"Amanda" wrote in message
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On Jan 31, 8:36 am, "BobK207" wrote:
On Jan 31, 6:58 am, "Amanda" wrote:

On Jan 31, 4:33 am, "RBM" rbm2(remove wrote:

[].

Don't give up yet.............if you have access to shop (wet/dry)
vacuum use it to suck as much rice as possible out of the disposal.

I'd rather buy a shp vacuum and try thi disposal problem. Do they
come in different level wattage for the motor/ horsepower? Which one
should I get (for the power)? Which size?

It will help greatly if I get this info before I leave home in 40
mins.

I have 3 shop vacs but the handiest and the one I use around the house is a
mini. It's easy to grab & use and after attaching a shoulder strap it's also
the most portable.

http://www.shopvac.com/vacs/list.asp...dex&Browse=1hp

"Amanda" writes:

On Feb 1, 10:12 am, Dan Espen
wrote:
"Amanda" writes:
On Jan 31, 8:36 am, "BobK207" wrote:
On Jan 31, 6:58 am, "Amanda" wrote:

On Jan 31, 4:33 am, "RBM" rbm2(remove wrote:
[].

Don't give up yet.............if you have access to shop (wet/dry)
vacuum use it to suck as much rice as possible out of the disposal.

I'd rather buy a shp vacuum and try thi disposal problem. Do they
come in different level wattage for the motor/ horsepower? Which one
should I get (for the power)? Which size?

It will help greatly if I get this info before I leave home in 40
mins.

From what I've read so far, you don't have rice in the disposal.
Right.

If you look down the drain, do you see rice?
Look down the drain? How? From where?

On my unit there are rubber flaps covering the entrance to the unit
at the sink drain. They are removeable, just pull on them.
Or just push them aside. Stick your face close, you should be able
to see the cutting blades and all. Use a flashlight if you have to.

If not, the blockage is beyond the disposal.
Blockage seems to be beyond the disposal.


It's not hard at all to unscrew the pipe from the bottom
of the disposal and look for a blockage there.

I looked at my unit and it seems that the drain pipe is attached to
the disposal on the side. I see two big pieces that looked like it
needs a wrnch to unscrew it; they are sitting side way holding the
trap, I think.

Yes, actually mine is on the side too.

Put a bucket under it before you loosen the pipe.
I have a short, flat bucket. To unscrew it, I think I need a big
wrench. I'll get one.

I will be back in a few hours.

Those plastic nuts are usually finger tight.
Give them a try.

A wrench or channel lock pliers will work.

What you are really after is the trap.
It should look like this:

******
* *xxx x
* * x x
* * xxx ==== trap
* *
******

The stars is the disposal.
The x's is the pipe.
The low point in the pipe is the trap,
meant to catch any junk and stop gasses from
making their way back up into the sink.

On Feb 1, 11:57 am, Dan Espen
wrote:
"Amanda" writes:
On Feb 1, 10:12 am, Dan Espen
wrote:
"Amanda" writes:
On Jan 31, 8:36 am, "BobK207" wrote:
On Jan 31, 6:58 am, "Amanda" wrote:

On Jan 31, 4:33 am, "RBM" rbm2(remove wrote:
[].

Don't give up yet.............if you have access to shop (wet/dry)
vacuum use it to suck as much rice as possible out of the disposal.

I'd rather buy a shp vacuum and try thi disposal problem. Do they
come in different level wattage for the motor/ horsepower? Which one
should I get (for the power)? Which size?

It will help greatly if I get this info before I leave home in 40
mins.

From what I've read so far, you don't have rice in the disposal.
Right.

If you look down the drain, do you see rice?
Look down the drain? How? From where?

On my unit there are rubber flaps covering the entrance to the unit
at the sink drain. They are removeable, just pull on them.

Oh, I didn't know that they are removable.

Or just push them aside. Stick your face close, you should be able
to see the cutting blades and all. Use a flashlight if you have to.

I am sure that I will see rice once the water is vacuumed out. I just
got hom. Will do that after this post.


If not, the blockage is beyond the disposal.
Blockage seems to be beyond the disposal.

It's not hard at all to unscrew the pipe from the bottom
of the disposal and look for a blockage there.

