Off-Grid Water With Air and Sunlight
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Finally, I can change my name to Luke, move to the desert, and open a moisture farm!
Change your name to Mouse, you could start a movement.
No desert air is dry. This will work in humid air only.
@@humanbeing20118 I was about to make that comment but then there are some bugs in the sonoron desert survive with the little moisture by some unique structures on their hard shells (early in the morning there will be some dew in the desert). One need to do a careful analysis and find out whether it make economical sense and the quantity collected on a daily basis is enough.
Make sure you pick up some power converters at Toche station
Good luck with that. 🤣
Take a pan that will hold water. Build a slanted box to go around it. Lay a sheet of glass over the box. Put a gutter on bottom of the glass that can catch the water as it rolls down the glass (lowest area). Connect a tube to the gutter that will go to your gallon jug. Set in the sun. In the morning go get your water and refill the water that has evaporated. Way cheaper than $6k. Make it as big as you need.
I live in a tiny house with solar panels and a composting toilet. My ultimate goal is to be completely off grid for utilities. I always thought a well or rainwater collection were my only choices but these cost a lot upfront and depend a lot on where you live. I'm glad to have another option to look at.
I'd go rain catch in that situation
Look up "air well". This is just a high tech version. You could stack up a lot of rocks (or any other non-water-contaminating material) for a lot less than $5k. Then add a solar still to get better than commercially distilled water. Of course the idiots in Oregon will probably make legislation banning this.
A lexan or plexiglass box can be easily made to insulate and cover your unit during the winter months. Kind of like a sunroof effect that is also used to keep plants warm and growing when the temperature plummets.
I believe that the winter solution would be to have the unit Not installed on the roof, but installed in the ground. Of course you must have enough space in your yard where the sun can still hit the panels. The ground is a natural insulator. And with low e- glass in triple pane, it might avoid freezing temperatures in a large portion of the country. After building a semi-pit greenhouse, I was amazed at the difference of avoiding quick spikes in temperature. And it Also prolonged the growing time in the greenhouse.
crossing the Mexico border, a couple of years ago. i remember seeing a huge contraption like this. it was water for the homeless. neat idea.
Hey...that is Awesome!
@Vintage IPAD likewise
@Vintage IPAD you're gross dont talk to people like that
@Vintage IPAD Funny, but you don´t know which way Marley crossed.
@@zainabzolita8436 do you have unknown uninvited people living in your house? If you won't allow that, then don't be a hypocrite.
Lots of naysayers here, that I'm guessing are clueless about what it's like to live in the desert. Especially, in an urban setting.
I've often lamented that we desert-dwellers, really have no options for SHTF, drinking water sources. Let alone systems to gather and store it.
I'm so excited to find this video, and learn that there's a company, just North from me, that has been working on a solution.
Here in the Sonoran Desert, we're not only extremely arid, and extremely hot, but we are landlocked, without lakes, rivers, or streams. The only time we have rain of any significance, is during Monsoon season, a few weeks out of the year, and even that can be hit or miss when it comes to any chance of catchment systems. It's just not a reliable source.
Thank you so much, for sharing about this option. It makes a lot of sense for many around the world, living in arid climates.
1yr review coming soon!
I'm guessing you've never heard of a solar still.
@@jomsies You won't with this piece of junk either. Even by his own math it is cheaper to buy gallon jugs of water. Besides, solar stills draw it off of the earth, not out of the air. Without humidity there is no water in the air for this device to collect.
LOLOLOL......... Dehumidifying desert air to solve a water shortage. Im done. These people are insane.
the air in the dessert is dry doofus.
In most places, rainwater systems would make more sense. In the desert southwest, it might make a little more sense, but even there, the monsoon season can provide a great deal of any household needs. I would consider this a supplemental system.
I agree! I still love the idea and plan on building my own systems like this for fun
This would be an excellent addition to my WTSHTF emergency equipment. I have enough solar power, but I had not yet figured out how to solve the 'drinking water' problem. this does it quite nicely.
This reminded me of a dehumidifier, the one I have in my basement fills up in less than a day .. this system must work something like that.
Yah I think you are right
@@sammybirech5211 I've seen dehumidifier bags that they make as well. The Amish use them in their stores and they fill up with a lot of water for little bags. I think it would be a good idea worse comes to worse if one REALLY needed water, especially out in eastern states where it stays extremely humid especially in the summer. They have the survival filter straws people can buy and it will clean the water so it is drinkable.
It’s just air blow across a cold metal coil and then reheated. The cold coil is below the airs dew point causing water to condense on it.
it's exactly that, but with a solarpanel on it, so they can sell this garbage for 40 times the cost of a regular dehumidifier.
