Water treatment operator here, this is my take. First, chlorine will off gas from an open vessel in 24 hrs. It does not linger. Second, chlorine should be used to "shock" the tanks periodically and especially after being unused for an extended time. If you have a trusted water source drain and flush. This will help clear out sediment and any other floaty bits. We use Cl2 in water treatment because it is such a good disinfectant. You just have to use it properly so do your research on dosage, best meathod for cleaubg your system (it's a good idea to do the pipes too), etc. Third, good water treatment in a small system requires ALL of the methods in this video. You are your own utility and your health and wellbeing is your responsibility. Bad water can kill you.
@wildwestunlimited
5 жыл бұрын
Ok, so.... MAJOR KUDO's to you guys for putting great lighting AND mounting a camera under the sink that shows the UV sterilization device!!! That must have been a complete PITA!!!! That alone tells me how much you guys care about what your viewers see on your beautiful boat! Another WELL thought-out video!!
@captainbob406
5 жыл бұрын
You both continue to impress me! I really appreciate how meticulous you are about the boat and its systems. You are doing a great job! Especially, considering it wasn't that long ago, you weren't sailors! Look at you now! Managing the boat is a big job. You both are doing it very well. Be safe and fair winds!
@dougborrett3566
5 жыл бұрын
Don't you mean "be safe and fair Wynns"
@captainbob406
5 жыл бұрын
Ha Ha! Good one! ;-)
@rickhuttono1
5 жыл бұрын
For distilled water simply add Himalayan Pink Salt... Fine grain dissolves faster... 1/16 tea spoon per gal of water is "MORE" than sufficient...
@JonesN2Travel
5 жыл бұрын
Yep similar issues in the fifth wheel for sure. 9 years off grid WOW you guys are such an inspiration and we thank you for sharing your journey. 👍😁
@galewil
5 жыл бұрын
You seem to have lots of fashionable clothes. How about a video of how you shop, store, and care for all those beautiful outfits?
@swahilijs
4 жыл бұрын
Great video on water purification. When we lived in Tanzania we had a sim tank to catch rain water. The problem for us was geckos would fall into the tank and die. Naturally we were going to filter this water. We either boiled the water or used a pUR water filter. Our leaders wanted us to use these filters from India of which were a piece of junk. The Africans drank the water out of lake Victoria which contained bilharzia and other nasty bugs. I wish we would have had any of your methods back in the 90’s. Keep up the great videos.
@80Toad
Жыл бұрын
Well dang, you were way ahead of me on remineralization! Great water explanation and set up!
@lupaofpack
5 жыл бұрын
The info was good, thank you for sharing your experiences. Also..."anything from the peanut gallery?" cut to cats. lol That actually made me chuckle out loud. Well done. :) Have a great week.
@klouism1
5 жыл бұрын
Nice set up. I am going to look into that for my truck camper.
@Olmec24
5 жыл бұрын
Great editing. The Jerry McGuire cut actually made me 😂
@JonathanPlumber
5 жыл бұрын
If you paint the containers black (Mat black spray can)and keep them from SUN "light" Yellow green spectrum and run a blue light stops the algae growth you can even run an aerator like a fish aquarium to stop the water going stale
@glennlewman1377
5 жыл бұрын
We keep our drinking water in separate containers that we fill directly from the water maker. The water in the storage tanks is used for cleaning, showers etc. We cook and drink from water filtered from the water maker before it enters the tanks. We bought filtered spring water and then reused the containers to fill from our water maker. This has been working great for years.
@HopeOfJoe
5 жыл бұрын
This is why we bought an Amway eSpring at the faucet water filter/purifier. We don't belong to Amway, yet research said it was one of the best. Why you might ask. Great question. Great carbon filter PLUS an ultraviolet light to kill pathogens as well. Lasts over a year. Easy cartridge to replace. Not cheap, yet my bride's (and my) health is not a compromise. :-)
@acuvatechnologies6551
5 жыл бұрын
Stay tuned on this one! Can't say more.
