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Hot water tank #446848 12/07/22 02:59 AM Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 10,490 Likes: 116 M Mojo OP shareholder in the making OP Mojo shareholder in the making M Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 10,490 Likes: 116 The physical size of my home's new hot water tank is 593 US liquid gallons. And it only holds 40 gallons of water. That's about 550 gallons of insulation! House of the Rising Sone Out in the mid or far field Dedicated mid-woofers are over-rated

Re: Hot water tank Mojo #446849 12/07/22 03:42 AM Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 1,897 Likes: 101 Boston Area rrlev connoisseur rrlev connoisseur Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 1,897 Likes: 101 Boston Area How tall and wide is it?

Re: Hot water tank Mojo #446850 12/07/22 03:48 AM Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 10,490 Likes: 116 M Mojo OP shareholder in the making OP Mojo shareholder in the making M Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 10,490 Likes: 116 22" dia. x 48" H. It's a cylinder. House of the Rising Sone Out in the mid or far field Dedicated mid-woofers are over-rated

Re: Hot water tank Mojo #446851 12/07/22 03:52 AM Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 10,490 Likes: 116 M Mojo OP shareholder in the making OP Mojo shareholder in the making M Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 10,490 Likes: 116 Hmmm...79 gallons based on a calculator. That makes far more sense! I see now I had used a converter from mm^3 to gallons but that converter was wrong. Last edited by Mojo; 12/07/22 03:53 AM. House of the Rising Sone Out in the mid or far field Dedicated mid-woofers are over-rated

Re: Hot water tank Mojo #446852 12/07/22 04:13 AM Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 1,897 Likes: 101 Boston Area rrlev connoisseur rrlev connoisseur Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 1,897 Likes: 101 Boston Area I asked because my napkin estimate had it as ten ft tall

Re: Hot water tank Mojo #446854 12/07/22 04:49 AM Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 10,490 Likes: 116 M Mojo OP shareholder in the making OP Mojo shareholder in the making M Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 10,490 Likes: 116 That'll teach me to practice outside my scope. House of the Rising Sone Out in the mid or far field Dedicated mid-woofers are over-rated

Re: Hot water tank Mojo #446890 12/12/22 01:22 PM Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,460 Likes: 6 Canada BBIBH connoisseur BBIBH connoisseur Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,460 Likes: 6 Canada Don't forget US and Imperial gallons are different

Re: Hot water tank Mojo #446891 12/12/22 05:23 PM Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 10,490 Likes: 116 M Mojo OP shareholder in the making OP Mojo shareholder in the making M Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 10,490 Likes: 116 Aye. And we also have US wet and dry gallons. So if a 40 US wet gallons water tank contains 10 US dry gallons of sediment, what is its wet capacity? House of the Rising Sone Out in the mid or far field Dedicated mid-woofers are over-rated

Re: Hot water tank Mojo #446892 12/13/22 01:33 AM Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 1,897 Likes: 101 Boston Area rrlev connoisseur rrlev connoisseur Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 1,897 Likes: 101 Boston Area Google is your best friend….

Re: Hot water tank Mojo #446893 12/13/22 01:34 AM Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 1,897 Likes: 101 Boston Area rrlev connoisseur rrlev connoisseur Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 1,897 Likes: 101 Boston Area Think common volume measures … cubic feet