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I use a showerhead shutoff valve -- when I'm shaving in the shower or doing anything that doesn't require a steady shower of water, I turn off the water at the

I use a showerhead shutoff valve -- when I'm shaving in the shower or doing anything that doesn't require a steady shower of water, I turn off the water at the showerhead, then I can flip it back on when I want water, and it continues at the same temperature/pressure it was before. I also use a 1.5gpm low-flow showerhead (many "low-flow" heads are 2.5gpm).

isbjorn16 8y ago
That would be a mitigation strategy, but my main point is my old conventional had significantly fewer and less lengthy hot water outages compared to my new fancy hybrid with a larger tank. To be clear, we make this work - it isn't a catastrophe by any stretch, but it is a marked surprise when you expected superior hot water uptime and you get distinctly WORSE hot water uptime, you know?