@shopstuff5
5 жыл бұрын
I have a Koi pond in the back yard. It's 1400 gallons and gets filtered and screened 3 times before it is sent back to the pond. In the spring and summer i also activate a UV system that uses two 40watt UV tubes to sterilize the water before it is sent back to the pond. This helps control algae as well as fish diseases and bacterium in the water. My Koi (6) are about 6 years old now and as healthy as can be. The UV makes a huge difference but must be bypassed in the winter otherwise the tubes and their quartz carriers will freeze and shatter. This happened once.
@ernestdougherty3162
5 жыл бұрын
Very good water documentary considering everybody needs it life is run on waterthat was a very good documentary on how you get your water and purify it thank you for sharing it with us fairwinds
@nemo227
5 жыл бұрын
Not only entertaining but your videos often contain USEFUL information. Now we're going to re-evaluate our RV filters and re-filter. Thank you.
@SailBeforeSunset
5 жыл бұрын
We agree with you almost completely, with one exception. You might want to accentuate more about how there are certain chemicals, particularly the fact that Flouride is not healthy as we were once taught it would be, are good for us. They are not.
@trulyamazingsailing7056
5 жыл бұрын
Ok sold on the water UV thing. I think we order this we have been filling up jugs with our water-maker to use as drinking water. But it is a hassle. Being able to drink from the tank would help. I am also liking the coffee tasting better. Thanks
@kariwick-InnerPeaceCoaching
5 жыл бұрын
Have done all the old school water purification techniques over the years living in the developing world, like iodine tabs and boiling the water - currently I am loving my Berkey filter as I explore North America more in an rv. Thanks, Kari
@geraldhenrickson7472
4 жыл бұрын
Do some research on the Berkey. It is really overrated. Really pretty good for tap water yet...would never do what a serious system will do.
@kamranameri
5 жыл бұрын
When you break down the cost really makes perfect since to have water purification system. Now show me the island of Tahiti!!!🙏🏼
@Dr.Pepper001
5 жыл бұрын
Me too! I wanna see it...I wanna see it.
@nuritlevitas337
4 жыл бұрын
Then go. I was there already when I was 6 years old and it's the most beautiful island in the world.
@ib516
5 жыл бұрын
Just have to tell you, I just love you guys and your videos. Been watching for years. Thank you for such high quality filming, edits, and great information. You two are truly professionals! Hola from Canada!
@Bill23799
5 жыл бұрын
So alternate filling one thank with water and the other tank with 100 Proof Moonshine.
@WelcomeToMyDream
5 жыл бұрын
That's how it's done! But if'n you're from Georgia it's 120 Proof Shine. 140 Proof depending on who is telling the tale.
@WelcomeToMyDream
5 жыл бұрын
That's how it's done! But if'n you're from Georgia it's 120 Proof Shine. 140 Proof depending on who is telling the tale.
@Johnsouthshore
5 жыл бұрын
Great segment... with my boat I had a 15 gallon tank & a second 40 gallon tank that I never used. In a Northern climate in tbe winter, I would put non-toxic anti freeze in the tank & through the system. In tbe spring I would run fresh water to my tank until there was no anti-freeze evident. Then I would throw an entire gallon bleach in and run that through. During the summer, I would throw some antibacterial tablets in that I would pick up at a marine store. A few months later I would put 3 or 4 fifths of scotch in my tank and enjoy that. No filters..you do a much better job you have to..... but I never got sick.. and loved my Scotch treatment.. lol
@ericvaneck4296
5 жыл бұрын
Chlorine does work well to disinfect drinking water tanks. If the odor is a problem with cooking or drinking a person can put some in a pitcher for a little while and the chlotine will disburse/evaporate out because it is so volatile.
@SailingABSea
5 жыл бұрын
Great timing. We are currently researching watermakers.
@anthonyalford8970
5 жыл бұрын
You can pressure wash the tanks and use a large shop vac to remove dirty water
@ronabernathy1702
5 жыл бұрын
Guys, YOU ARE OUTSTANDING! Discovered you while watching some of the other sailing channels. Soooooo happy I did, great info on the boat and systems. I watch your channel almost exclusively for sailing, great info, good humor, excellent editing. If you get to Phuket, Thailand I'll buy ya a few beers. Also, I've owned a few Hunters, my last being a 43DS, I was so happy to see the couple with the 46DS out cruising. I hear all the negative comments about Hunters.
