How many minutes of hot water should you be able to get out of a decent hot water heater?

Question by FireFish45: How many minutes of hot water should you be able to get out of a decent hot water heater?

How many minutes of hot water should you be able to get out of a decent hot water heater? I'm paying TOP DOLLAR in a 'luxury apartment building' and I know that my unit has a dedicated water heater. Yet, after literally 18-20 minutes MAX in the shower, the water is cold. It then takes several hours before another hot shower can be taken.

Is this atypical or does this sound right?




Best answer:

Answer by nightbutterfly69
you should be getting more time out of it than that. ours goes for 45 minutes at least., but it probably depends on how many gallons it is too.

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