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From: Phil Sherwood (no email)
Date: Fri Mar 17 2006 - 20:48:41 EST
At 03:40 PM 3/17/2006, you wrote:
I'd question whether the added complication (plumbing, valves, one more
thing to remember to open and close) and attendant cost and loss of
interior space would be worth it. For me, fewer things to break, spring
leaks, need maintenance, etc., is better.
I let my watermaker run into the sink for a few minutes after starting it
up, then only when the output water has lost all hint of brackishness do I
send it to the tank (via a simple Y valve sort of arrangement). The
watermaker could go bad in the middle of a watermaking session, I guess,
but in that case wouldn't it just produce less and less water and slowly
grind to a halt (as opposed to suddenly and unbeknownst to captain and crew
starting to produce brackish water that would contaminate the existing
supply)? The bigger problem for me is remembering to run the watermaker
often enough to keep the membrane clean and happy.
Cheers,
Phil
s/v Cynosure (Passport 40 #129)
lying Roche Harbor WA
>Something else that has been mentioned is the possible addition of a
>"day tank" sort of thing that could be used to put the "new" water
>into first and then put into the general water tank. That way, if the
>unit goes bad, salty or brackish water doesn't contaminate all the
>water. Seems like a prudent thing to do. Any comments?
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