@bestfriendsrving-sailing8329
5 жыл бұрын
We love our Acuva in our RV too. Great unit.
@rogerfar
5 жыл бұрын
I worked on cruise ships and our fresh water tanks + connections were always stainless steel. This meant it was forbidden to open them in any way, otherwise it needed to go through a specialized cleaning process. The water we took onboard from shore wasn't actually filtered as far as I remember. But yeah, we did add chlorine to it.
@r050460
5 жыл бұрын
What speaks against to set a uv lamp directly in the tank. So you haven’t a bacteria farm in the tank. A friend of mine passes with a light tunnel the sun light over a lens directly in the tank. Works perfect but not in wintertime in Northern Europe.
@allenlin2479
5 жыл бұрын
Drinking water storage project in Australia Melbourne community, Center Enamel provides 2 sets of Glass-Fused-to-Steel tanks with aluminum alloy deck roof for drinking water storage. Tank size of Ø 22.17*6M. Know more visit Center Enamel online website.
@tbonemc2118
5 жыл бұрын
I think there's a lot of hype over potable water mostly promoted by people selling filtration and purification systems. I have lived for many years with only rain water collected from the house roof and have never had a problem with it including raising babies. The tanks would get sizable quantities of sediment in them so perhaps once a year I'd clean them out and I did have a standard filter on the feed line from the pressure pump I would change out a couple of times a years. In regard taking on water from third world countries I think I would use purification tablets after filling the tanks. I think our immune systems actually benefit from not having completely sterile environments. Now I'm upsetting the anti bacterial hand wash makers too.
@donedennison9237
5 жыл бұрын
Had a well for my business and we had to test water every 3 months. Individuals don't have to do that like that but the guy who tested ours said they should every so often. These had to go to a lab and while you're wandering the world, that would be more difficult. We also replaced our UV light once a year. Again, as per law.
@sailoceans
5 жыл бұрын
some beautiful camerawork, good musical selection, good work 👍
@johnnylightning1491
5 жыл бұрын
So I'm trying to make sure I've got this right. You use the RO system to make fresh water out of sea or other water and you store it in your tanks. You also use the water tanks to store shore water and you filter that with a carbon filter before it goes in the tanks Since the tanks have bacteria in them you use the UV system to kill the bacteria before you drink the water and use the remineralization system so your water/coffee tastes better. This is not academic as I'm working on moving into an RV and need to get the water system right or my wife will buy bottled water by the case.
@kimyoung230
5 жыл бұрын
Adding on to this question...So even if *all* of your water came from the watermaker, you would *still* use the filter/UV/coffee-water-improver under the sink? And you would do this because even if the watermaker makes pure, drinkable water, that water will sit in your tanks until used *and* those tanks can/probably/do contain bacteria and other contaminents? And the filter/UV/coffee-water-improver filters only apply to the drinking water tap, *not* to the main tap? Which tap is used for cooking water, or does that depend on whether the cooking water will be boiled? Oh, and thank you for the video! In spite of what it may appear from my questions, I found it to be very helpful! 😊
@gonewiththewynns
5 жыл бұрын
If you are moving into an RV, all you need is the filter we showed that filtered the water before it enters your tank (keeps sediment and heavy metals down. Helps preserve your pipes and you got water heater). Then an acuva (or similar) system to purify your drinking water. That's it. Then your water will taste fantastic and be even more pure than bottled water. ;) I have links to both in the post on our site.
@gonewiththewynns
5 жыл бұрын
You got it. The storage tanks are the issue. If we had smaller, easy to clean tanks our RO water wouldn't need to be purified. But because of our tanks and the fact we get water from other sources, we purify it. The UV/remineralization applies to just drinking water and the one tap. We use that water for cooking too. ;)
@johnnylightning1491
5 жыл бұрын
Got it, thanks.
@Eurocatbaby
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the water lesson it was cool. Thank you peanut gallery they couldn't do it without you.
