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InSinkErator Disposer Housing Cracked
I'd never run into this failure before, have any of you? SWMBO reported finding water on the floor of the cabinet under the kitchen sink at 10:30 PM one evening last week. Taking a look see with a flashlight and mirror I spotted a vertical crack in the backside of the black PVC upper housing of the garbage disposer, running from near the top down to where it mated with the motor housing. Water was seeping through that crack anytime a liberal amount of H2O was poured down the drain. I dried the housing off and covered the crack with silicone caulk so we could still use the sink (without running the disposal) for a day or so until I could pick up a replacement disposal. The cracked disposal was a bottom of the line InSinkErator and my notes on the saved instruction sheet and receipt told me I'd installed it seven years ago. Not too bad a run for a $59.95 unit. So, I bought another low end InSinkErator (A "Badger 1") which appeared identical to the failed one in all respects save one, The price had increased to $79.95 at the same big box store I'd bought the old one at. G Swapping it in was a snap job and If I get seven years out of this one too I'll be happy that I'm still on the right side of the grass and able to change it out again. Momentary angnst when I flipped the disposal's wall switch on and nothing happened. That's when I realalized a first hand exposure to a ground fault breaker tripping because I'd shorted the neutral to ground while wiring the Romex power feed into the new disposal and didn't think about the instant hot water dispenser which was intermittently drawing power from the same circuit the disposal was on. G Has anyone else encountered a cracked PVC housing on one of those cheapie disposals? I have no direct knowledge of anyone putting something like a rock into it and running the disposal for a while so the rock kept whacking the housing, but you never know. Jeff -- Jeffry Wisnia (W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE) The speed of light is 1.8*10e12 furlongs per fortnight. |
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