So I live in northern Europe in an apartment and I’ve never had a problem or even head of people in my country having the hot water run out, so how does it do that? I guess in a house you have a water heater but doesn’t it just automatically heat up more water.
I hear this in a lot of tv shows and movies that’s now found out about this phenomenon
know it sounds stupid lol but I cant stop thinking about this
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American homes typically have tank water heaters, that [look like this](https://www.homedepot.com/p/Rheem-Performance-50-Gal-Tall-6-Year-38-000-BTU-Natural-Gas-Tank-Water-Heater-XG50T06EC38U1/205811151). They will typically have a capacity of approx. 50 gallons (so I guess about 200 liters).
So if you had multiple people showering in the home at the same time or somebody showering while another’s washing dishes, etc. you might experience enough hot water use that the tank can’t replenish as quickly as it’s being used.
Was probably more of an issue in the past when there were larger families, say when baby boomers were growing up and families often had 4+ kids. With smaller households in general now, it’s less of an issue.
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