Tank OR Tankless Water Heaters

[Ralph Pena]

I've been having a problem with a water heater on the second floor unit of our apartment. This is unit already has a 30 gallon electric hot water heater. But the hot water in the shower is going out in 5-7 minutes. Tried turning the tempature up but only gave it about two more minutes.

I was also told to change the shower head that uses less water. Or to switch to a tankless hot water heater.

Has anyone here have experience in switching hot water heaters from tank to tankless?? If so was it worth it, and how did it go?

[Roy N.]

Before switching the hot water heater, test the current one to confirm that both elements are working ... sounds like your tank recovery is lacking.

That said, I would definitely recommend moving to a 1.5usg shower head.   We use a couple of models that folks never realise are low-flow until we tell them about it.