@markbernier8434
5 жыл бұрын
Might be worth mentioning that those devices (or similar) come in a range of sizes practical and affordable for a single residence and are very common where houses are on wells. Note; they are NOT a one time purchase, the lights have a fixed life span and must be replaced, mine is about $100/year and depending on your well, cleaned perhaps 2 or 3 times a year.
@acuvatechnologies6551
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks Mark, this is true for similar systems, but the Acuva systems are quite unique. There are no UV lights to replace in Acuva systems, and there is also no need to clean (de-scale) them every few months. This is due to our long-life UV-LEDs that only turn on when water is flowing to extend their life, and that generate a minute amount of heat to avoid mineral buildup that is experienced with conventional UV-lamp system. One Acuva system will last well over 10 years with only the inexpensive pre-filter replacement adding annual maintenance costs.
@markbernier8434
5 жыл бұрын
@@acuvatechnologies6551 Wish you well with this new product and will be very interested when you have larger units and more longevity and fouling data collected.
@HopeOfJoe
5 жыл бұрын
Holy moly Batman !! Just s few seconds into the vlog and we get a glimpse of amazingly organized front lockers ... and some funny dress-up !! This is going to be F.U.N. !!.
@karenpolansky9097
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the 2 part series on water. I’m so glad that you talk about the cost and the overuse of plastic. I see too many people that are still buying their drinking water. :-( I know others who have your type of unit and are happy with it. I have a Berkey in my trailer that I’m full-timing in. Love it. No plastic for me.
@nicholasbigney4143
5 жыл бұрын
Nice Video. It's great to see how other people do things. We do the RO a little differently with our Spectra unit. We sanitize old 1 gallon plastic water bottles by doing a bleach water rinse every so often (they are then multi use plastic) and we have a diverter so that when our RO unit is making water, we just divert the water from the tank lines and fill a few gallon jugs of water for drinking before the water enters the tank. We can then put a gallon jug of pure RO water in the fridge and always have ice water to drink. After the tank is full, we chlorinate the tank water with a little bleach. We use that tank water for cooking (chlorine evaporates) bathing, washing, anchor washdown or drinking in a pinch. We find that we really should make water every few days unless we want to get a Z Brane or pickle the watermaker, so we make a tank at a time and fill our drinking jugs for four days. We can always drink chlorinated water if we have to. Our solar runs the watermaker just fine, so even if we aren't running the engine or a genset, we can fill up on a sunny day. Finally, we look at our destination, and generally use up the tank on what we think will be the Lee side of the boat...that way we use the RO tank water for ballast. One question...what about an ozonator in the system?
@robwasnj
5 жыл бұрын
It would be lovely to see a tour of your kitchen and how you make those wonderful looking meals with so little space! Most campers seem to exist on burgers and hot dogs, it's awesome that you've also taken the time to cook from scratch and take care of the most important machine, yourself. Just a thought if you're ever looking for an idea, love your channel.
@getafixx1
5 жыл бұрын
YESSS, watched all your posts, love them and how you present them, thank you for all your professional work and dedication for all your followers
@nooneanybodyknows1321
5 жыл бұрын
Off subject: Cleo reminds me of a kitty I had decades ago. She had some sort of issue and always tilted her head. She was a good family cat with an occasional evil disposition and would swat at you angrily when you passed. Every time I see Cleo I think of her. 😸
@billvegas8146
5 жыл бұрын
Very informative but please let us have a peek or two at Tahiti. I'm sitting in the Mojave Desert. I need that tropical island fix.
@pirateracer69
5 жыл бұрын
Hi guys. Thanks for the info. We can tell or hear the level of experience behind your explanations that by the way, were terrifycly clear, complete and easy to understand. The two of you are professional all the way. So nice to follow you so accept the compliments when they come. LOL
@JeremyCRunge
4 жыл бұрын
Great couple of episodes. Always great editing and the second show me the money in the background made me chuckle.
@Spectre8282
5 жыл бұрын
Wet Vacs; extend short arms with long hoses. Love the source hose filter over permanent mounts.
@scottlatimer7912
5 жыл бұрын
We had an RO unit at our fountain machine and the folks at Coke told us that taking all the minerals out of the water had an impact on the taste. Great idea to get pure water and add back the important stuff....
