (my 2cts worth experience till now).... If back-flushed thoroughly with fresh water you can run them much less frequently than that. -- Tom. That sounds interesting to me. What is your experience? What do you mean by "less frequently"? every 8 days? and what by "thoroughly"? 20 minutes? HP-pump on or off? How long have you been doing this? Tnx, Len. HRO sells, as an extra, a fresh water flush unit that has a timer and runs after each use and every week if the watermaker is not used. Not cheap, but mine has very rugged commercial-duty components. You'd have a hard time fitting it into a small boat. Michael Porter Michael Porter Marine Design mporter at mp-marine dot com www.mp-marine.com ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com ** |
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Watermakers - what's best and cheapest for long term cruising use
On Jun 21, 2:19*am, Len wrote:
That sounds interesting to me. What is your experience? What do you mean by "less frequently"? every 8 days? and what by "thoroughly"? 20 minutes? HP-pump on or off? How long have you been doing this? Tnx, Len. We've got a Spectra 8 gph 12 volt unit that we installed in 2000. We've used it quite a lot since then, mostly in the tropical Pacific. We always back-flush it at the end of each run until the pressure drops to about 20 psi or so with the HP pump on. It takes a few minutes. After that we just turn it off. When we are in a marina we try to flush the unit every couple of weeks, though occasionally we've left it for longer. -- Tom. |
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Watermakers - what's best and cheapest for long term cruisinguse
Roger Long a écrit :
"Boeland" wrote I am not endorsing this one but you may find in interesting if your water needs are for drinking. http://www.waterloginternational.com...kers%20ffp.htm Boeland This looks very cool; especially for a boat with a very small engine space like mine. I wonder if some of the ideas like the simple S.S. filter could be adapted to inboard units. -- Roger Long Prospective customers might want to read the SSCA forum on the company selling the 'waterlog'. -- http://francois.lonchamp.free.fr Un doigt de linguistique ... et un soupçon de voile |
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