Atmospheric water generators

[Theiznezz]

I seen these things can pull water out of the surrounding air. Any nomads have experience with these?I thought it would be awesome if you could rig it to your fresh water tank and run a swamp cooler off it and well everything else. Unlimited free fresh water. Seems almost perfect

 

[Seminole Wind]

do you have a link to this product or a company name with a model? sounds interesting, if they are realistic?

 

[Theiznezz]

Something like this
https://www.amazon.com/Atmospheric-Solutions-G2C-Aquaboy-Generator/dp/B00BW5GLJQ
There's many different models. I haven't looked into it too much yet. I was hoping someone else might have used it for an RV application and could give me some insight.

 

[lenny flank]

600 watts.

Ouch.

Says it makes 2-5 gallons per day. That's an awful lot of juice all day......

 

[Seminole Wind]

sounds like the moisture farmers on Tatooine dont have to worry about any competition just yet...

i have heard if a smaller (much) version using peltier devices to gather water directly into a small water bottle to mount on a bike but cant seam t find the links any more

 

[Seminole Wind]

Ah, here is one, the "fontus"

here is a link to a video from someone that is not convinced...

 

[C-Cat]

I like this concept from Zeromass - a fully integrated unit with it's own solar system:

https://www.zeromasswater.com/

However, it's still way expensive (just imagine how many gallons you could buy at 25 cent pg ). For some hardcore boondockers with too much money who just don't want to move ever this might be a good option...

 

[lenny flank]

If anyone is really that desperate for water, an old backpackers trick is to make a solar still from a big hole in the ground, covered with a clear plastic tarp and weighted down in the middle with a small rock. Pile a bunch of leafy vegetation inside (or pee in it, or anything that contains water) and put a jug under the tarp where the weighted-rock is. Seal the edges airtight with sand or dirt.

The sun will distill all the water from the air and the vegetation, and it will condense on the tarp and run down to be collected into the jug.

 

[Seminole Wind]

I like this concept from Zeromass - a fully integrated unit with it's own solar system:

https://www.zeromasswater.com/

even this one is the same concept. and even with unlimited power available it still only has any real output in very high humidity and high heat climates. might be great in florida in the summer but i am not real excited about being anywhere i have to deal with hot and humid even if i can get water from the air

 

[C-Cat]

I just roughly calculated it... one Zeromass panel costs 2000 USD (plus installation, which is unknown). 2000 USD could buy 8000 gallons of filtered water, which would fill our fresh water tank about 250 times... we use about 1 tank a week, so that's about 5 years until it would pay for itself. However it lasts only 15 years before it needs to be refurbished or replaced, so there's not a lifetime of water after its paid. Also I didn't take into account regular maintenance, filters, bad weather with not enough water produced because of low solar input (in rainy weather you could use a catchment system though . And the panel weighs 340 pounds... that would be quite a heavy load for most RV roofs! I guess this is just not really feasible yet...