paulgrey
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i have a aker swirlbath in master bath that i feel was underserved by a 50 gal gas hw heater....had to travel about 50 feet thru unheated basement and then up to 2nd floor...3/4 inch copper piping....water generally got cold before reaching top of jets....i just found the spec sheet for the whirlpool...it lists 74 gal avg oper volume...100 gal max sump capacity....this was standard builder install 17 yrs ago....what would be a desired hw htr capacity??....and would a circulating pump located in the basement just before the rise help much???....never had a problem with the hw htr capacity with a family of 5...other then the whirlpool issue....it does take the shower about 5 minutes run time before hot enough to jump in....there is not an in line heater on this model whirlpool.....do i jump up to a 75 gal tank and add the circ pump?? thanks for any help....Paul