I was curious about this and emailed Desallator to confirm, and this is the reply I got from Martin de Jong: Good morning Paul, No this is not the proper way of doing it, this is a good

Thanks Craig! Duane

Many thanks to everyone for their thoughts. Duane Wanderer, SM#477

Yeah! Your batteries have probably suffered. I had to replace mine

Oops Sorry my previous should have been addressed to Willem Danny

Hi Vincent et al, I too have not used chemicals in 10 years and get good life from the membranes. Just a back flush with product water from the tank with the presure released after each use.

Just to add to the knowledgebase on a related watermaker topic, when I asked Dessalator's USA rep Mark Fruehauf at Balcen (info@...) about how best to winterize my watermaker I got this reply: "For

Gary, I for one would love to see the schematics and parts list that you used to modify your system! -- Mark McGovern SM #440 Cara Deale, MD USA

Yikes! Thx for that. Will remember not to smoke around it :) I'm going to get the free liner they are offering as a fix. They have a

In november 2017 I spoke with two Dessalator representatives on the MET's in Amsterdam. I asked them about to sterilize the membranes of my DUO 60. The answer was quite simple: It is not necessary to

As I said above, that’s exactly the problem I found and fixed: loose connection in the voltage sensing cable for the alternator. But the latest is that the alarm came back on last night after 8

Seems it's not available from Amazon anymore, and this is why : https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2019/cvb-recalls-lucid-folding-mattress-sofas-due-to-violation-of-federal-mattress Pity, I thought it was a

Regarding my previous post. My problem was much like the one described below by Bill. If wire connections are loose, when they flick the Mastercolt restart itself initializing it with a higher initial

Had a related problem once. It was blamed on the Mastervolt regulator. Replaced it. Problem continued. It was later determined that wire connections had become loose after 1200 miles passage.

For those SM owners interested in an aft deck cushion, we purchased this three years ago. It is left outside all the time and is still in good condition. Lies flat, folds up. It fits almost perfectly.

We also had a Sunbrella cover made, and went one further having a teak frame made to measure as a base to keep it all off the deck hence allowing it to stay dry. This has worked perfectly and we have

We do the same as Porter however we did not recover our cushions we just leave them on the deck all the time we’re on the boat great place for people like good breezes great views Cheers Courtney

Stefan. We were in the same position about eight months ago – all these beautiful cushions seemed to do was take up space! However my wife, being the ingenious one, suggested we cover the cushions

Hi Gary, thanks for setting the record straight that it was you, not Danny who first installed the membrane flush timer. My mistake. Congrats on your retirement! Kent S/V Kristy SM243

Hi all: In my early years of ownership of Liahona (Amel SM #335, purchased new July 2001), I would faithfully pickle the membranes with Sodium Metabisulfite (SMB). Since I was working back then I