Does a Boat Water Maker Need a Boost Pump?
High output marine water makers for boats need a boost pump to push sea water through the systems plumbing and prefilters and into the systems high pressure pump. By not having a boost pump, you are putting extra wear and tear on the high pressure pump and RO Membranes.
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Powering a Marine Water Maker from a Honda 2000 Generator
Cruise RO Water designed a 20 and 30 gallon per hour water maker that can run from a Honda 2000 generator and still have enough power left over to charge the ships batteries! Now even smaller boats without a large and expensive diesel generator can have a high output water maker aboard and solve the water and power problem.
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Can I Run a Marine Water Maker in Fresh or Brackish Water?
Cruising boats often are floating in fresh or brackish water and want to know if they can run their marine water maker. Rich answers the question along with an explanation of why it's ok as long as you know what you are doing!
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Marine Water Makers and a Dedicated Through Hull
Water Makers require a through hull fitting to pull in sea water into the system. Live Aboard cruiser and owner of Cruise RO Water Makers discusses if a water maker installation needs a dedicated through hull or if it is ok to share a water maker through hull.
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Water Maker Maintenance: It's Really Not that Hard!
Water Maker maintenance is often over-hyped and made to sound difficult. But a properly designed and installed water maker is actually quite easy to maintain once you understand the "what and whys" of maintenance. Live aboard cruiser and owner of Cruise RO Water Makers, Rich Boren, covers the basics of water maker maintenance. The more you understand about how water makers work, the easier they are to operate and maintain!
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Differences Between the 20, 30, and 40 GPH Water Makers
In this video the differences between the Cruise RO 20, 30, and 40 gallon per hour water makers are explained by the owner of Cruise RO Water Makers, Rich Boren.
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RO Membrane Change Out Procedure for Cruise RO Water Maker
In this video, Rich walks you through how to change the industry standard DOW Filmtec Membrane SW30-2540 used in Cruise RO Water Makers. Detailed step-by-step walk through of the RO Membrane change out procedure for a Cruise RO water maker. How to remove and reinstall a RO Membrane. This also can apply to other manufacturers and brands of marine water makers.
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