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   rjw | Aug 13, 2002 09:39pm | #1

   I recommend doing it once a year: hook up a garden house to the lower drain bib, run the hose outdoors or to a floor drain or some other reasonable place to run hot water to, and let 'em rip for a couple of m9inutes.

   Simple: you don't need to shut anything off or do anything else; you're just taking water (and, hopefully, sediment) off of the bottom of the tank instead of ther top.

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   clwebb | Aug 13, 2002 10:23pm | #2

   Hi,

   Speaking of flushing hot water tanks, what should I do about this situation? I tried to flush my hot water tank like you suggested but I only got a trickle out of the garden hose. Long story short, the sediment had clogged the drain valve at the bottom. I found this out when I unscrewed the bottom element ( I thought surely the tank level must be down below the element, I had let the tank drain for about an hour after shutting off the power of course) water came pouring out. I sucked up all I could with a shop vac and rigged up a hose to suck the sediment off the bottom.

   Q. Should I replace the plastic drain valve at the bottom w/ a freer flowing valve.

   Chris

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   rjw | Aug 14, 2002 03:05am | #4

   Q. Should I replace the plastic drain valve at the bottom w/ a freer flowing valve.

   Yep

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   Wet_Head | Aug 14, 2002 02:20am | #3

   You are 100% correct.