"Not compatible" is a bit misleading IMO.

It depends what you push through the system. It seems to me, that it would
be better to have whatever it is finely ground then whole. So long as it is
organic and will decompose it should be OK.

Grinding up some small amounts of fruits and veggies should be fine. Avoid
all oils an proteins. Then again, all the stuff that does ok in the
disposer is great for the composter, chickens, or if you don't mind.. just
toss it outside.

We really dont put much down the disposer. Thus I'm inclinded to forego the
'septic assist' when I install the new unit.

I'm just curious if that septic assist feature is really a 'should have' or
just a gimmic add-on. An active septic should have all the 'creatures' it
needs to do it's job. I really doubt adding a few drops of fluid will make
much difference. But I figured I'd ask here and see what comes of it. All
I know is it took me 5x longer to discover where my leak was because the
septic assist "feature" required the grinder by encased in plastic so the
little bottle of fluid had a place to attach. Because of that I had to
fully dismantle the unit and pull off the plastic cover to find a pinhole.
Because it was such a hassle I procrastinated 8 weeks and have some damage
to my cabinet now. A simple unit would have been much easier to
troubleshoot. Simple, IMO, is always best.




"Wayne Boatwright" wrote in message
5.250...
On Sat 25 Oct 2008 11:30:11p, told us...

My in-sink-erator has rusted through and needs to be replaced. It was
the septic assist model with container that injects some supposed
septic assist fluid. My previous home did not have this "feature".

Are these really necessary? We are careful with what we put down the
drain. Most of our solids go out to the chickens!

Any suggestion on a new unit? I was thinking to go with the same
brand in hopes it keeps all the plumbing the same. I'm leaning
towards just a regular disposer w/o the septic fluid.

I'd like to know the opinions, too. We've never been on a septic system
until now, for the past two years. It's a new system. We purposely did
not install a disposer because we were told they weren't compatible with
septic systems. I really miss having one.

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Wayne Boatwright
(correct the spelling of "geemail" to reply)

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