Marine Water Maker Diy

Panacea is set up with a step on each side.

Marine water maker diy.

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. The parts are all commonplace and easy to obtain from most marine hardware suppliers. Drinking water has less than 500 tds. At the base of the step on the port side is the water fill plug flush to the deck.

Nice post here alex the water maker here on panacea was bunk when i bought it. 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. Salt water low pressure manifold allows multiple taps from one seacock 1 2 pvc schedule 40 pipe fittings and valves in salt water fresh water flush out water maker feed refrig deck wash etc shut off valve bleed valve 25 hardware stores. All modern marine watermakers use the reverse osmosis ro principle to produce pure potable water from seawater.

Maybe there are some serviceable parts but i don t think so. Then my boating friend stan heirshberg suggested i use pumps that circulate water in large aquariums. Diy the world s cheapest watermaker. These pumps have to do the same thing push a lot of water through filters that can get clogged up with marine growth.

Sea water is pumped at high pressure about 800psi against a semipermeable membrane. Watermakers make fresh water from saltwater through a process known as reverse osmosis desalination. Some of the water molecules can be forced through the membrane.