I'm about to order my hot water electric tank. My only real daily use is a shower. I have following concerns about having enough hot water for a shower, that may cool too fast.
Per Rheme's training manual (I am buying Kenmore):
1. 40 gallon tank (38 short tank) has a calculated hot water for a shower for 12 minutes. It has first hour delivery of 45, recovery of 25 (if using a 3 gallons per minute shower head, hot water available is 28 gallons at 120 degrees, and 36 gallons available at 10 degrees of themostat).
2. 50 gallon (would be medium tank) is 15 minutes for a shower. It has first hour delivery of 59, recovery of 25.
Then it says - confusingly - on the usage to determine what size tank to buy: Gallons needed are 24 gallons (for a shower 20 gallons, and hair washing 4 gallons).
The tanks are similar except the 38 gallon has 2.5 insulation (R factor 20) and the 50 gallon has 2 inches (R factor 16).
Should I just get the 50 gallon tank? My concern is the ceiling is a bit low and removing, replacing an anode rod may be difficult? The 50 gallon is medium at 48 inches and the ceiling is about 64 inches.
Per Rheme's training manual (I am buying Kenmore):
1. 40 gallon tank (38 short tank) has a calculated hot water for a shower for 12 minutes. It has first hour delivery of 45, recovery of 25 (if using a 3 gallons per minute shower head, hot water available is 28 gallons at 120 degrees, and 36 gallons available at 10 degrees of themostat).
2. 50 gallon (would be medium tank) is 15 minutes for a shower. It has first hour delivery of 59, recovery of 25.
Then it says - confusingly - on the usage to determine what size tank to buy: Gallons needed are 24 gallons (for a shower 20 gallons, and hair washing 4 gallons).
The tanks are similar except the 38 gallon has 2.5 insulation (R factor 20) and the 50 gallon has 2 inches (R factor 16).
Should I just get the 50 gallon tank? My concern is the ceiling is a bit low and removing, replacing an anode rod may be difficult? The 50 gallon is medium at 48 inches and the ceiling is about 64 inches.