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Is there a way to control water level in water heater?

I have a 75 gallon water heater in the basement, but I always run out of hot water after a 10 minute shower. Someone told me that my water heater might not be completely filled. Is there a way to check or control the water level in the water heater?
Thanks for the responses and link. The water heater is about 4 years old. I will flush the water heater as suggested this weekend.

The way most water heaters work is the input and exit pipes are at the top of the tank. When you draw hot water out of the tank, cool water instantly replaces the hot water.

If the hot water wasn’t full, you would not get hot water at all. You would get a bunch of air and hissing noise out of your sink as the hot water heater filled. Eventually, would would get hot water out of the faucet.

If your hot water tank is 75 gallons and only provides 10 minutes of hot water, I suspect that the tank is full of sediment. I would shut the cold water supply off to the tank and put the pilot light in the “pilot” or off position and drain the tank out of the valve at the bottom of the tank. You may need ot drain and fill it several times to get all the sediment out.

Here is a link that describes the process a little more thoroughly:

http://www.naturalhandyman.com/iip/infwaterheater/infdrainwh.html

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