Lee wrote:
Garbage disposer failed and original diagnosis (mine) revealed no
power to the top-half of outlet that both the GD and dishwasher plug
into; the dishwasher worked fine. So, I replaced the outlet,
clipping the joiner-part of the outlet, and still no power to the
top-half of the outlet, so I reversed the plugs and the dishwasher
was still active, so that ruled out the outlet as the problem. I
tried the reset button on the disposal several times in both halves
of the outlet and neither worked, so I concluded the problem was the
garbage disposer itself, so replaced it. Now, it works,
continuously; but the switch does not. So, I presume this means I
need to also replace the switch, but is there anything else I should
be considering/looking at before proceeding to this step?

Thanks for any suggestions/comments you’d care to make.


The switch is okay. The problem is in the wiring.