Marine Water Maker Diy

It is really quite a simple process.

Marine water maker diy. An approach whereby seawater is forced at high pressure through a semi permeable membrane that allows the passage of water molecules but not salt organic material or bacteria. I chose the blueline 70 hd external water pump see figure 3 which will provide about 12psi at 4 gallons per minute. At the base of the step on the port side is the water fill plug flush to the deck. Some of the water molecules can be forced through the membrane.

It has not escaped my notice that most pressure washers available for not a whole lot of money contain the lion s share of the needful parts that go into a really way more expensive than i want to spend watermaker. Nice post here alex the water maker here on panacea was bunk when i bought it. The commercial variety range in price from approximately us 3 500 to us 11 000 for a water production rate of 40 140 litres an hour. Then my boating friend stan heirshberg suggested i use pumps that circulate water in large aquariums.

Diy the world s cheapest watermaker. Sea water is pumped at high pressure about 800psi against a semipermeable membrane. Maybe there are some serviceable parts but i don t think so. Drinking water has less than 500 tds.

These pumps have to do the same thing push a lot of water through filters that can get clogged up with marine growth. All modern marine watermakers use the reverse osmosis ro principle to produce pure potable water from seawater. Panacea is set up with a step on each side.