How to Solve the Problem of Clogged Garbage Disposal?

In our daily life, we often find smelly leftover soup or food in the back of the refrigerator. What will you do if you find? At this time, if you have a home garbage disposal, it is easy to dump food leftovers and kitchen garbage into the sink and get rid of it quickly. But you need to know what items can be put in the food garbage disposal and what items cannot be put in it when you dump kitchen leftovers down the drain, and you still need to know how to clean your household garbage disposal, otherwise your household waste disposal will have the problem of clog and the drain will have the risk of clog as well. Then how to solve the problem of clogged garbage disposal? Now we will tell you some solutions as following.

 

Check the power supply

 

Before discussing some more complicated reasons, you need to know why your kitchen garbage disposal may not work properly. And you need to make sure whether your food waste disposal is plugged in and check circuit before you spend a lot of time and money to repair it. Firstly, open the cabinet under the sink and find the power cord connected to the waste disposer. Check if it is connected to the socket or not and check the circuit breaker whether it is in the "on" position. After that, reset the power switch and turn on the machine to see if the problem has corrected itself. If there is no problem for the power supply and the garbage disposal still does not operate normally, please find the professionals to repair the machine.

 

Clean out the stuffed garbage from the garbage disposer

 

Many people think that home waste disposer works like a blender, in which the blade grinds the food particles before sending them. However, there is no blade for garbage disposal. Instead, they use impellers to force the food waste against the grinding disc to liquefy it before sending it to the drain. Through this design, it is easy to see how the garbage disposer is blocked. In order to unclog it, remove the objects stuck to the board, and then pull it out. If the kitchen garbage disposer has a low buzzing sound when it is turned on, then something may be jammed. Find a suitable size hex wrench to rotate the bolt at the bottom of the waste disposer. Use a hex wrench to turn it back and forth several times.

 

For safety reasons, you should not put your hands inside the household food garbage disposer, even if all power is disconnected. Use pliers to reach inside of the device or use clamps to remove items and dispose of them properly. And then lift the flap onto the drain pipe and look inward if the obstacle is removed.

 

If you can solve the problem yourself in these ways, you don’t need to call the plumber. If you still cannot solve it, you had better to find the professional to repair it for you.