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To: daylate-dollarshort
Don't think so...have a 500 gal/day watermaker aboard.

All things are relative FRiend. You get might get 500 gal/day, if life is perfect. Reverse Osmosis water systems performance vary with the feed water temperature and salinity. The average rated performance for most systems is tested at 26°C / 80°F water temperature and a salinity of 35000 ppm TDS. Efficiency is about 10%, so you need to run 5000 gallons a day through your system to get 500 gallons, with spec conditions (which never happens). Lawyers are usually crappy engineers. Nice boat, BTW. Best...

550 posted on 03/23/2005 4:10:47 PM PST by ScreamingFist (Peace through Ignorance)
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To: ScreamingFist; daylate-dollarshort
You get might get 500 gal/day, if life is perfect.

Interesting sub-topic in this thread...

553 posted on 03/23/2005 4:12:30 PM PST by Chad Fairbanks (Sure you can trust the government... just ask an Indian...)
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To: ScreamingFist

Actually we've done some better than 500/day. Most of the time we're in the 435 + range. We have a 250 gal. tank so we're usually in no hurry. Beats paying for water by the gallon in the islands.;^)


572 posted on 03/23/2005 4:22:10 PM PST by daylate-dollarshort (s/v Musashi I)
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