Model: Pretormin Environmental GX-8 Moisture Vaporator
Type: Atmospheric moisture extraction
Cost: 2,000 credits
Availability: 1
Game Notes: A device which distills water from the air, often used on very arid planets, optimally positioned at 250 meters from one another, each device could collect 1.5 liters of water from the air per day, even when the relative humidity was only 1.5 percent.
Background: The GX-8 Moisture Vaporator, also known as the GX-8 water vaporator, was a model of moisture vaporator manufactured by Pretormin Environmental. When optimally positioned at 250 meters from one another, each device could collect 1.5 liters (1.5 quarts) of water from the air per day, even when the relative humidity was only 1.5 percent. The GX-8 was commonly used on the desert planet of Tatooine.