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Old 31-05-2021, 23:20   #11
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Re: Watermaker to fill multiple tanks

So guys, it's really not that difficult to understand. Katadyn writes it's not recommended to tap the water maker into your primary source of fresh water and that's what any water maker company will tell you. I didn't say you should not put the water into any tank. Of course you can connect it to one tank or use a Jerry can or whatever you like. But the initial question was how to connect it to all 3 tanks and it's just bad ppractise to do that. And you write with a bit of experience I'd see that. Well I've had water makers for the best part of 20 years and I've seen it all. So if you want to connect your water maker to all your fresh water sources at once and then on a pacific crossing realize you are out of water please do. Just whenever that happens remember the smart things you wrote here. I've been sailing all my life and I equipped aot of boats and what you are advocating to do would be considered dumb by most people I know.
And I don't service Volvo boats but according to Katadyn they carry a Power Survivor 40E. That's the smallest electrical water maker that can be switched to manual operation.
But I've also had spectra water makers on my bigger boats and if course they work fine. Until they don't and then you are in trouble if you have them connected to all your fresh water sources. Maybe not a problem if your a coastal sailor but on ocean crossings I wouldn't trust a theoretical shut off feature with my life.
But hey, you guys of course know it better, I'm only a humble sailor who crosses oceans for the fun of it.
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