@@kymspicks2763 the filter straws an excellent idea. I was feeding the water to the cat, but now I will drink it from the straw because its water after all
Water coming from thin air
I live in Scotland
I'm not impressed
Me in Sonoran desert - awesome! You in Scotland,meh.
Underrated comment right there!!
@@robertschenck9902 Hermosillo?
😂😂😂😂💦👍💜
It's called rain.
Value of system $280, installation $1000. Profit all the rest. That is completely insane. Glorified tiny dehumidifier. Sometimes the lunacy on the internet is beyond comprehension. I am an HVAC design engineer. This is one of those things where I even read all the comments and its like sheep being lead to slaughter. Incredible that almost nobody understands the crazy here. INCREDIBLE!!!
Yes, I'd buy this. The noise problem is fixable. I tasted solar-collected water, many years ago, from a permaculture genius in Tucson, and I still remember it as the noticeably best-tasting water I've ever had that wasn't a mountain stream in the days before giardia infected the land.
this came from az...
Being Swiss, I sometimes forget not everyone has mountain water coming out of the tap. This concept is really interesting. Cool upload.
We usually run the water through a water softener which mixes it with salt removing the hard minerals. It’s less damaging for washing clothes and softer on the skin for showers but you shouldn’t drink it and it doesn’t taste very good
Weird, i got this video from "the American guide to Swiss water" video
Mountainwater is just the greatest, feels like a half an hour of meditation allmost, from just 1 glass, the best 👌🏽🙂
@@alieustiansamateh6401 +the minerals.
Actually ,we have water coming from the mountains here in Las Vegas,there is water in the Sahara,it is just that people waste it, we get tons of new water every day from the space that Earth travels through.
I would like to see a cost analysis of this system vs a solar electric + dehumidifier system. To me that's the real cost comparison.
Or even the cost of this vs a rain collection + purification system.
@@andrewc662 rain is not reliable enough for survival needs, exclude that
What I'd be interested in much more is a health and safety study on these... It's hard to believe that it keeps the water in the tank fresh and with nothing living in it, while at the same time being not much more than just a solar-powered dehumidifier (which aren't exactly known for producing a drinking water, where the lack of minerals is far from being the only concern).
I think it's pretty easy to add a low power uv light in storage which would keep the water sterile.
@@andrewc662 that assumes you get rain. not all places in the world that are water insecure have large amounts of precipitation
Ben, households use a lot more than 8 liters per day if they disconnect the water supply from the grid and only use these things. I'm sure you'd need more like 10 of them so you could take showers, baths, washing clothes, dishwasher, cooking, drinking, washing your car, etc. It's better to just off the grid if you can. Great idea.
I live some where around the 48th parallel it wouldn't work for me like you said, and the price is steep for someone on SS. I assume the price will come down as they sell more. What a game changer for others who don't have clean drinking water or none at all ! Cool video thanks
You hit the nail on the head: it’s a glorified (solar powered and very expensive) dehumidifier. Nothing more; nothing less.
I wonder how much a solar powered air conditioner would cost, then just collect all the water from the condenser coils.
@@lightdark00 i got a solar powered dehumidifier for my hunting lodge that could generate around 30-40 liters per day if it's pretty humid
Woods ds40fs: $400 on sale (think it's $500 normally)
Solar panels: $600 (4x 410 watt)
Charge controller: $200
Batteries: $350
Misc: $50?
The solar part of this system also runs a fridge/freezer set and all the lights in the lodge and is way overbuilt for just the dehumidifier
@@angrydragonslayer To match it you can skip the expensive batteries, and only have it active in the full sun. With the right compressor, you may not need an inverter. Just a charge controller for a small marine battery, and have it shut off upon battery use.
@@lightdark00 of course, you could easily make this system cheaper than $1000 if you want just the water
but as i said, this isnt just for that.
@@DataLog ?
OMG! I live in Florida, forget the water production, use these to pull the soul-sucking humidity out of the air!
😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
You can buy a dehumidifier for less than $50 on Amazon. That's much cheaper then the $6000 for these.
That's a great idea, the problem is I can't find a dehumidifier large enough to cover my yard when I'm gardening. Let me know if you find any that work outdoors.
