On Nov 13, 6:43 pm, "HeyBub" wrote:
DerbyDad03 wrote:

Something to think about: Dishwashers normally discharge into the
garbage disposal so that chunks can get grinded up. If you plan on
discharging directly into the drain, be sure to de-chunk your dishes
first.

OK, that's a new one to me...

How's the disposer going to grind the chunks unless it's running
during the drain cycle? And if the disposer fills up with chunks, its
not going to drain.

I don't know. I guess someone figured the capacity of the disposal was
greater than the quantity of detritus normally left on dishes.



What about houses that do not have disposers? I don't recall seeing
anything in any instructions I've read regarding rinsing dishes more
throughally if you don't have a disposer.

I don't know. As a guess, they either rinse their dishes first or, when the
drain clogs up, they move to another shotgun shack without a garbage
disposal.



My dishwasher has its own impeller to take care of the soft stuff. The
instructions specifically say not to waste water by rinsing off soft
food prior to washing.

Can it handle T-bones, the tops of pineapples, or napkins?

Why would I put a T-Bones in my dishwasher? And why would I expect it
to pass through the dishwasher's drain system into the disposal to be
ground up? Why am I even repsonding to this post?

Are you sure about that "so that chunks can get grinded up" comment?

Well, no, I'm not sure. It's merely a conclusion based on the observation
that a) The disposal has an inlet for dishwasher output, b) the dishwasher's
outlet hose fits the disposal, and c) instructions for both garbage
disposals and dishwashers mention it (although they don't insist).

"Slip one hose clamp over each end of the short drain hose that will run
from the garbage disposal to the large outlet on the air gap"http://www.hometips.com/articles/dishwasher_install.html

"If using a dishwasher, you will need to tap out the dishwasher knockout
plug."http://www.insinkerator.com/service/install_disposer1.html

My momma insisted that I chew my food before it went down the pipe. Other
mothers may have advised differently.

I'm not sure how you reached the conclusion that because there is
knockout for the dishwasher in the disposal that the disposal is
supposed to be used to grind up debris from the dishwasher. The
knockout is there simply to make the connection to the drain easier.

If you back-pedal any farther, you're going to run into something.