Garbage Disposals
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What You Should Know About Your Garbage
Disposal
Garbage
disposals are pretty simple and they all work on a similar
principle. They have a flat plate with small, rotating, steel
mashers, and an inner disposal wall that has "teeth" to do the
job of grinding your food waste. A motor inside the unit rotates
the flat plate in the food-grinding area. When you switch the
unit on, the mashers are forced to swing toward the outside of
the spinning plate.
Quick Tip - The most common things that
go wrong with garbage disposals. Always make sure the
water is running when ever the disposal is running. It is always
better to use your garbage can, rather then the disposal. Potato
peals will cause your drain to get clogged,
Disposals should be run just until the food has been ground
up-which is usually less than 30 seconds. Also, make sure to run
a full stream of cold water through the disposal while it
grinds. Then let the water run for another 30 seconds after you
turn off the disposal. There are two primary types of
disposals:
Continuous feed garbage disposals - When you
place food in the disposal and switch it on, the mashers force
food against the teeth of the inner wall and shred it. The
shredded food then falls through small holes between the
spinning plate and the inside walls, and is diverted into the
drainpipe.
The job of the rubber shield at the top of the
disposal is to keep fast-moving food particles from being
ejected out of the disposal. The stopper lets you plug the sink
to hold water when you're not using the disposal.
Batch feed garbage disposals - Batch feed
disposals function exactly like continuous feed disposals–the
difference is only in how you turn them on. To turn these
garbage disposals on, you place a special stopper in the
disposal opening and turn it. The stopper activates a switch
that turns on the disposal.
Your garbage disposal can jam if something solid or tough gets
lodged between the spinning plate and the inside wall of the
disposal. There aren't many parts of your garbage disposal that
you can or should service yourself, so be sure to call a service
professional for any repairs your disposal may need. And, be
sure to never put your hands near the opening while it is
running.
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