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brettw22
brettw22 Posts: 7,623
edited February 2024 in Clubhouse Archives
Why do you have to run (or are supposed to run) cold water when running the garbage dosposal? I want all technical information you have.....(if anyone actually has it, I'm TRULY afraid ;) )
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  • Frank Z
    Frank Z Posts: 5,860
    edited September 2003
    The components in the disposal that do all the crushing/grinding/cutting are water lubricated, thats why you need to run the HOT water.
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited September 2003
    You use cold water, to keep the moving parts cool (friction + high rpm + load = heat). It's as simple as that, and will help it last longer (supposedly).

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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited September 2003
    I want a disposal that can fit a whole hand.....my hand in particular. It angers me when I cannot fish something out of the disposal....like leftover fingers and such.

    I was always told that the water simply flushes the grounds out of the disposal....hot or cold was fine, but cold was recommended. Grind and flush, I wish toilets worked like that, then you wouldn't need a plunger.
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  • fireshoes
    fireshoes Posts: 3,167
    edited September 2003
    You may be on to something there. Call the Invention Submission Corporation. Quickly.
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited September 2003
    COLD water. Check your mfg. recommendations. Always use cold water when operating the disposal to solidify fatty and greasy wastes so they will be chopped up and flushed down the drain.
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  • Frank Z
    Frank Z Posts: 5,860
    edited September 2003
    You are correct, run with cold, flush it out with hot.
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited September 2003
    No Frank, you use cold period - not flushing, no hot water. Don't be all tryin' to twist it around - wrong wrong wrong.

    You are as wrong as your furniture placement... ;)

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  • Frank Z
    Frank Z Posts: 5,860
    edited September 2003
    Russ (aka dan Jr.),
    I stand by my cold/hot statement! I will admit to an incorrect comment earlier in this thread but I will not tolerate your childish nagging....I can get that elsewhere! Should you continue to berate me for your own personal enjoyment, I will be forced to beat you about the head, neck, and shoulders with a limber dick, and of course report you to the moderators.:eek:

    (sulks away to re-arrange the HT....AGAIN!!)
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited September 2003
    Originally posted by Frank Z
    I will be forced to beat you about the head, neck, and shoulders with a limber dick,

    Who's?

    And yes Frank...I believe you are correct. I have it from good authority that your description is the correct maintenence procedeure. I had to contact the mfg. about my disposal constantly getting stopped up by my wife. I thought maybe it was an improper setup or something. As it turns out, my wife can stop up our disposal with the peels from a single potato or just a few egg shells...it's just a talent she has I guess (or she likes to hear me cuss when I have to unclog it :mad: ). Anyway they told me to always run cold water while grinding and for at least 30 seconds after everything is ground up. Then peiodically run very hot water to losen up any stuff that may be in there.
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited September 2003
    Well it doesn't matter.

    Do you know how many thousands of disposals I have installed and demoed? Do you know how a disposal works wired with Kimber?

    DO YOU? I DO.

    There is a difference in knowing your disposal, and walking with it. Follow me or pass.

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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,782
    edited September 2003
    Russ! THATS FUNNY!!!!!!!!! LOL!!!!!!! WAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!
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  • Frank Z
    Frank Z Posts: 5,860
    edited September 2003
    I can only show you the switch, but I can't make you turn it on....
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,753
    edited September 2003
    Originally posted by dorokusai
    Grind and flush, I wish toilets worked like that, then you wouldn't need a plunger.
    That's the best idea I've heard in a long long time.



    I don't have a disposal in my kitchen sink, just a drain basket. It never breaks down, doesn't care if it's cold or hot water, works great when the power is out and costs.......maybe $5.00!!! Simplify people, simplify.
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  • brettw22
    brettw22 Posts: 7,623
    edited September 2003
    Originally posted by dorokusai
    Grind and flush, I wish toilets worked like that, then you wouldn't need a plunger.
    Personally, I'm TOTALLY OK with using a plunger.......I'd just prefer one with a 6 foot stick on it for more distance. You can bet your **** that if the toilet grinder ever got stuck (which you'd better be seein a doctor about what's comin outta your ****) then I'd be replacing the entire toilet, not trying to un-stick it.....

    As for the correct procedure, I'm goin with cold/cold, with an occasional cold/hot.

    Muchas Gracias peoples...........
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited September 2003
    Don't forget to run some grapefruit peels through periodicly. They clean the blades and freshen up the smell. Gives it a good workout too. Some of the better disposals have an auto-reverse feature which reverses direction if it gets stopped up. The better Sears Kenmore I have does this. I just replaced my old $60 model with this new $180 model (I got a great deal for $100) and will never go back. Who would have thought there could be such a huge difference in disposers. Now, if I could just find a tube operated fridge...
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  • burdette
    burdette Posts: 1,194
    edited September 2003
    From the Insinkerator site.....

    Do first turn on a moderate to strong flow of cold water and then turn on the disposer.
    Do continue running cold water for 15 seconds after grinding is completed to flush the drain line. Remember the drain line from your sink may run for 30 feet or more before it exits your home.
    Do grind hard materials such as small bones, fruit pits, and ice. A scouring action is created by the particles inside the grind chamber.
    Do use a disposer cleaner, degreaser, or deodorizer as necessary to relieve objectionable odors caused by build-up. Peelings from citrus fruits can also be ground to freshen up drain smells.
    Don’t fill disposer with a lot of vegetable peels all at once. Instead, turn the water and disposer on first, and then feed the peels in gradually.
    Don’t grind extremely fibrous materials like corn husks, artichokes, etc., to avoid possible drain blockage.
    Don’t pour grease or fat down your disposer, or any drain. It can build up in pipes and cause drain blockages. Put grease in a jar or can and dispose in the trash.
    Don’t use hot water when grinding food waste. It is OK to drain hot water into the disposer between grinding periods.
    Don’t turn off disposer until grinding is completed.

    Edit: given the lack of personal responsibility in this country, and the general litigious nature of people who are idiots, I'm surprised it doesn't say "Don't stick your hand into disposer when it is running."

    In addition, you should generally avoid putting 'sticky' things like pasta and rice down any drain, it can stick to the pipes and induce a clog.
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