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detourdog
2mo ago
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A scaled down perspective is….
The most efficient commercial desalinator for boats is 32 Watts a gallon.
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fhdkweig
2mo ago
Do you mean 32 Watt-
hours
/ gallon?
detourdog
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2mo ago
Hard to say. The spec sheet calls out 4 Amps for the 12 Volt system or 32 Watts for a single gallon.
fhdkweig
2mo ago
If it includes the time it takes to produce that gallon, there would be enough information to do the energy calculation.
detourdog
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2mo ago
I guess it would be 48W/h as it makes about 1.5 gallons an hour.
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