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Watermakers - what's best and cheapest for long term cruising use
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. ----------------- www.Newsgroup-Binaries.com - *Completion*Retention*Speed* Access your favorite newsgroups from home or on the road ----------------- |
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Watermakers - what's best and cheapest for long term cruising use
On Jun 16, 9:53 pm, wrote:
...I have 280 gal in water tanks - so the idea is to run the WM once a week or two and fill the tanks. .... You use 280 gallons a week or two? Wow. How many POB? I've got a 12 volt Spectra but that will be way to small for you. There was a Canadian guy in New Zealand who was making engine driven very high output watermakers using off the shelf parts. I watched a demo. Very impressive. I think his brother took over the company and is selling them from Canada (BC?)... Something along those lines might work as direct drive off your genset... -- Tom. |
Watermakers - what's best and cheapest for long term cruising use
Sorry, kind of backwards of me but I think this is the link:
http://www.wolfwatermakers.com/ This is not an endorsement. I don't have any experience with them one way or the other. I just saw a working prototype. -- Tom. |
Watermakers - what's best and cheapest for long term cruising use
On 17 jun, 01:53, wrote:
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. 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). I built my own, 2 membranes, cat277, 2,2kW AC-motor, 55GPH. Works perfectly. I got the motor, Cat HP pump and the pressure-vessels off Ebay. Total costs 900 euro's. But apart from low costs: 1) I really know this system so repairs (none till now) are no problem and 2) I had the opportunity to put elements in spaces on board as I saw fit. No large bulky machines with filter units dripping on electrical parts for me... Fair winds, Len www.svpresent.waarbenjij.nu (in Dutch) |
Watermakers - what's best and cheapest for long term cruising use
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. |
Watermakers - what's best and cheapest for long term cruisinguse
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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. 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 |
Watermakers - what's best and cheapest for long term cruising use
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. |
Watermakers - what's best and cheapest for long term cruisinguse
Larry wrote:
wrote in : 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. ----------------- www.Newsgroup-Binaries.com - *Completion*Retention*Speed* Access your favorite newsgroups from home or on the road ----------------- No problem off the SC coast last night. It was raining in some squalls over 5" an hour. What you needed was a tarp with a hole, a funnel and short hose to the tank inlet....same as in the 1800s. Sleeping in something dry might have been more of a problem...(c; 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 |
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 ** |
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. |
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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