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Originally Posted by bcrdukes
Yes, correct.
Re: Running out of water.
With a family of 4, say two adults, 2 kids, the dish washer going, kids bathing and all that stuff, you can run out of water pretty quickly. Having kids who will grow into teenagers in a matter of time, like in underscore's case, that hot water is going to be gone in a flash.
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You know I grew up in a family of 4, my parents have a 40 gallon gas fired tank and we never had an issue running out of hot water. Even with consecutive morning showers by everyone in the house. That being said, natural gas tanks have faster recovery than electric.
I have a 40 gallon electric tank at my own house now, the only time I've ever used all the hot water is when the wife has filled the bathtub to the overflow drain (it's a really deep tub). Normally for the kid we only fill it up less than 1/2 way.