A few months ago I read on this board a post about ultra violet light water filter/purification systems used on yatchs, it also had a link to a
supplier...can anybody help me find it again, thanks in advance, Rick
Thanks, Bajaguy, your whole-house system, wow! I've seen these and thought they were a point-of-use under-kitchen counter unit.
So, couple questions.
In Baja Sur most everybody has a tinaco to store their house water. Would this system be attached after the water leaves the tinaco and before it
enters the house? Would the water then be cleansed and delivered to every tap in the house? Could you estimate the operating costs (replacement
filters...) for year-round normal usage? Anything else?
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mulegena...if that thing worked on our water i would already have it
dont waste your money
our water is clean...a friend tested it...no bugs
our water does have ALOT of minerals...i mean ALOT
the minerals and dirt is what makes you sick if you are not "normalized" to it...many locals drink it with no problems
the only thing you might think of getting would be a gravel filter to remove sand and metal from the delivery pipes...thats just a filter attached to
the pipe just before it goes into the house
these filters units run about $50usa and the replacement filters about $10 usa each...they need servicing once a month
actually ...i'd like to see a desal unit in operation at someones home...one that worked
Good points, thanks, but why drink chlorine and such if you don't have to.
The simple sand filter would be good coming into the tinaco/holding tank, but what about the build-up of bacteria inside the tank itself that's going
to leach into the water as it enters the house?
Tanks need to be cleaned at least once a year and sometimes the valves and gaskets are replaced. This is why a uv system or perhaps a reverse osmosis
unit would be useful, too.
So we don't spend money needlessly I'd really like to know how cost-effective and necessary these filter systems are, how they actually work and their
operating costs.
"Raise your words, not your voice. It's rain that grows flowers, not thunder." ~Rumi
"It's the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." ~ Aristotle
Originally posted by Mulegena
Thanks, Bajaguy, your whole-house system, wow! I've seen these and thought they were a point-of-use under-kitchen counter unit.
So, couple questions.
In Baja Sur most everybody has a tinaco to store their house water. Would this system be attached after the water leaves the tinaco and before it
enters the house? Would the water then be cleansed and delivered to every tap in the house? Could you estimate the operating costs (replacement
filters...) for year-round normal usage? Anything else?
Thanks, Bajaguy, your whole-house system, wow! I've seen these and thought they were a point-of-use under-kitchen counter unit.
............nope, the 1000 is a whole house system. Works great for us in a 3bdrm, 2 1/2 bath house.
In Baja Sur most everybody has a tinaco to store their house water. Would this system be attached after the water leaves the tinaco and before it
enters the house?
...............yes
Would the water then be cleansed and delivered to every tap in the house?
............yes, that is the way we do it. Or, you could get the model 500 and use it as a point of delivery for one or a couple of faucets/outlets.
Just have to replumb for purified outlets.
Could you estimate the operating costs (replacement filters...) for year-round normal usage?
........there are two filters with the unit. A pleated sediment filter ($5.00 more or less) and a charcoal filter ($8.00 more or less). I shop on line
for the filters and look for deals.
We also have a GE whole house sediment filter in line before the WaterFixer unit, helps to filter out the big chunks. The GE filter unit was about $30
and the cartridges are $9.00 or so for two. I change the GE filter once a month, and the other two filters every other month. The heart of the system
is a UV tube which I replace every year, cost on a replacement tube is about $30.00.
It's been working like a champ for 6 years now, no problems. I highly recommend.
I wouldn't overlook a semi-passive solar still as a good option for purification, and removal of mineral tastes. They've come a long way since a
sloping piece of glass over a shallow black tray of water. The fun part is that state of the art is still do-able by the enthusiastic.
I'm proud to say I have 20 year old sketches which are now the "way to go". (I've been "hooked" on this for a while) The idea is to make steam from
water in the sun. A damp beach towel hanging on the fence in the bright sun on a cool day is a good illustration of why they don't do pools of water
any more.
Also, a damp wicking material can be supported in a way to allow the collector face to be tilted for maximum insolation.
The steam will condense on the cool (single glazed) clean inner collector face and drain down into a catch trough. Some types are making enough steam
to take it off the top into a condenser box on the back of the collector.
Even a much less effective previous system could provide about 2 gal. of distilled water for each 15 sq. ft. of collector, per 6 hours full sun.
Burlap makes a good cheap wicking material and comes in large sizes.
Here's a primer for anyone interested. and Figure 4 is the idea that has worked pretty well.
Mulegena: Like Bajaguy we have also had our 1000 model water fixer for 4 years now. Works like a charm replacement filters and lightbulb are a cinch
to change. We just have ours under our kitchen sink. We have one tap dedicated to it for drinking water and have the light on a switch as its not
really to have the light on all the time.
hope another 6 star recommendation helps!
cheers
Mike
[Edited on 6-24-2012 by astrobaja]
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Read the thread some more, yes you should have a rough sediment filter before the water enters the house. We have one on our solar pump in our arroyo
before it gets pumped into a 5000 L Rotoplas tank. Its the type which has stacked orange disks, you have to play with the micron size to get it
right, too small and you will have to clean it every other day too large and you might get too large a sediment entering the house system. Cleaning is
easy for these filters just loosen and spray the dirt off with a garden hose!!
If you like I can lookup the brand we use!
cheers
Mike
Mike
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Originally posted by Bob and Susan
i loved that...a water generator that makes water from the air from a company called "dreams and magic"...and it was a CARTOON!!!
This outfit is from FL .. there unit cost, $1,500 .. 8 gallons per day
Hope it is acceptable .. .it's from Fox News.. OMG ...
Originally posted by Bob and Susan
i loved that...a water generator that makes water from the air from a company called "dreams and magic"...and it was a CARTOON!!!
This outfit is from FL .. there unit cost, $1,500 .. 8 gallons per day
Hope it is acceptable .. .it's from Fox News.. OMG ...
The video was from 2009, I wonder how they are doing with it. I also wonder what it uses for power and how much of that it uses....I guess I could
google it and find out
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