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Yes, static is when no water is flowing. My pressure gauge will only measure pressure when all valves are closed. I do not have a gauge the measures head pressure.

I thought it might be the heat traps so I removed them, it seems to improve the flow a small degree but hot water flow is still unequal to cold.

50 gal electric AOSmith

I’m thinking it must be the fittings being 90 degrees off the trunk to the input and 90 degree out of WH into the hot water trunk.

Static pressure is 42 psi

It’s not the fixtures. Kitchen sink, tub and master shower. To remove the fixture from the equation, is swapped the hot and cold lines at the fixture and the flow issue was swapped from hot to cold. This indicates flow is reduced at or after the water heater. The kitchen faucet is the closest to...

New whole house pex A plumbing system. Trunk and line. 3/4 trunk, 1/2 lines. Static pressure on hot and cold is 42 psi. The flow from the hot water lines are noticeably less than the cold. No obstruction in lines, trying to find why the flow is reduced. I’ve added pictures where the trunk lines...