Is this the best watermaker for us? - Sailing Helios S02E07 #watermaker

Our future plans are to sail around the world but first, we need to get ourselves and our boat ready for this adventure. We want to install a water maker but there are a couple of things that have bothered us with the typical water makers. The first is noise: typically, the high-pressure pumps are noisy and running them for 1-2 hours to make water can become quite annoying. The second is power: most water makers draw between 60-80 amps, which takes a big chunk out of your battery storage. These issues had me thinking that a high-capacity unit would be best – so we don't have to use it often, and we can get the water we need in the shortest time. However, running it infrequently has its own problems as water makers like to be used frequently to stay fresh. If you don’t, then you have to at least backwash them with fresh water or pickle them. In this episode, we talk with an expert in this field, and I get introduced to some components that change my thoughts and design. This new design runs silent and consumes about 11 amps. The downside is that it only produces about 15 litres an hour. However, with such a low power consumption it could run off excess power when my batteries are already full. All this means that we run it often and thus this would keep the system and us happy. Jude is looking forward to not washing the dishes in salt water when the tanks are running low. High-Pressure Pump: Pumptec 107SS www.pumptec.com/products/107ss-series-pumps Low-Pressure Pump: SPX FLOW Johnson Pump www.svb24.com/en/johnson-pump-johnson-heavy-duty-c… Remineralisation filter (Not the exact one shown in the video): celticwatersolutions.ie/products/inline-reminerali…

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