Dometic Marine unveils Sea Xchange Watermaker

Under a worldwide marketing agreement with US-based Spot Zero Reverse Osmosis Inc, Dometic will market and sell Spot Zero watermakers as it expands its presence in the fresh water and sea water reverse osmosis systems marketplace.

“In general, people are becoming more aware of water quality, both on board and on land, so technology that has been historically used for land-based applications is now being used on board as well. Globally, reverse osmosis, and the ongoing refinement process, is the trend,” said Joe Pinto, who was appointed earlier this year as national account manager for Reverse Osmosis Systems.

Using a conventional reverse osmosis process to convert sea water into potable water, the Dometic says its Sea Xchange is ideal for a range of commercial and workboat applications.

It allows vessels to stay at sea for longer periods without water supply concerns, providing flexibility and reassurance when travelling to destinations, or visiting ports, which cannot provide reliable drinking water.

“For most commercial and workboat applications where there will be generators running on board anyway, it makes logical and economic sense to utilise the existing power plants to generate fresh water,” added Mr Pinto.

He went on to say that “from a cost standpoint, since generators are already running for other applications on vessels, using them to run watermakers at the same time means that there is no additional cost for powering the watermakers”.

Featuring a compact design, high quality components and a user-friendly interface, the new Dometic watermaker comes in four models: the SX600, with a daily capacity of 2,726 litres, the SX1200, which is capable of producing up to 5,455 litres, the SX1800 8,182 litre system and the SX2200, capable of up to 10,000 litres a day.

Each unit measures just 47cm by 122cm by 61cm with weights ranging from 65kg for the lowest capacity SX600 unit to 80kg for the high capacity SX2200 unit.

“The addition of quality, reliable watermakers to our product offering allows our customers to operate their vessels more efficiently as there is no need to carry heavy, fresh water supplies,” explained Paul Hickinbotham, director, EMEA, sales and administrations and commercial division.

“Less weight means less fuel consumption and the ability to create safe, fresh drinking water and ice, as and when required, allowing operators to take longer trips or work in remote locations,” he added.

Julien Lefeuve, head of marine OEM-EMEA, said the company is “delighted to be adding their [Spot Zero’s] range of fresh and seawater systems to the Dometic range”.