Hey all and thanks for taking the time to read this post. First off the whole house has a loss of hot water pressure. Running all the hot water at once usually means a few faucets or tubs are dripping. This started about 2 weeks ago with a slight reduction of pressure and heat. I have drained the hot water tank. Capacity on placard states 58 gals. I got about 45 gals and it took about 40 mins to drain it . I thought this was an excessive amount of time. I turned the pump off and closed the incoming water line also opened the pressure poppet to drain the tank. Refilled the tank. While filling the tank I watched the pressure gauge. Pump came on @ about 42 psi. and kicked out at 60psi. I then cut off the pump and allowed the system to deplete. Checked the air charge on the holding tank it was 30 psi. To me it seems like there is a blockage somewhere in the hot water heater. This has happened once before and the tank was replaced all was fine at that point. I saw on another post by doing a search someone had suggested trying to blow the blockage back to the tank by stopping up a faucet/shower head and turning the hot and cold water on. Drain the tank before hand so the cold can back flush the hot water lines. I am open for sugeestions and am I on the right track here.
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