Watermaker and E/R Monitoring Recommendations

I've used a lot of the different watermakers. The HRO sea recovery ones are nice, they have a remote start/stop panel that's nice and like those. The watermakers INC ones can be good also. But keep in mind on all of them you will have to adjust the pressure knob often to account for different salinity etc. I would get one where you can remote mount a lot of the items and have a small control panel near the engine room entrance where you can adjust the salinity knob, has the Pressure gauge on it and can start/stop it from there.

Usually once you set the pressure for one area, it doesn’t change day to day. Typically when we get to the Bahamas I set the pressure with the valve and then use the remote panel at the helm to stop and start the WM

I've found it to change a little...…..On the last trip I had to adjust it as it climbed 75 psi, from one day to the next. Most of the watermakers I'm using are fairly new, so that might have something to do with it.

I purchased and installed a Bluewater Desalination system and couldn't be happier. High quality unit. The owner sold another watermaker company a few years ago and after his non compete was up he started Bluewater. His name is Chris. I was all set to order a unit at the Lauderdale show from FCI. After passing the Bluewater booth and talking to Chris I was sold. He knows his sh*t. They are out of California. I noticed in looking at boats during that 2017 FLIBS that some of the new Vikings and brokerage custom boats had Bluewater systems that had been installed. Mine adjusts salinity automatically.

For cameras I would take a look at Garmin. Can be used with Furuno, Simrad, etc as well.

If you have an enclosed pilothouse or flybridge and have space I would recommend a stand alone camera system so you can have it on a stand-alone monitor for larger view. I don’t like using precious MF real estate for stuff that can be on another screen

Axis makes some really nice PTZ network cameras. We have four on the Lazzara 84 I run. I moved them from them from the Furuno Navnet 3D system on a delicated entry level PC with standard monitor. Readable in daylight since it s an enclosed PH.

I also use the same monitor to send the FLIR output at night.

The Axis cam allows me to zoom in and aim at most things I want to see in the ER including monitoring the pressures and flow on the water maker.

Besides freeing an MFD for navigation, using MFDs for security cams poses compatibility issues. For example When one of the Axis Cam fail, that model was discontinued and none of the current models was compatible with the Navnet system...

Looks nice. I have the Express XT. They can customize components a bit to fit your space and give you the best system for your needs.

How about these ?

Never heard of them before but reasonably priced

https://www.tecnortham.com/seawater-desalination-system.html

https://www.fciwatermakers.com/

I've used them on a few yachts and they worked fine. Dealer network is fine. Hatteras installed them on some yachts about 10 years ago I believe as well as other manufacturers.

I am a big fan of the Spectra water makers. One of our customers has his 24DCv unit running near all the time off shore. The Clark pump is super quiet. Able to run at night with out a gen set.
No knobs to turn and auto back flush. Just a lil panel is all you need.
Factory service is great also.
Some boats have two.