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Aquamarine has put together a watermaker system that is user installable. The unit we purchased is a 20 gph watermaker with a 40" membrane, a refrigeration compressor, and a high output alternator. I've heard people say they've installed this with approx one weeks work but I would guess it took me two weeks full time when you put all the hours together. Dan at Aquamarine has been always helpful when I called and one time he spend almost an hour on the phone walking me through the connections of the panel to the various wires. He's sent me any parts they've discovered needed to be changed or modified for only the cost of shipping. While some may say that should be free; I was well out of warrenty.

Added was a safty valve on the engine to avoid overpressure and to bleed off any air in the fresh water cooling, a new engine pan and some misc parts of which I don't now remember.

Alhough the unit is be hand crankable I've not yet been able to hand crank it. That may be mostly a funciton of how I mounted it. It does have a compression release valve so even with a low battery I figure I could release the comprssion and get her started.

A couple of things I really wish were options that Aquamarine would off or at least parts out: 1) a control cable for being able to control the engine from outside the engine room and 2) A complete parts list with individual diagrams. I had difficulty knowing which way the valves were normally open or closed without experimenting with them.

Anyway, in the marine world I gave this company 5 stars mostly because of the support. That alone makes this product one that stands out from the crowd.