@@lisaroye4, I'm with you!
a massive bubble with a dehumidifier could work for you
It would be great to place these along hiking trails and in parks for access to clean drinking water. Running the extra water to larger water tanks for use in watering grass etc or simply to have more water when crowds exist in parks. I think they could run 24/7 with solar battery backup. Even running extra water for animals and birds. As the Engineering improves over time the noise and cost could be reduced and freezing months could be addressed. Take Elon Musk approach. Cost Effective more Efficient Less parts more reliable more designed for manufacturing etc etc.. Even could be used on Mars, since pumped ground water would still evaporate. Elon and NASA would love that!!!
My thoughts exactly old friend
> "It would be great to place these along hiking trails and in parks for access to clean drinking water. Running the extra water to larger water tanks for use in watering grass etc or simply to have more water when crowds exist in parks."
You're far better off installing reverse osmosis systems. These panels are nothing but glorified solar-powered dehumidifiers.
> "I think they could run 24/7 with solar battery backup."
Not quite.
> "As the Engineering improves over time the noise and cost could be reduced and freezing months could be addressed."
Lower your expectations, buddy. Lower your expectations.
> "Even could be used on Mars, since pumped ground water would still evaporate. Elon and NASA would love that!!!"
Don't even THINK about colonising Mars until we send astronauts on a successful manned Mars mission and get them back to Earth.
"Take Elon Musk approach" So, just make an outrageous claim and then never follow through? Sounds like a plan!
With that noise? Don’t these things need power to generate the water? I guess huge solar panels in the trees? What did your ancestors do ‘while hiking’ lol.
Rain water gathered from the roofs' drain pipe is our daily drinking water. All credit to God, it is very good. Parts per million of impurities get as low as 8 parts per million and on an average gather we see a result of between 20 and 30 pcm.
It is beneficial to have some impurities in water i have heard as 100% pure water is said to be dangerous. Cool desert / drought solution. Good work, thanks.
Cheers
Charlie
Peace
2:29 You know when you're American when you measure large areas in units of Texas lmaoo
Loudness is measured in screaming eagles.
We even have degrees of rock, topping off at "like a hurricane."
I'm from Australia, we only have two states smaller than Texas
Okay, really quickly, picture the size of, say, 200 meters, in your head. Now picture 250 meters. See the problem? The size of a highly identifiable object is easier to picture in your head than "x meters". We also use school buses, Australia, the Statue of Liberty, football fields, city blocks, lamp posts, dollar bills, elephants, etc..
@@spacecaptain9188 yeah, we use texas as a measurement as well.....as in "This cattle station is larger than texas"
Thanks, I would love to hear about updates. EcoloBlue also produces an in-home unit (no worries about freezing) and commercial unit.
Only if there was an option for winter time in CO. Maybe heating elements (larger solar panel) then I would definitely be interested. I think in time after a few generations I would be more comfortable buying these!
Great presentation; compact (not overly long) with lots of information. Bravo. More please.
Please keep us posted! Loved it, and would be super interested to learn more. I also live in San Diego, so no issue there for me, but dang, that sound seems like it may be a deal breaker for me.
Thank you! Very well presented, easy to follow.
I can't believe I missed this video, I live in Southern CA just like Ben and I'm seriously thinking of doing this down the road, in 1 to 2 years. Makes perfect sense when you think about the quality and cost of water.
2 things to consider, noise for your neighbors, and running the water into a fridge dispenser so it's chilled. Good luck!
@@BenSullinsOfficial can this tech work in the Sahara desert? Especially in extreme hot temperatures and dry air (I mean 60 Celsius degrees with no humidity)
I'm really, really glad to watch your vids. They are very interesting, especially for me, those related to renewable energy. Please excuse my grammar mistakes if they are (Google Translate). English is not my first language and I did not study it at school. Good luck in everything you do! Greetings from Romania!
What a great idea! Thanks for showing this source. I think I will make my own to go next to my aluminium can solar heater. After watching your presentation, I think it might be too loud in my 55+ neighborhood. Unless everyone goes deaf. Fallbrook.
In India we collect rain water :) hence our water bills are just 15 $ per year
You also don't have the city government fining you for collecting rainwater, so NICE!!!
@@absp2006 the government actually provides incentives to set up rain water harvesting systems. In my city, any new construction whether private or commercial has to plan a rainwater harvesting system otherwise building permits are not issued.
@@hafeexius Weird, I was scolded years ago as to why I'm not allowed to collect rainwater.
@@absp2006 I should have posted in my earlier comment that I meant the local government here in South India
@@absp2006 why cant you collect rainwater? why is that an issue?
