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From: cirejay (no email)
Date: Sat Mar 18 2006 - 17:12:23 EST
--- In , sv_Pelican at dot dot dot wrote
>
> I don't have one but have been monitoring discussions of the topic
for
> the past year in consideration of possible future purchase. I have
read
> of people having two tanks with the salt>fresh via device going
into one
> tank. Then the output of that tank run through the device a second
time
> enroute to the second tank. It has been remarked that while the
quality
> after the first pass is acceptable to good, after the second it is
> outstanding.
>
> Also read that some who do this will pipe the first tank to things
like
> showers while the second goes for drinking water and cooking.
Those
> folks obviously have the luxury of power to spare and multiple
tanks.
A watermaker, making fresh water from salt-water runs at right
around 800 psi. If you run fresh or brackish water at that psi you
can kiss your membrane goodbye pretty quickly. You need to lower
your pressure down to around 400 psi (or whatever pressure the
manufacture says) to do so.
I know of some who do this, occasionally to obtain water for their
batteries - great for steam irons too:-) .
Many here have experiences with watermakers, even if they don't own
themselves. What they can tell you is that water coming out of most
any properly operating watermaker is considerably better than
anything you are getting from the tap at home. Why would anyone
want to go through the hassle of running the water through twice,
just because they could?
BTW, using that twice done water, exclusively, should start
impairing your health pretty quickly. Your body needs those
minerals and trace elements.
eric S/V Nebaras
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