Part of the reason for taking a berth in San Diego was to install our new water maker. We chose the Sea Water Pro modular unit which makes 20 gallons an hour. This unit comes with an auto back flush system and high and low pressure gauges as well as a real time TDS monitor. Plus it is a low current draw device so we can run it on a portable generator or hopefully an inverter while we are motoring.
It was a little more of an event than we thought it would be to mount it. A lot of the places to put things proved to be an inch or two too small so lots of last minute rearranging and trips to the marine stores to purchase the necessary extra parts. But the good news is Saturday morning we made water and everything works ok. We still have some last minute tidying up to do, i.e. plumb the line to the tank and mount the control panel. We also need to build some protection guards for the hi pressure pump and pre filters as these are in a rather large storage locker and we want to use the rest of the locker space for storage. But these are smaller projects that can done in Mexico. Except mounting the panel, that needs to happen before we leave. We need four 4.5 inch screws for that and the longest we can find are 4 inch. But I am sure we will solve said issue in the very near future.
Our plans look like Thursday night we will have a reasonable weather window to make the jump to Ensenada. Guess we better start working on our Spanish!
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| Panel still hanging on strings the membrane (top) is nicely mounted though |
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| The locker where the pre filters and high pressure pump are mounted |
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| The mounted filters and high pressure pump |
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