Thank you so much for sharing 🙏 we are installing them on our spring
Amazing video my friend, thank you for sharing this information, I’m so happy to find your channel. I’ve been looking for something like this for a long time because I’ll be working on a off grid project, although there are other similar products that have been invented but are not yet available to the public, but source is available for sale and right here in the USA which is great because I live here, thank you again my friend, you got a new subscriber 🙏
I think you should store the energy during the day, and run at night, when dew point is lower. Thus getting more condensation.
Interesting.
But it is loud as hell...
@@BangC137 I thought about saying that, too. Sleeping with ear muffs is an idea... 🤔
@@BangC137 no louder or maybe even less noisy then some of your neighbors driving by with their car stereos just vibrating your whole house.
But this is a constant lol or at least a lot longer than just a drive by, neighbors would LOVE you lol
These are a cool find! My Australian family has tanks to collect water when it rains to minimize dependency on city water. These, along with their solar array could make them even more independent. We are interested in these, but it would be hard with our Pacific Northwest winters.
That truly seems magic!
Definitely, there are issues of concern to be addressed, such as the noise generated (mentioned in the video), the chemical pollution of the atmosphere of many urban centers and the salinity of the sea spray in many coastal areas ... But to have clean, potable water for free seems indeed a wonder!
TINSLAAFL.
@@tedmoss, what's that? I don't get it!
It does have filters, the salinity erodes things faster.
A great video. I have an off grid farm in east Africa and water is a problem.
Not so much for irrigation or animal, but for human consumption.
It's worthy of more study. Thanks.
Yes I would love to hear the updates
This is wonderful. Thanks for sharing. Will probably get some
definitely a really sound option. I intend to live rurally in Mexico and I am VERY interested. Re: the freeezing thing if the unit was inside a building with a small heat source, it might be fine for a few degrees below 32, but for deep freeze i don't think so.
Have you seen the movie: Dragon Day? As a prepper, this is a wonderful idea! We are planning to move to Texas next year and I hope the company that makes this product with fine tune it for when it come's time for me to purchase it. Thank you so much for the information and I'm sharing this with family in Texas now
Please release a follow up video on the newer models especially if they're going to run quieter.
I live in Cape Verde where water is scarce. This sounds like a good idea, especially with solar panels for power. Never gets very cold here, warm days, cool nights, I buy water in 5 liter bottles to drink.
I will be looking into this Very Soon !!!!
Personally building something similar would not be difficult. The cost point is a little high with crain installation. I'm in a place that freezing cold temperatures 4 months out of the year. My ground water is also clean to drink. There are many places this would be good to have. Thank you for the video I watched in full.
Was not aware of this technology. Thanks for the review and a pleasure to listen to you speak. Not a single uummm for 14 minutes.
Thank you...
Great doing what you did Ben. Thanks a lot!
Love it. Could use some easy upgrades from the version shown but awesome concept. Just suggested to a client
I watched it a second time. Very good video. Crucial subject. We need to apply this to agriculture. Billionaires! Step up! The definition of a business strategy is to sell water to farmers during a drought. Go! There's money to be made!
Thank you, good video. I think the noise will be a problem for people.
I live in an area that is not short on humidity, but is short of sun and is overcast most days. How would it work in an overcast cool climate?
To reduce the noise on the roof, install sponge walls that direct the sound to the sky, some mineral wool panels could give remarkable results. However, consider insulating the panels in case of bad weather.
I’m sure you could install some sound dampening pads like they have in recording studios to mitigate the sound levels
Thumbs down for the "save the planet" BULL SH@T propaganda, but thumbs up for the coverage of a new product. Ben.
@@amypatterson9851 we are way past that now, its about getting what U can get sustainability from nature.
@@sitdowndogbreath thank you
Yeah just let the neighbors have it.
Get the water tested about 30 days apart for 4 months. Just saying, your tossing the word Pure a lot and as a consumer check for yourself for your family.
@@fatboy19831 thx, water is tricky.
legionnaires disease does spring to mind.
@@Bangpath247 Maybe a silver or copper or UV or ozone screening method, if not a pathogen filter process?
G ary I was thinking the same. Think I’d have it go through a house filtration system anyway.
Pure is a chemistry term, not a biological one. Pure means that there is only one of that (element, molecule, compound, etc..). Until the mineral cartridge what this thing produces is PURE water, meaning there is only H2O (with some air gasses dissolved in it 😄). What you've implied is "sterile" or "harmless" which refers to the pathogen in it.
I live in Tempe and I watched this video because I wanted to see if there was a way to fix the issue in Arizona. I can’t believe this was created where I live. SO COOL!
Ideally, it would be great to have something more prtable that can move with you or come along in a camper. Cold weather functionality is a must if it's going to scsle to more than just desert regions. Very interesting concept , Water producing technology ia a necessary alternative now and for many in the future.
