Al Some thoughts of caution on Watermakers. Consider the location of the intake for you watermaker. If it is through the bottom of the boat like many. Consider the paint on the bottom of the boat. It's primary purpose is to kill living things. Now granted not a lot of these poison will be picked up and these filter, get 99% of all particulate out of the water. Than is 1 part per 100 passing through. Most water quality specifications talk in parts per 1,000,000. For example, if memory serves, 60 parts of lead per million is considered unsafe. Further many of these poisons do not pass through the body easily but are stored up over the years and your health is effected slowly. You might want to think of your watermaker as an emergency back up and not a day to day source. Don Dodds Bird of Time

Don, Unless your talking to a different Al, I think the water comes into his watermaker from the top of his boat, not the bottom. Of course, I might have missed something here (which is often the case) and the jokes on me. Mel Knott Sandpiper West Indian 361 Annapolis, MD DonDodds@aol.com wrote: > > Al > > Some thoughts of caution on Watermakers. Consider the location of the intake > for you watermaker. If it is through the bottom of the boat like many. > Consider the paint on the bottom of the boat. It's primary purpose is to kill > living things. Now granted not a lot of these poison will be picked up and > these filter, get 99% of all particulate out of the water. Than is 1 part per > 100 passing through. Most water quality specifications talk in parts per > 1,000,000. For example, if memory serves, 60 parts of lead per million is > considered unsafe. Further many of these poisons do not pass through the body > easily but are stored up over the years and your health is effected slowly. > You might want to think of your watermaker as an emergency back up and not a > day to day source. > > Don Dodds > Bird of Time

At 06:32 PM 2/17/99 -0500, you wrote: >Don, >Unless your talking to a different Al, I think the water comes into his >watermaker from the top of his boat, not the bottom. Of course, I might >have missed something here (which is often the case) and the jokes on >me. >Mel Knott ===================================================================== Nope the jokes on Don. Al Captain Al Pilvinis M/V Driftwood--Prairie 47 2630 N.E. 41st Street Lighthouse Point, Fl 33064-8064 Voice 954-941-2556 Fax 954 788-2666 Email - CaptainAl@Juno.com Website http://home.earthlink.net/~yourcaptain