@O-ShinSpringsWater
4 жыл бұрын
Try using ocean water and whole fresh lemon with seed only to flush main water tube to pervent allege build up in water tube open up both faucet bathroom shower an kitchen faucet for flushing water tubes. 1. Grid up about 20 to 40 whole fresh lemon with seed and peel. 2. Five gallon ocean salty water . Add 4 or 6 cup of lemon juice mixed with ocean salty water in the five gallon jug shake then pour mixes in the fresh water tank open kitchen faucet and showroom faucet than flush out water tubes it will help prevent allege build up in the tubes after finishing flushing. Then add more fresh water to fresh water tank run open faucet flush lemon favor out for about 4 minutes drinking water might have a lemon favor after taste but I rather use lemon it safer than chlorine or alcohol.. Lemon seed has a very strong bitter taste Guam local medicine doctor also use lemon seed grind up with hot fresh tea leaves as a bronchitis medicine.
@barrythompson8858
5 жыл бұрын
A continuous dribble of great information.
@marty5859
5 жыл бұрын
Nice to see the working side. Not all fun and games, but I can see how it's worth it. You guys are great!
@Hinch55
5 жыл бұрын
The hightlight box around the text on the filter at 3:02 moving around as if we were on the boat made me almost spew out my bacteria-free Jameson's. As always, great editing!
@kevincarey1076
5 жыл бұрын
Great informative episode on water guys...All you ever wanted to know about Potable Water but were afraid to ask !! FYI, putting vodka in a water tank only helps to keep it from freezing in cold weather or winter storage. Fair wynns and following seas Curiosity!
@WaYsTiiD
5 жыл бұрын
Very informative. Now I’m thinking about building a rain catching mechanism on a van build and incorporating the products you mentioned..now how to do that🤔
@century2298
5 жыл бұрын
UV Units are OK. The newer ones using LEDs are a big improvement. No changing bulbs as they last much longer and maintain the same level of output. I'm going with an Ozonator anyway.
@jeffwallace957
5 жыл бұрын
That's awesome thank you so much for sharing that. I never really thought about living on a sailboat as being off grid but it most certainly is. Keep up the great content and stay safe.
@frankd2301
5 жыл бұрын
Jeff Wallace : not off grid? Do you think there are power lines and water mains in any body of water? It doesn’t get more off grid
@jeffwallace957
5 жыл бұрын
@@frankd2301 I know that's what I appreciate how about this channel. I just never really thought of it that way. Thank you
@SucceedingInFinTech
5 жыл бұрын
Well done (a.k.a. useful) which is typical for your technical videos. Thanks for making the effort.
@TheHwig
5 жыл бұрын
Jerry Maguire segue followed immediately with the use of the word schlepping = Thumbs up!
@davidsexton9090
5 жыл бұрын
The RVGeeks have a great video on the UV filter
@impaqtfx4526
3 жыл бұрын
What a great find! Thanks for the info. Funny, I was looking for the video I created for a portable solar-powered water purification system. Also uses UV light to kill the bad bacteria.
@bobshaw4063
5 жыл бұрын
Have you ever thought about buying a Berkey water dispenser ? Thanks for sharing how you get water & how you purify it . I hope Mary had a safe & uneventful trip back home to Texas . She's a great lady . You both are very fortunate to have Mary in your lives . Cheers !
@yeah4me1
5 жыл бұрын
I have one and love it!! They have a small quart size unit that's really portable too.
@agileanalyst214
5 жыл бұрын
Omg just realized you guys need to get a home coffee roaster. That way you can bring green coffee beans, which stay fresh for several months, and roast them yourselves. I know you already have a lot on your plate, lol, but it would take only about an hour a week to keep yourselves in fresh roasted coffee. Behmore 1600 for $369.00 or similar. Roasting makes the coffee hobby/snobbery even more fun.
@yeah4me1
5 жыл бұрын
Yes!!!!
@thejedijohn
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing, it was fun seeing a different style of video this time. And its fun to see the "behind the scenes" of how you guys make it all happen. I'd love to see more of how you make the day-to-day work.
@damoncarlos2796
5 жыл бұрын
I use a berkey filter. Love it they even have a travel size for you adventure seekers.