I'd like a series of follow up videos with all their future iterations. This is promising! I'll probably get this system in a couple years.
Na you wont its a scam and call a humityfier. Takes a crazy amount of energy to get just a tiny amount of water out of it. Its a tatal scam. Even more sad somebody promots this shit.
You could just look at the dozens of past iterations and get the same info.
We purchased an Air-2-Water generator about 8 years ago. It is an enhanced dehumidifier with walter filtration capabilities. I looked at at the tpye of unit you demonstrated but the lower cost of Air-2-Water made the decision. In Missouri, the higher humidity gives us about six gallons of water a day. I siphon off water to store for days that are colder. It isn't perfect but it does a good job. I want to install one in an off-grid RV with a composting toilet and recirculating shower. It could happen.
What a surprise. Great Video. Excellent to the point information. No unnecessary fluff. Enjoyed you presentation knowledge. Thanks. The quote from AC Clarke.....nice touch
Thank you, I was about to buy them, but I live in Canada, where temperature drops to -30 easily.
“Whether or not you stay in that same place for 15 years is up in the *air* ”
Nice 😎
You had me until the loud noise. I would be pissed if my neighbor got that and I had to hear that all day
You won’t hear anything at night!! lol
Can't be much louder than a pool pump.
Also that it doesn't work in cold weather. :(
I wonder how it compares to A/C compressors - they are also pretty loud
Maybe they will have problems worked out for the next version that Ben said they would bring to market in a few months? It's early days for the company so lots of improvements to be made. Every new model a few % increase in efficiency/generation of water and less noise? Sounds like what i would do with this tech.
Thank you for your video, extremely important to know and hope for all humanity, technology that gives us hope with all problems we face on Earth. Right now we use a distillation machine since our tap water is still drinkable but nothing compares clean pure water. Since this technology is new perhaps over time it can be improved i.e. portability, noise reduction etc. specific for drinking water only.Thank you to all who made this innovative idea to further solve water problems. We must conserve water at all cost and I am waiting for a home dry cleaning machine without the harsh chemicals of course.
So I've been working on this same sort of thing for a while now and yes cold weather is the Achilles heel. But then the water just stays on the ground. I shovel it into a barrel over a small fire. I moved to the mountains of Colorado to develope a system similar to this but more the size of a shed with a tank in the ground. A glorified ammonia run dehumidifier inside. Solar/wind electricity. Add in an electrolysis cell and use hydrogen to replace propane/natural gas. And solar air heaters. Even if I gotta hang a giant magnifying glass. Targeting homestead size situations. But things are slow for us we haven't had any support yet. But because I haven't been putting it out there
It’s perfect for south east Asia. Humid and never freeze.
I was thinking about communities near ocean with ground water being salty.
and rains a lot.
I'm definitely interested but I live in the Northeastern part of the US and our winters are quite harsh with extreme cold and snow. It's a great idea and I would think a great investment whether in arid, dry climates or contaminated water sources. Great video with lots of helpful information.
Thumbs down for the "save the planet" BULL SH@T propaganda, but thumbs up for the coverage of a new product. Ben.
@@amypatterson9851 planet doesn't need saving..who are we to think we could even attempt such a thing...the planet just needs smart people with intelligent ideas.
@@proman5498 correct!!!
I lived in a county in Florida who still had old terra-cotta pipes that had asbestos in them and our ground want was Aldo contaminated with arsenic from a old abandoned turpentine plant dumping chemicals back in the 50s
Thanks for sharing :) would be nice to see a quiet version of those units. btw, you'd better do some research on artificial mineralisation of water, how it affects your body and etc. Cheers.
Oh no opened up a can of worms with this one @thunderf00t will be here soon
THIS.
Thunderfart
Company promises pure water, adds minerals so people won't complain about the weird taste.
Tf would probably make a half hour video repeating "but if there are minerals in it, it is not pure water!".
There is a reason why I have been ignoring YT suggestions to watch his videos.
@@AnalystPrime WTF logic fail, but that means it's very pure and you have to methodically add good minerals. No problem there.
@@AnalystPrime WTF, no he wouldn't. He attacks companies that lie, and mislead about their product. If this company is honest with the costs, how much water it can produce on a daily basis, and the limitations of the units ( such as no working in freezing weather ) the only complaint he would have is that there might be a system that's cheaper / more efficient.
He doesn't attack companies and products for no reason, and his reasons are painstakingly laid out in his videos, with some basic math behind it. It's people that get butt-hurt that their favorite piece of bullshit is proved a lie, that have a problem with him.
