Most water makers run off the generator and you should not be running the generator underway. A couple of points on the generator first. If you run it 24 and 7 you increase the chances it will fail during the week. The majority of failures are the impeller. Running it underway can introduce air into the water intake and this will destroy the impeller. Save the Genset for AC at night. If you go to Anegada clean the generator water intake filters when you leave. Depending on the wind ect.. they might be filled with sea grass.
The watermaker also needs some care. Watermakers need to be powered on for 3 to 5 minutes before you ask them to make water. It goes through a startup cycle when power is initially supplied. On some watermakers pushing the start button more than once will bypass the startup cleaning cycle. The same thing applies on shutdown. You select stop on the watermaker panel. Then you need to wait 5 minutes while the watermaker back flushes and cleans itself. If you shut it off and kill the circuit breaker at the same time it’s likely you will not have a working water maker at the end of the trip. Not allowing the watermaker to backflush kills the membrane. They are 800 dollars each! As another poster mentioned there are also pre filters. There should be spares and they are easy to change. DO NOT RUN YOUR WATERMAKER AT ANEGADA. The fact that you can’t see the bottom in 7 feet of water should tell you why.
Last edited by GeorgeC1; 8 hours ago.
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