@yeah4me1
5 жыл бұрын
Me too!
@MaShcode
5 жыл бұрын
E Coli walks into a marina bar and orders a rum and coke. The bartender says, "Hey buddy, we don't serve bacteria here!" and E Coli replies, "But I'm with the staph!"
@thatotherdebra1834
4 жыл бұрын
😂👍
@SigbinNinja
4 жыл бұрын
Can someone please explain the joke?
@ddcoxgalaxie
5 жыл бұрын
SO in previous video you said you need generator to run the "water maker" but during those time you also: make coffee, do laundry, run the A/C; so what is the temp in the sail boat w/out A/C and sleeping temps at night. Might be a good topic for "tropical cruising" and if you sail to colder climates what about Heating the sailboat???
@gonewiththewynns
5 жыл бұрын
Nikki and Jason are still enjoying their vacation from connectivity and I don't want to leave you hanging. Good question. I will definitely pass along your suggestion for adding cooling/heating to the video topic list. When they're anchored, they will have the hatches open for the cabins. Since the boat tends to swing somewhat with the wind they probably have decent airflow through the cabins and they usually keep blinds drawn and have Reflectix in the window to keep the temps down. That being said, the tropics are generally humid and there's no getting around that. So I'm guessing below decks is pretty warm and sticky during the day. As for sailing in colder climes, they have previously responded to those questions by saying that Curiosity isn't insulated well enough for cold water sailing. That makes me think that, as a boat intended for warm water cruising, she probably doesn't have heat at all. By the same token, if they're in warm air temperatures but the water is cool, they probably get a little cooling from the hulls below deck too.
@michaeldenicola6725
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you both for sharing. I used UV light on my fish pond never considered it on a boat. Of course you use a much smaller unit. Thanks again and Safe Sailing
@rosco7722
5 жыл бұрын
Silver impregnated c arbon is the best when it comes to taking out chemicals and assists with the bacteria
@anthonyalford8970
5 жыл бұрын
Nice filter system
@7heRedBaron
5 жыл бұрын
So you still sterilize the RO water in the tank since the tank isn’t sterile? But you don’t sterilize anything but drinking water. Showers, deck cleaning, rinsing the little piggies is just straight out of the fresh water tank. Great video!
@thomasjohns8184
5 жыл бұрын
They also now sell a submersible UV light for RV and Boat tanks.
@youtubynotme
4 жыл бұрын
Why not create an outside tank. it could be flat and have glass covers or windows to let in the direct sunlight. They could take on what ever shape you wanted too, even a bench seat with a backrest. The backrest being the glass window. The sun is free uv light. It could run straight from the water catch of the roof too.
@erikr365
5 жыл бұрын
Like the movie clip added! Do have to say i miss the longer vids like up and over 15 minutes. Thanx for the effort!
@alivewithpassion
5 жыл бұрын
Great insight, I have loved your channel for years!! 👍🏼
@H2Dwoat
5 жыл бұрын
Hi, it’s funny you mentioned drinking booze neat to get purified liquid 😋. I’m sure that’s why monks brewed mead back in the day, it was less likely to kill you than water.
@dillonjohnston4012
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the price breakdown at the end :)
@higherperspective6927
5 жыл бұрын
Enjoyed the tips on water filtration and purification. We use similar carbon based and uv when out backpacking.
@billylallen2662
5 жыл бұрын
Here a comment from the peanut gallery....ancient people drank wine, because it was safer than water. Here in the Sacramento Valley, it used to flooded every year and that flood would bring minerals into the farm lands. Now we have dams and levees and the land does not get the minerals replaced, that the plants suck up.
@allancook
5 жыл бұрын
Pure and sparkling! ⛰💧
@subbstevie
5 жыл бұрын
love that top nikki is wearing, looks partially knitted, my grandmother was a seamstress...
@davidtordoff1232
5 жыл бұрын
Great info. We have been looking at ways to purify the water and this looks to be just the ticket. Now to figure out where to mount it in the RV. Thanks for all the good work y'all do!
@tommyontrip
Күн бұрын
Back in history when the water was bad, they fermented it to beer or distilled it afterwards. Rum is not a bad idea, but beer is possible to live with. 🙂
@trevorcrowley2569
5 жыл бұрын
Very informative. Thank you very much for both videos.