At 2 gallons a day water for other than drinking water could be supplemented from another source.
So if I have to do that I can most likely filter that water well enough.
But the price makes it something to use where no drinkable water is available, as a primary drinking water source.
For the noise they could find a different fan and motor which is quieter.
The winter mode could be modified. Plus colder climates might have more water available anyway.
Atlantians had water generators, tapered , consecutive lapping, tubes that that were alternately heated and cooled, with a fan blowing air through it. (course they had access to the Navaz, and so took the energy from the magnetic field)
Excellent presentation Ben. I'd like to see a followup on how they remedy the noise issue which for me is a show stopper.
Thumbs down for the "save the planet" BULL SH@T propaganda, but thumbs up for the coverage of a new product. Ben.
Used to work for ZMW. I think they changed their name to something else. The problem is flowing enough air mass with the available PV energy. One standard cubic foot of air volume flow per minute can capture ~.0126 lbs of moisture (standard pressure, 100 degF, 20% RH, as in a desert application). So to capture 2 gallons per day (7.566 Liters at about 16.6 lbs water) means you have to flow 1300 SCF of pure through-flow (no sucking of the air you just processed, and no re-evaporation of water you've already collected.
Sounds like a very doable problem, as all you need are 2 40SCFM fans running for 17 minutes. Easy right? Well it means everything must be perfect: perfect capture (absorb/release cycling matched to available air moisture at that time), leak free capture, no loss of heat, no evaporation of water you'd already collected, no spoiling of the water....you get the drift. The devil is in the details.
prolly has 4 of those fans
@@zerxilk8169 in fact it did, yet it takes two units at installed cost of $7200 to capture 5-15 liters of water per day. That's less than 4 gallons. It makes some of the most expensive drinking water in the world. Totally impractical.
I own my home outright. I live in north Florida so something like this would be great considering I have a well and can't drink or cook with the water so bottled water it is... I would love to try this. Thank you for your video.
Check out Aquaphant also
That’s new :)
Wondering (apologies if this has been asked) what about the filter and what does it filter?
If we are having problems with all these metals in the air, have you check things like barbarism (I believe) before/after filtering??
Thanks you in advance!
Awesome info!!!!
Looking to buy a home and once improved, would want that. I just like the idea of independence whether it's electricity or water.
Thanks for making this video, Ben. I always thought getting H2O from air was a great idea, since Star Trek had a similar concept on some episodes. Just the savings alone is great, but also the health savings of getting good H2O in your body!
Thank you for this information. And a special thank you to not just looking at ROI, but as an asset in the future value of your property. Add a little rain water harvesting, an you may be able to not have any municipal water bill.
great job on this information !thank you !YESi would be really interested in the 2.0 or next new and improved panels. Please do an update video. KTW.
This would be an awesome addition to any world sailors who could get them installed on sailing vessels
I am thinking the same thing too.
@@lifeinmalay4588 It's actually much easier to use a desalinator on boats. There are advanced hand pump and powered desalinators that are very compact and produce as much drinking water as you need on demand.
@@Blztrls THAT is what I would love to buy for all occasions. That has got to be cheaper than this video project.
Solar stills would be very difficult to use on a boat: Pitching and rolling would be constantly threatening to contaminate your freshwater with the saltwater you're trying to desalinate. They might be useful for something like an offshore platform, but even then... given all the other plant they have running it's as easy to just use a desalinator.
What a well-researched and thorough video!
This would be very useful during one of the many year round boil water advisories in New Orleans.
Im going to say that there can still be pollutants. Some compound found in the air may have the say dew point as water. I would still want to filter it through an RO system, but this is pretty cool
We love the system. Had it for two years and was the best decision after going full solar for the power. I LOVE the noise it makes because it reminds me of a Sci-Fi movie and high-tech. Best of all, it does that without any source of external power. Zero Mass installed a lot of them here in Puerto Rico at various fire departments after the hurricane.
You just annihilated thousands of dollars. This thing is a scam.
One thing I've noticed about the US is this, I don't really understand why many places in the US ban water tanks - cold places excepted as I understand roof guttering and snow don't play well and frozen tanks might be a distinct possibility if situated outside.
It is true there really are no places in Australia where it gets so cold a tank might freeze barring ski resorts but they have their own water supplies anyhow.
