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It depends on a number of factors. If your kitchen faucet is far away from the water heater, if the diameter of the pipe is too wide, if the flow rate is too slow, or if the cold pipes pull too much heat out of the water it will take longer to heat.

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14y ago

It runs sowly because it has to go through a water heater and come out the fauset!

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Possibly sludge in the H/W tank. How often is tank cleaned out. Makers recommend every 3 years. Do it and see if ti makes a difference.

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