Broken, in sink erator disposal unit?
If there's anything you need to know about your in sink erator disposal unit, your've hit the jack pot.
At first, you might have heard the humming of the motor, with out the sound of the blades spinning. This would have quickly been followed with silence. The problem: Something has jammed your cutting blades and thrown out your disposal units cut out switch. Don't panic, this is just a safety device designed to protect your motor in just such an occurance. First, you need to turn the power off on your disposal unit.(Be totally sure by unplugging it from your power point.) Get your insinkerator key. This comes will all insinkerators.
Shine torch into the waste hole and try to see what's got caught in unit. If your hand is small enough, place inside and feel around for hard object. (small stone chip, spoon, stingy material.) Now get underneath your waste disposal unit. Place the key into hole in the middle of unit. (If you have lost your key, you can use a standard allan key.) Try to move clockwise and anticlockwise till you feel the blade start to free up.
Place your hand inside unit and feel for obstacle.It should be loose now, so try to pull it out of unit. Plug in power to unit and leave water running. Push in red reset button. (This is on the bottom of unit, to the side of blade freeing access hole. Listen to that sweet sound. If the unit freezes again, repeat the steps above, as you may have more than 1 obstacle catching in blades. Go pour your self a long cool beverage and say ahhhhhhhh.
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