That said, in Australia outside of cities and regional towns almost all people rely on tank water. We drink it straight from the tank, cook with it, shower in it, do our washing in it, brush our teeth with it yet we're all perfectly fit and healthy. None of us crowding hospital wards with dysentery or cholera. It is very rare for people to get sick from tank water. Where I'm sitting here typing this there must be 70 houses on tank water within 15 min driving distance. Within the area all houses outside our local town rely on tank water and there would be thousands of houses, possibly tens of thousands within the district. It is a complete no brainer and the water tastes great.
Tanks types are galvanized corrugated iron (really steel or as Bluescope call it Aquaplate), plastic and concrete.
If you enjoy a cuppa tea, tank water rules. If you're building new, if you plan it well you can use gravity to supply the whole house and never have to pump anything.
Even in subtropical Queensland and Darwin you'll find water tanks.
ThePauly12 - Politics. 'Nuff said.
yop, would love to hear abour the new pannels and yes, it is a items I would buy the moment I have my own permanent place.
Thank you for the content, very interesting and well presented.
What i bought for 90-100 bucks was a Little Creek non-electric water distiller. 3 big pans that make up distiller. Bottom pan- dirty water---- middle pan is catch basin with heat-resistant drain tube with clamp--- top pan used to pour cooler water in to help condensation process. Top pot water can be dirty water but used at natutal temp, or use cold water if available to get better condensation. At least top pan can be used as cooking pot if desired. Distillation is the best as we all know. You can use this literally on ANY HEAT SOURCE that will make water turn to steam.i really like it. Lightweight but, obviously a bit bulky. I bought for home or basecamp use, but , though bulky, light weight enough to want to try to take it in a bugout situation if possible. If you havent bought some type of distiller, check it out. Fyi. Ben
PS....Little Creek distiller pans do nest in each othet but still a bit bulky. Manufacturers box is about 12x12 or 14x14 square.
Very interesting, and something I will consider. But I feel like the best comparison would be with rainfall capture (and filtering)... tough to do though because of regional variations.
Yeah that's def a better option if you can do it. Needs tons of space, and rain!
I did something similar with Avasva solutions.
That is great, do you have a link or video? Thanks! 🌺
@@fransjebik8554 Welcome !
Thank you, great video!🙌 Have you seen the videos about the Engineer from Texas, Moses West, who has patents for his designs that he has taken to Puerto Rico and Flint, Michigan to help them obtain clean water? Also, I just found Watergen, an Israeli company. Both of these wouldn’t freeze (I don’t think) because the solar panels are separated from their machines. The price on this one is MUCH better, but Moses West has been able to donate many of his machines for people who cannot afford them.
They should be marketing this in Australia where it doesn't snow at all and central Australia where they get very little rain if at all. Will certainly green the deserts and county towns out here, make them viable to live in. Tell the company to set up a head office in OZ with offices in Alice Springs, Darwin, Perth and Brisbane asap they will make a fortune here.
Ben, what I would like to see is how does the thing actually work? (And that noise makes me a bit skeptical about 15 years almost service-free lifetime.)
So if it has a 15 year warranty you think they expect it to last less than 15 years?
Jason Kates is that the same way Tesla will be gone?
@@kayak_1 Actually the science behind the Tesla doesn't make economic sense. It uses a secondary power source (electricity) which is generated by a primary power source (gas, coal, and nuclear) which is polluting, finite, and expensive. There are other technologies which will generate liquid fuel, like ethanol and methanol from technologies that use sunlight, air, and water to capture the CO2 out of the air. This will blow Tesla away.
Jason Kates I already have solar panels. Why not just buy a dehumidifier?
@@scottpreston5074 Have you looked into actual electricity source mix recently? Have you looked into the efficiency of electric cars (especially Tesla and Koreans) making them emit less CO2 that ICE cars even if the electricity is 100% coal-sourced, which it nowhere is? Have you looked into the cost of CO2 capture and processes to convert it to fuel (of which all but Sabatier process are at laboratory stage)? Don't babble.
They look to be an excellent idea. I used to live somewhere that had regular water stoppages, they would have been great then. Sound suppression is easy enough. The freezing could be more of an issue but not unsolvable.
this is sick! Love it! What a brilliant idea!
You can make your own primitive one. Glass pane tilted down laid on top of a black box with a glass pyrex pan inside to collect the condensed distilled water. Must be tightly sealed. Not huge quantity of water, but if you have multiple "solar stills", & empty the pyrex pans regularly, could have enough.
Absolutely fantastic video! I hadn't heard about this tech before, and I'm definitely going to check it out. These times have shown us all the little things we take for granted, and how with some thought and inspiration, we can do things to be better prepared.
Technology for taking water from air was developed by Israeli Engineers some years back.