I looked at my unit and it seems that the drain pipe is attached to
the disposal on the side. I see two big pieces that looked like it
needs a wrnch to unscrew it; they are sitting side way holding the
trap, I think.

Yes, actually mine is on the side too.

Put a bucket under it before you loosen the pipe.
I have a short, flat bucket. To unscrew it, I think I need a big
wrench. I'll get one.

I will be back in a few hours.

Those plastic nuts are usually finger tight.
Give them a try.

I did already this morning. Didn't move.


A wrench or channel lock pliers will work.
Got a pipe wrench.


What you are really after is the trap.
It should look like this:
Yes, mine looks that way too but I see a rubber material which I think
is connected tot he silver thing on the top of the sink. Then the pipe
(in your pic is xxx) connected to a piece of short pipe with two disc
which is connected to the pipe going into the wall or somewhere.


******
* *xxx x
* * x x
* * xxx ==== trap
* *
******

The stars is the disposal.
The x's is the pipe.
The low point in the pipe is the trap,
meant to catch any junk and stop gasses from
making their way back up into the sink.-

I'd better look at it closely again ..


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On Feb 1, 10:55 am, "tom" wrote:
"Amanda" wrote in message

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On Jan 31, 8:36 am, "BobK207" wrote:
On Jan 31, 6:58 am, "Amanda" wrote:

On Jan 31, 4:33 am, "RBM" rbm2(remove wrote:

[].

Don't give up yet.............if you have access to shop (wet/dry)
vacuum use it to suck as much rice as possible out of the disposal.

I'd rather buy a shp vacuum and try thi disposal problem. Do they
come in different level wattage for the motor/ horsepower? Which one
should I get (for the power)? Which size?

It will help greatly if I get this info before I leave home in 40
mins.

I have 3 shop vacs but the handiest and the one I use around the house is a
mini. It's easy to grab & use and after attaching a shoulder strap it's also
the most portable.

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I got a 2.5 HP 6 gallon size from target (real close to my place) .
Probably should have got 1 or 1.5 HP with 1 or 2 gallon size.

Celebration time but one question. But first, what happened was
that.. this guy - I used to refer to him as a boy but now he is 25 and
to be married soon - who lives not far from me, showed up because he
saw my garage door opened. He always passes the street perpendicular
to my street and sometimes he would stop by unannouced. Sometimes I
pretended like I was not home because I don't like people showing up
unanounced.

He had visited me recently. I got his new number but didn't even dawn
on me to call him probably because he is always on the road for his
father's business anyway.

He just used his hand to unscrew those things. He was in a rush and so
I had no time to assemble the sho vac and just used the coat hanger to
clean the stuff. (I'll just return this bulky shop vac and get a
smaller one.) He said that I should put a little bit of draino (not
from the sink with disposal but the other one) foolowed by hot water
to clean the stuff going to the drainage. What do you guys think I
should do?

One thing I can do is when my brother visits me in a week or two, I'll
ask him to unscrew these so that I can vacuum.

BTW, this boy, oops, I meant this guy, has been aiming to drive my
Subie since I bought it and now he brought it up again as he was
leaving, passing through the garage. He said what're you doing next
Saturday. He's been asking that ever since I got to know him 2 1/4
years ago but because of his schedule, I never needed to say "No, I
wouldn't go". In the beginning, I was new to this town and was not
against going somewhere like "to go sit by the river". He worked
crazy hours and obviously had no normal life like people his own age.

I don't know whether I should let him drive my subie. He wants to go
to a city 2 hours from here to casino. I hate casino but the route is
nice. I'd better ask how long he plans to stay there. I'll kill myself
if it is longer than 2 hours.

Should I use draino or unscrew the trap and vacuum it when I get the
opportunity.

Amanda wrote:

I got a 2.5 HP 6 gallon size from target (real close to my place) .
Probably should have got 1 or 1.5 HP with 1 or 2 gallon size.

The latest Consumer Reports, March 2007, has a review of wet-dry vacs

You probably made the right choice because the smaller models with
hoses less than than 2" diameter aren't nearly as powerful, and one
day you may need a lot of power to clean up a big spill. I was
surprised that a wet-dry vac could completely drain a nearly full
washing machine tub in about one second.

