Friday, April 28, 2017

Water heater overkill? 2x75gallon units

Our house was built in 2004. Apparently, the previous owners had two 75 gallon water heaters (80,000 BTUs each) installed. It's a reasonably large house -- 4600 sq ft, 6 BR -- and there is a whirlpool style tub in the master bedroom.

Does this set up make sense? Based on what I've read, it seems to me like overkill, but I know very little about hvac.

One of our heaters is failing (brown water) and I am trying to decide if it makes sense to

  1. keep this configuration and replace it or
  2. downsize, or even
  3. ???just use the remaining heater and dispense with the second entirely? Any downsides to doing this?

We are a family of 5 (3 young kids under the age of 5).

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