@@feyaia i used for my garden. I t produced large Tomatoes, Kales, etc
I would love to know how much power the solar panels use to make 8 litres of water a day. This needs to be factored into a carbon footprint.
@@barrymcnamee507 fyi, the term "carbon footprint" was invented by BP as a marketing term to shift the responsibility from them to you
@@barrymcnamee507 You do realize that the solar panels take their energy from the sun, right? They don’t run on electricity.
As a Flint resident, we still don't have clean drinking water and the city has raised water prices. We're beyond ready to sell this house and leave.
I don't blame you, it's criminal what they're doing up there
Moses west
*When will you residents get together and put your officials in jail? Denying this problem exists is criminal already. Jail for willful incompetence is too good for demons.*
@@FEMBT-yb8rh I honestly think they should do alot more than just jail, but you are on the money
Propaganda.
Just an FYI, if you and your family of four don’t drink near 2gal of water per day, then you guys are not drinking enough water. Plus, you have to consider water used for cooking and bathing. Cause using tap water for either of those isn’t healthy either. After all, our skin is the LARGEST organ we have!
2gals of water per day isn’t a lot of water. Not for the amount of money you spent for that set up.
This is not meant to be mean or rude. Just stating facts.. but, this is a wonderful idea! Thank you for sharing this information with us! Blessings be all with love and light! ❤️🙏🌞✨🤗
We need a lot more of this kind of tech!
Just use a dehumidifier same outcome.
The more I watch this the more it feels like an ad 😂
For one a average recommend water consumption per day for a grow up is 3 ltr minimum.
When taking water from air it depends on your location ie water content in the air if you like close to the shore you will get peak efficiency and the energy spent is equal to the energy required to boil the water so it's not really a efficient usage of the energy
Adding a simple water filter to the tap will be much more economical
Not everything can be filtered by a normal filter. For example lead is not easy by just a simple filter...
It is a very inefficient methode but it makes you independent from external forces for your basic need of water and that is a huge bonus.
In general they are looking to make homes more and more independent from the grid for several reasons. This might be one of the last steps needing to do so:
For electricity use solar and wind + battery as buffer
For non-human water use rainwater (toilets, showers, dishwashers, ...)
Now for clean drinkable water (drinking and cooking warer) you have this project and hopefully many improved version/alternatives in the near future (independent from this company or not) 🙂
@@Stinosko I agree rain water harvesting is a highly beneficial technology, so why not filter that water and use it in the kitchen
point was the only places these will work is places which have good rainfall or lot of water in the air..like islands where desalination makes much more sense . I don't get the point of spending huge amount of energy to capture water from air ?
When compared to rh world there is a tiny geographical pocket where this would work and even in those areas it's not energy efficient compared to other technologies
@@DA-sp2qy Same issue: you can't passively filter the every toxic element from rain without using many energy to boil it and let clean water condensate and catch the clean concentrated water. Which probably is around same size of energy investment as this technology (is my assumptions)
The main point here is: it's possible to be 100% off grid if you want or need to be. For example what he said in the video: not all homes have clean water reliably provided by goverment. (No foundation, lead foundation, no good regulation, ...)
There is a valid usecase that this technology (clean water anywhere) is useful or even needed. Not everyone benefits from it (just yet) for example like you 😊
It would be nice to see a comparison between the power usage of this technology and other technology to clean rain water to the same healthy level as this technology. I don't know who is gonna win so we both can be right or wrong until a independent researcher investigates it 🙂
Awesome video man. Seems like a cool technology
Deeper grove at level 8
I'd love to see you do a review of this product 😀.. i wanna see its anatomy
Why not simply catching rainwater? As people already do for millions of years, including people in the deserts of Arizona and Texas and is far simpler and cheaper?
Our house can catch on average 100 gallons a day and not 2, plus it costs a fraction of it. 🤷🏻♂️
Wait, this product is a scam? tf
@@matthiasschuster9505 rain catch is great if the right conditions exist. It's okay to have multiple solutions to problems, there's no one size fits all when it comes to solving the clean water problem.
I use a distiller that stores up to 5 gallons. I can power it with my solar battery. Costs a lot less than this unit. The fan is quiet. If my water is shut off, I can fill the boiling tank with water from my pool. This device that makes water from air sounds like an essential item for dessert living, but can't imagine anyone else needing it.
Definitely want to see an update on this system. Would be great to supplement water use. Don't know if I would use it for consumption in the house due to plumbing costs into the house but definitely would look into using it for landscaping. Why? La escaping water is the same that I use for consumption.
I so love this product. I have just added it to my wish list