Some Signs You Need Repair or Replace Your Garbage Disposal

Home garbage disposal can help you clean your kitchen waste more easily, and it also reduces the food waste sent to landfills causing more methane emissions. But when problems arise with your home waste disposal, it will bring a lot of troubles especially when you are cooking. In this article, we list some signs that you need to repair or replace your food waste disposer for your reference, and hope that it can provide help for you when you meet these problems.

 

1. Frequent Resets

 

We know that the reset button can help the appliance recover from unusual situations. If your household garbage disposal appears the problems of large loads or clogs, you can use reset button to make it recover normal. But if your food garbage disposal is in good shape, you had better not to use the reset button very often, because frequent resets can make the disposal aging out. Of course, another reason to make your disposal frequent resets is that its wiring is loose, so you have to find a plumber or electrician to resolve safely. 

2. No Power

 

If your kitchen garbage disposal refuses to turn on or have the sign of shutting off itself when using, you should check to see if the connected circuit has blown. If the electrical system works normally, you had better to inspect your home garbage disposer as soon as possible. Generally, these unexplained power issues show a failing motor. At this time, you should inspect the motor and maybe it has blown out entirely. 

 

3. Persistent Odors

 

We know that the odors from food waste disposal are unpleasant, because the foul smells usually come from the breakdown of wet food. Generally speaking, most of these smells will disappear after thorough rinsing or cleaning. If nothing seems to help eliminate the odor, you may need professional help to double check if the machine needs to be replaced or repaired. Here special reminder that all of chemical cleaners or solvents will damage the machine’s blades and components.

 

 

4. Poor Performance

 

Usually long time overloads not only will damage the blades and components, but also will shorten the service life of kitchen waste disposal. If you find that your disposal seems to take an excessive amount of time to break down food leftovers or particles, the blades may need to be sharpened or replaced. In some cases, extensive blade deterioration may actually require to replace of the entire unit, so you should ask a professional assess the condition of the appliance.

 

5. Inexplicable Clogs

 

When you use food garbage processor, your cleaning habits also determine its service time. You should know clearly what items can be put in it and what cannot in order to avoid device being clogged. In other situations, these clogs may indicate a malfunction in the appliance. But if you notice that no matter how small the loads are they always seem to jam the device, it indicates that it is time to replace the old one. Go to store to buy new one with a higher capacity model.