Where do you all get 25 minutes of hot water for that long a shower? Good lord, we've got about 6 gallons of hot water on the boat, and that might last about 4 minutes before it's all gone.
Didn't forget, but they must have huge water heaters. Even at 60 gallons, that's only about 20 minutes at normal land water pressure, and I believe a normal home water heater is only 30 gallons. Or did you think the hot water came from the municipal supply?
Most heaters use an element that really can't keep up with demand. The cold water mixes with the hot, which is why it cools slowly, but unless you have a demand unit (usually propane powered and no tank) the electric ones cannot make hot water fast enough, which is why they have a tank. It is indeed a math problem.
Oh, but a nice, hot, fresh water shower is so decadent! For so many years, before the advent of small watermakers, fresh water was for drinking only. Clothes, dishes and our bodies never saw a drop.
I'm not sure how big my heater is but mine will last about 30 minutes on full heat. If I turn it down it will last longer. I also have it set to a lower heat so it is never scalding. You can run your hands under the hot faucet wothout being bothered a
You gotta deal. I'll call the Lear Jet pilot and let him know you need a ride. Oh, wait. Both he and the chauffeur for the Rolls are on strike again. Damn peons. How could they want to get paid this year, too? Just paid them for last year. Damn peons. Sorry, guess that means you'll have to fly commercial.
Biggest problem isn't the heater, it's that my extension cord just isn't long enough to reach the West Indies (2000 miles), so I can get electricity to the thing.
Of course, to charli.m, that makes it "Sounds like shitty heaters to me", right? Dumb charli.m, dumb.
Sounds like shitty heaters to me. Guess we just have better ones. My uncle has been known to take hour and a half long showers that presumably dont go cold.
IIN for a guy to take 25 min showers?
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Where do you all get 25 minutes of hot water for that long a shower? Good lord, we've got about 6 gallons of hot water on the boat, and that might last about 4 minutes before it's all gone.
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Did you forget most people here probably don't live on boats?
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Didn't forget, but they must have huge water heaters. Even at 60 gallons, that's only about 20 minutes at normal land water pressure, and I believe a normal home water heater is only 30 gallons. Or did you think the hot water came from the municipal supply?
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Except more water is being heated as the 60 gallons is being depleted. It's a math problem there, old buddy.
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Most heaters use an element that really can't keep up with demand. The cold water mixes with the hot, which is why it cools slowly, but unless you have a demand unit (usually propane powered and no tank) the electric ones cannot make hot water fast enough, which is why they have a tank. It is indeed a math problem.
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Its a function of temperature and flow rate. I don't have a demand unit, but hit break even at 1.5 gal/minute.
Hell, out there in the Caribbean, can't you just splash a bit of fresh water on yourself after a swim?
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Oh, but a nice, hot, fresh water shower is so decadent! For so many years, before the advent of small watermakers, fresh water was for drinking only. Clothes, dishes and our bodies never saw a drop.
I'm not sure how big my heater is but mine will last about 30 minutes on full heat. If I turn it down it will last longer. I also have it set to a lower heat so it is never scalding. You can run your hands under the hot faucet wothout being bothered a
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I'm jealous.
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I'll let you use my shower if you let me use your boat.
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You gotta deal. I'll call the Lear Jet pilot and let him know you need a ride. Oh, wait. Both he and the chauffeur for the Rolls are on strike again. Damn peons. How could they want to get paid this year, too? Just paid them for last year. Damn peons. Sorry, guess that means you'll have to fly commercial.
Biggest problem isn't the heater, it's that my extension cord just isn't long enough to reach the West Indies (2000 miles), so I can get electricity to the thing.
Of course, to charli.m, that makes it "Sounds like shitty heaters to me", right? Dumb charli.m, dumb.
Sounds like shitty heaters to me. Guess we just have better ones. My uncle has been known to take hour and a half long showers that presumably dont go cold.