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Originally Posted by bob47
I do believe cold water enters the tank through a pipe that extends almost to the bottom and hot water is taken out near the top of the tank. Hot water, after all, rises. So you should expect to get no sediment out from the hot water faucets in your home.
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If you turn on all of the hot water faucets full blast, after a few minutes, all of the hot water will be gone and you will create enough turbulence in the tank to flush out some of the loose sediment. The drain valve at the bottom of the tank is designed to drain the tank, not to create a flushing action. The drain valve is way too small to be very effective at flushing out sediment.