On 1 Feb 2007 20:32:47 -0800, "Amanda" wrote:



Should I use draino or unscrew the trap and vacuum it when I get the
opportunity.

I don't think you've said whether you have metal or plastic drain
pipes. Although regardless which it is, I don't like Drano.

Now that the water is running through the drain, there might be no
need for anyting more. Not sure, but maybe gradually the water will
wash away whatever is left. I do know that if your sink is draining
quickly, that's good enough. You have a double sink, it seems. So if
the sink withough the garbage disposal is draining quickly, that
accounds for most of the drain. Any other clogs should be removable
by running the disposal. Except for 3 or 4 inches of drain which are
unlikely to be a big problem.

On Feb 2, 1:52 am, mm wrote:
On 1 Feb 2007 20:32:47 -0800, "Amanda" wrote:



Should I use draino or unscrew the trap and vacuum it when I get the
opportunity.

I don't think you've said whether you have metal or plastic drain
pipes. Although regardless which it is, I don't like Drano.

I have decided against using draino.


Now that the water is running through the drain, there might be no
need for anyting more. Not sure, but maybe gradually the water will
wash away whatever is left.
We rinsed out the trap and the pipe going to drain has been cleaned
with a coat hanger. I got out all the rice I could see.

Pipe is plastic btw.


I do know that if your sink is draining quickly, that's good
enough. You have a double sink, it seems. So if
the sink withough the garbage disposal is draining quickly, that
accounds for most of the drain.
It's running like it used to before the incident.

Any other clogs should be removable by running the disposal.
I ran the disposal a little bit yesterday after the issue was
resolved. Those tarce of grounded rice didn't seem to be a problem.

Except for 3 or 4 inches of drain which are unlikely to be a big
problem.

You mean only the first 3 or 4 inches of the drain were clogged? It
seemed that way IMO.

On Feb 2, 1:23 am, "larry moe 'n curly"
wrote:
Amanda wrote:

I got a 2.5 HP 6 gallon size from target (real close to my place) .
Probably should have got 1 or 1.5 HP with 1 or 2 gallon size.

The latest Consumer Reports, March 2007, has a review of wet-dry vacs

You probably made the right choice because the smaller models with
hoses less than than 2" diameter aren't nearly as powerful, and one
day you may need a lot of power to clean up a big spill.

I doubt that I would get a big spill. Planning not to cook big. No
family worth cooking for The ones one nice enough to be feriend
don't at what I know and like to cook.

Nevertheless, now that you said what you said, I am tempted to keep
the one I bought. But I hardly do things a normal houshold ould and
doubt that I will use it. Are the smaller one good for vacuuming the
car? Powerful enough? Not as much as my kenmore canister hepa
filtration, right?

I was surprised that a wet-dry vac could completely drain a nearly
a full washing machine tub in about one second.

Thanks for helping me.

Btw, if any one wondered why I didn't ask my brother in the first
place, he is not from here. He's just visiting. He doesn't know how
things are set up here. And it's unproductive to get things done
counting on family in my case.

\Again, thanks.

On 2 Feb 2007 06:53:46 -0800, "Amanda" wrote:


Any other clogs should be removable by running the disposal.
I ran the disposal a little bit yesterday after the issue was
resolved. Those tarce of grounded rice didn't seem to be a problem.

Except for 3 or 4 inches of drain which are unlikely to be a big
problem.

On rereading I saw this wasnt' clear. I meant here 3 or 4 inches
after the garbage disposal but before it met up with the other sinks
drain.

You mean only the first 3 or 4 inches of the drain were clogged? It
seemed that way IMO.

Amanda wrote:
On Feb 2, 1:23 am, "larry moe 'n curly"
wrote:

The latest Consumer Reports, March 2007, has a review of wet-dry vacs

But I hardly do things a normal houshold ould and
doubt that I will use it. Are the smaller one good for vacuuming the
car? Powerful enough? Not as much as my kenmore canister hepa
filtration, right?

The smaller ones are plenty powerful for cleaning cars and almost as
powerful as your Kenmore canister HEPA. Actually 6 gallons isn't
huge for a wet-dry vac because there are some as large as 20 gallons.