@saltyshark2002
4 жыл бұрын
I worked with water systems when I was in the US Navy if we wanted to treat the water in each of our tanks we used a chemical called calcium hypochlorite
@bettyhurd7033
5 жыл бұрын
Love the instructional videos, the more knowledge the better.
@irench
5 жыл бұрын
So, distillation and even double distillation isn't good enough? The heat from your engines or other sources could be easily used and a cooling coil could be made to fill that storage tank. It was a process used in 1797 when improvised on the SV Friendship.
@poruatokin
5 жыл бұрын
Nikki talks about water purification while a cat lays on one of the worktops. Hmmm! I've had cats myself, it is quite easy to train them {painlessly} to stay off certain places such as dining tables.
@dick923
5 жыл бұрын
Very interesting. Thank you for sharing. Fair winds and following seas.
@lachlanbutcher5642
5 жыл бұрын
Good info for my school project lol
@tihomirrasperic
5 жыл бұрын
about chlorine, put chlorine water in glass or bottle for 30 min and chlorine will evaporated, and you can use water for baking with yeast
@BostonClipper
5 жыл бұрын
Great video again! If you ever have to clean those size tank(s). Empty it. Pressure washer with a very short wand. Wet vac to collect the scum.
@reasonableperson5580
5 жыл бұрын
Nice system... I kinda fallback on the Dial soap way of thinking, you are not as clean as you think - and hence, your immune system. And I'm just one good stomach virus away from my ideal weight :)
@sailme2day
5 жыл бұрын
what about the conditioning of the other boat water needs, shower, laundry , dishes , toilet , top side rinse down after diving, etc? How do you pressurize your water so it flows through the whole sail boat? thank you for an inside look into the most important topic .
@gonewiththewynns
5 жыл бұрын
We don't have a water softener to condition water & RO really doesn't need it. We just add minerals at the kitchen sink because we think it makes the coffee taste better. There's a water pump which moves water from the tanks to the faucets & hoses.
@sailme2day
5 жыл бұрын
@@gonewiththewynns thanks very much for responding to my question I was just curious what signals your water pump to come on throughout the boat when you turn on the faucet or when you run a load of laundry it didn't really cover that in the video thanks for any response keep up the great work I enjoy your videos
@robertgarbe6348
5 жыл бұрын
So, why not use a small fresh water RO system instead of the UV gizmo. Cheaper and better, and you already have several filters that are part of that system, and it would do at least as good a job on any lingering organisms, plus filtering.
@chrisnifty2657
5 жыл бұрын
Just curious - how often do you need to replace the membrane in the RO unit when running sea water through it?
@Me97202
2 жыл бұрын
You would think they would have responded to your _curiosity_ by now. :-)
@DeeCeeTheGreat
5 жыл бұрын
This is EXACTLY the kind of things we need to know, Thank you Nikki, :)
@kellee6551
5 жыл бұрын
Bravo.....Rock Stars.....Have always wondered about the re-mineralization….. Love Ya'lls set up and Thank You for your time and energy to let us share in your journey's....we are still in a 4x4 Sportsmobile and heading out on another cross country from Seattle this week and hope to see some catamarans when we hit the Florida coasts....Gulf and Atlantic
@brianmclambSamEagle
5 жыл бұрын
Outstanding explanation and demonstration of the system.
@strangelee4400
5 жыл бұрын
Just a quick note on re-mineralization of Water. There are no adverse heath effects in drinking distilled water after it has been through a reverse osmosis filter. The food we eat supplies our bodies with minerals, not the water we drink. One orange will supply you with as many minerals as drinking a swimming pools worth of mineral water. Remineralizing units won't cause any harm either (and many people prefer the taste) but many companies try and sell the health benefits by playing on the fear of your body replacing lost minerals.
@gonewiththewynns
5 жыл бұрын
Nikki said the same about getting minerals from food in the previous blog post. She mentions in the video that the only reason they have the mineralizer is because it's supposed to improve the taste of coffee and they are coffee snobs. ;o) Curious Minion
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