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Hot-water tank sizing

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A heat-pump hot-water system outside a home.

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This retains the hub’s published capacity examples and household checks. Matching examples cover two to six people; other sizes need an individual assessment. A 50 L per-person daily-use benchmark is not a tank-size recommendation. Shower timing, reheating hours, visitors, baths, local winter performance and the exact model still need an installer’s assessment.

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An illustrative day: showers around 06:00 to 08:00 draw the tank down, it reheats from about 11:00 to 15:00, and showers around 19:00 to 21:00 draw it down again. The tank bridges the time between demand and the next reheat.

Size for the busy period, not just the daily total.

Illustrative day

Hot water in the tank

A tank bridges the time between demand and the next reheat.

Timing, storage and recovery rate all matter.

Illustrative household routine. Clustered showers draw down stored hot water before it can reheat. Check the actual model, climate, tank and available reheating hours.