If your family size is 5 or more you ll need an 80 gallon tank electric or a 50 gallon tank natural gas or liquid propane.
Water tank size for family of 4.
Choose a hot water heater with a tank size in the range of 50 to 60 gallons on the fhr label.
For a tank style heater household size is a simple indicator of hot water needs.
Storage tank hot water heaters are sized based on btu input and capacity in gallons.
A hot water tank size for family of 5 would be in the 230 300l range 60 80 gallons.
For an instantaneous hot water unit servicing two water saving shower heads you would need a hot water heater with a flow rate of at least 16l min.
With these two figures combined with your catchment area and water usage we can now calculate the optimum size for a water tank to suit your needs.
This size tank is one of the most competitive sizes in the industry meaning you are bound to get the best price per litre on them.
Again the more you rely on hot water on a regular basis the more btus and capacity you ll need.
This is probably one reason why our 5 000 gallon 22 500 litre tank and 5 400 gallon 24 500 litre tank outsell all other sizes.
This tank size based on the scenario in step 2 is adequate for the peak hourly hot water.
You can estimate the necessary tank capacity in gallons based on the number of people in the house.