My garbage disposal doesn't work. I don't think it even whirrs. It just sits there. I don't think anything is stuck in it -- I've put my hand down the drain a million times and felt around.
I had a landlord once that came and flicked a switch on my old disposal and boom! Fixed! I don't see a "reset button" on my garbage disposal. If there isn't one, how do I "reset" it?
If the reset option doesn't work, I'll call the landlord -- I'm not gonna try to take it apart or anything. But I'm smuggling a cat, so I'd rather try to fix it myself if it is easy?
2007-04-11 08:16:14 · 9 answers · asked by Soul Kitten 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Every garbage disposal I've ever seen has a reset button on it. Look carefully, with a flashlight. There is also probably a knob on the bottom that you can turn to be sure the motor can spin freely. If you can't turn this knob by hand, your disposal is stuck.
If you absolutely can't find a reset button, locate your circuit breaker panel and see if there is a breaker that has tripped. For the past 30 years or so, an electrician would have wired a garbage disposal to its own circuit. If a breaker has tripped in your circuit breaker panel, reset it and you should be good to go.
2007-04-11 08:27:29 · answer #1 · answered by pvreditor 7 · 5⤊ 1⤋
The reset button might have gotten pushed inside the disposer, so you "can't" see it! In the center of the bottom of "most" disposals, is a hole for a 1/4" allen wrench. If yours has this try spinning the motor by hand. Make sure that the disposal is plugged in, and beyond that, call the landlord, and ask him if you call a plumber to replace the disposal, can you take the fee off your rent. This way he won't find out about the cat, but as far as the cat is concerned, sooner or later the landlord will find out. Good luck!
2007-04-11 19:20:40 · answer #2 · answered by poppyman54 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I have stopped every garbage disposal I have come in contact with (maybe 10 over the last 10 years) and I can assure you they all have a red reset button (thank god). Some require you press a few times or hold the button in for a good 30 seconds.
2007-04-11 08:41:54 · answer #3 · answered by iampatsajak 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
As pink stated, only get rid of the disposal. human beings have only gotten too used to the ease of putting issues down the drain that fairly could bypass in the rubbish. i'm a plumber, and that i've got a love hate dating with disposals. Love them for the artwork they get me, hate them for the comparable reason. first ingredient i might attempt may well be to take the p-catch off the disposal and ensure it is not blocked up(be sure you have a bucket under it, as all the water in the bowl could drain out). If the p-catch isn't blocked(and the sink DID drain), the line previous the catch will would desire to be snaked/wiped clean.
2016-10-28 10:57:55 · answer #4 · answered by labounty 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Look more thoroughly for the red button. If there isn't one for sure, stick handle of broom in disposal and make the blades turn. DO NOT TURN ON. If you have to call in the landlord, take the cat to a friend's house and put the litter box outside.
2007-04-11 08:25:30 · answer #5 · answered by beez 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Make sure it is unplugged. There should be a square shaped hole on the bottom of the disposal, try inserting a screw driver in it and turn it. It should rotate freely, plug it back in and see if the is a button (usually red) on the bottom of it. Push it, and for giggles check all of your circuit breakers and also the GFI buttons on the electrical outlets. It could be even a GFI outlet in another room.
2007-04-11 08:27:56 · answer #6 · answered by bigchris61 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
every disposal iv'e seen has a reset button, you have to look closer, also check circuit breaker for tripped breaker. OR the disposal just gave up the ghost.
2007-04-11 08:27:35 · answer #7 · answered by trekkie706 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
the reset button is usally on the bottom of the disposer and please be careful putting your hand in disposer, to reset just push it in
2007-04-11 08:28:39 · answer #8 · answered by high1315 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
get a wreck and twist it from the bottom it should work
2007-04-11 08:20:27 · answer #9 · answered by Ash c 2 · 0⤊ 4⤋