new style watermaker

[newtothis]

Not something I'm in need of at the moment, but despite the lack of detail on amps required, this seems to do away with some of the issues with watermakers for those that use them.

Briefcase-sized gadget turns seawater into drinking water at push of a button

 

[Stemar]

If it's as good as they say, it's pretty neat, but I think I can manage without for pottering around the Solent

 

[newtothis]

If it's as good as they say, it's pretty neat, but I think I can manage without for pottering around the Solent

Likewise, I try never to be more than a day's sail from fresh gin, so of little use to me.
But I've read/seen that the filters can be a pain with trad watermakers, and this seems to do without.

 

[Clancy Moped]

The video stopped working for me, so how many liters per hour does it produce?

 

[Fr J Hackett]

The video stopped working for me, so how many liters per hour does it produce?

It required me to turn off my add blocker so I haven't read it but that's the first question I would ask as those that need a watermaker on a boat as opposed to a liferaft need a lot and it doesn't seem to have that capability.

 

[newtothis]

There's another link here, with the video. Seem to only do minimal amounts of water, but can be run off a solar panel, so maybe more suitable to survival situations than daily freshwater showers on board.

From seawater to drinking water, with the push of a button

 

[Yngmar]

Supposedly costs only $50 (but that's probably without pre-filters, etc.). And it's small. Produces only 0.3 liters per hour, which is survival stuff, not showering or laundry. Uses 20 Wh per liter, so 6 W per hour runtime (making 0.3 liters in that time).

Theoretically you could just get 100 of these for a total $5000 and make 30 liters an hour drawing 600W (per hour).

But for the same price you can get a modern energy recovery watermaker which makes the same 30 liters an hour while drawing only 110W and it's a lot more compact than 100 suitcases.

 

[geem]

Likewise, I try never to be more than a day's sail from fresh gin, so of little use to me.
But I've read/seen that the filters can be a pain with trad watermakers, and this seems to do without.

Who told you that? I have been running my home built watermaker for 8 years making 200 l/hr. Not sure why you think filters are a pain

 

[newtothis]

Who told you that? I have even running my home built watermaker for 8 years making 200 l/hr. Not sure why you think filters are a pain

No one in particular. Just something I seem to have picked up from various utubes and stories.

 

[PhillM]

I think you will find it’s the solar panel that costs £50. There is no price on the experimental unit

 

[Mhvoiceuk]

I’ve been looking at these . Schenker do a suitcase version for about £5000.00 ( Aquatrek) , but also found a Chinese manufacturer on Alibaba who will sell single units for under £800.00 which promise “up to 150l/hr” ( suspicious ) Wholesale Solar powered DC12V DC24V Suitcase type Small water maker salty water desalination system Drinking watermaker From m.alibaba.com
Anybody want to be a guinea pig ?

 

[Yngmar]

I’ve been looking at these . Schenker do a suitcase version for about £5000.00 ( Aquatrek) , but also found a Chinese manufacturer on Alibaba who will sell single units for under £800.00 which promise “up to 150l/hr” ( suspicious ) Wholesale Solar powered DC12V DC24V Suitcase type Small water maker salty water desalination system Drinking watermaker From m.alibaba.com
Anybody want to be a guinea pig ?

That's a low pressure system which cannot handle seawater. You can buy those for household water cleaning: 5 Stage Reverse Osmosis Unit | Toolstation

The table on the Alibaba listing clearly states, intake TDS must be under 1000 ppm. Seawater is 35'000 ppm or so. Design pressure 100 psi (6.8 bar) - seawater RO requires around ten times that pressure.

There is a related product on the bottom that does have the right numbers for seawater, but costs significantly more: Compact Suitcase Portable Seawater Desalination Machine 240l/d - Buy Salt Water Treatment System,Portable Water Purification Systems For Africa,Compact Seawater Maker Product on Alibaba.com

 

[Mhvoiceuk]

Ah thanks . I’ll have a look .