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Flushing Tank with Turbo Tank Cleaner

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What happens here

The specialized "Turbo Tank Cleaner" tool, designed to effectively break up and remove sediment from the water heater tank, is attached to the newly installed full-port drain valve. A garden hose is then connected to the cleaner and directed into a collapsible bucket containing a mesh strainer. This setup allows for the collection and visual inspection of dislodged sediment. The cleaner also comes with detailed operating instructions, which recommend lubricating its shaft before use. A Milwaukee cordless drill is attached to the cleaner's end. As the water flows and the drill is activated, the spinning action vigorously agitates the interior of the tank, dislodging a significant amount of sediment, which is clearly visible being flushed out and collected in the strainer. The water in the bucket appears green, which the presenter clarifies is due to the cleaner itself, not contamination.

Goal: Remove accumulated sediment from the water heater tank.

Tools and materials

  • Collapsible Bucket Gel Blaster — Collecting flushed water and sediment
  • Cordless Drill Milwaukee — Powering the Turbo Tank Cleaner
  • Garden Hose — Directing water flow during flushing
  • Strainer — Separating sediment from the flushed water
  • Turbo Tank Cleaner Turbo Tank Cleaner — Agitating and flushing sediment from the tank
  • Sediment N/A — Material removed from the tank
  • Water N/A — Flushing the water heater

What they say

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All right, so check out these little collapsible buckets. I found this little collapsible bucket the other day. So, I found this little collapsible bucket the other day. I mean, it's made for gellets something like that's what they were advertising as, but like I love this thing. Buck fifty. Best deal ever, right? For a collapsible bucket. I mean, to have a three different size bucket scenario going on right here is awesome. But now what we're going to do is we're going to put this turbo cleaner tank adapter on. Once we pull this out and it should be good. This is uh Oh man, comes with little instructions, little operating manual. Pretty sure you know how this rolls. Always oil or lube the shaft before each use. All right, so you're going to have to get in there and you know after this time cuz I'm sure it come it better come oiled. After this time we will oil this. Lube it up. Get that hooked up. This is cool, man. This is a strong little whip. This is going to be interesting. And I hopefully it doesn't wrap around the hopefully it doesn't wrap around the flexible anode. That will be interesting, too. I want to put a little Teflon around this. Okay. Just get that in there. There was a lot of build-up in there. Get the hose on here. So you can see water running through there. Coming out through the drain right here. Get that clicked on. That just starts pumping there. Kind of THUMPING AROUND. CAN SEE THAT WE'RE GETTING sediment there. That's pretty good. It seems like everything's broken up there. This is actually flowing really well. Let's let this drain completely out.

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