Use and Care of
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food waste disposers
Batch-feed models
INSTRUCTIONS PERTAINING TO A
RISK OF FIRE, ELECTRIC SHOCK OR
INJURY T O PERSONS.
IMPOR TANT SAFETY
INSTRUCTIONS
WARNING—When using electric appliances, basic
precautions should always be followed, including the
following:
• Read all the instructions before using the appliance.
• To reduce the risk of injury, close supervision is
necessary when an appliance is used near children.
• Do not put fingers or hands into a waste disposer.
• Turn the power switch to the off position before
attempting to clear a jam or remove an object from
the disposer.
• When attempting to loosen a jam in a waste disposer,
use a long wooden object such as a wooden spoon or
the wooden handle of a broom or mop.
• When attempting to remove an object from a waste
disposer, use long-handled tongs or pliers. Only
nonmagnetic tools should be used.
• To reduce the risk of injury by materials that may
be expelled by a waste disposer, do not put the
following into a disposer:
• Clam or oyster shells.
• Drain cleaner.
• Glass, china or plastic.
• Large whole bones.
• Metal, such as bottle caps, tin cans or aluminum foil.
• Whole cornhusks.
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Write down the model
and serial numbers.
You’ll find them on a label located on the side or bottom
of the disposer.
These numbers are also on the Consumer Product
Ownership Registration Card that came with your
disposer. Before sending in this card, please write these
numbers here:
Model Number
Serial Number
Use these numbers in any correspondence or service
calls concerning your disposer.
If you receiv ed a damaged disposer,
contact the dealer (or builder) that sold you the
disposer.
immediately
How the Disposer Works
Food wastes are fed into the disposer through the
sink drain opening. The wastes fall into the grinding
mechanism and are shredded into particles small
enough to be floated away by the cold water running
through holes in the flywheel and the strainer around
the flywheel. When the shredder impellers on the
flywheel strike hard objects such as bones, they will
swivel back to reduce the possibility of jamming.
What it Grinds
The disposer will grind almost all items of food waste.
Naturally, some items require less time to grind than
others. Items such as animal fat, skin and hard bones
take longer to grind than vegetable parings.
Mixing different types of w aste will improve grinding
efficiency.
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• When not operating a disposer, leave the drain cover
in place to reduce the risk of an object falling into
the disposer.
• Properly ground to conform with all governing codes
and ordinances. Follow details in Installation
Instructions.
SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS
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Turn the Page for Operation
and Maintenance Instructions.
HO W T O OPERATE Y OUR DISPOSER USER
WARNING—To reduce the risk of fire, electric shock, or injury
to persons, read the IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
before operating this appliance.
Remove the stopper.
1
Scrape food waste into the
2
disposer through the sink drain but
DO NOT PACK TOO TIGHTLY.
NEVER PUSH FINGERS
OR WASTE FEEDING
TOOLS BEYOND THE
SWITCH PLUNGER.
Turn on cold water to full flow .
3
Cold water hardens greases so they
can be ground up and floated away
through the drain. A rapid flow of
cold water assists grinding, cleans
out the disposer, carries food waste
through the drain lines and helps
keep pipes clean.
ALIGN
SMALLEST
SLOT WITH
PLUNGER
Stopper Position When
You Are Not Operating
the Disposer
SEAL
POSITION
To fill sink, insert stopper so the
largest slot lines up with the switch
plunger. Stopper can now be
pushed down to seal position
without activating disposer.
To drain sink, insert stopper so
the medium size slot is lined up
with plunger. Water can drain,
but tableware, etc. cannot be
accidentally dropped into disposer.
How to Speed Up
Food Waste Disposal
To start disposer, insert
4
stopper into sink opening so one of
the two small slots lines up with
the switch plunger inside the neck
of the disposer. Push down firmly.
No twisting is required.
Run the disposer for 30
5
seconds after shredding stops to
allow all food waste to be flushed
through the drain line.
To shut the disposer off, lift
6
the stopper.
Cut up or break up large bones,
melon rinds, grapefruit skins, corn
cobs and fibrous materials such as
pineapple or vegetable stalks
before putting them into your
disposer.
Items such as large bones and
fibrous husks like lima bean pods
require considerable cutting time
in your disposer. You may prefer to
put them in the trash can or trash
compactor.
Do not put leather, cloth, string,
rubber, seafood shells, artichoke
leaves or corn husks into your
disposer. These items can cause
nuisance tripping of the motor
overload control.
DRAIN
POSITION
MAINTENANCE
INSTRUCTIONS
Care and Cleaning
Your disposer is permanently
lubricated. No oiling is required
during the life of the unit.
Your disposer is self-cleaning
when used properly. Always use a
rapid flow of cold water and allow
the unit to run long enough to do a
thorough job of grinding and
flushing the food waste throughout
each operation.
To deodorize your disposer,
should an odor develop in the unit,
run orange or lemon rind through
the disposer. This will dispel
unpleasant odors and leave the sink
with a clean, sweet smell.
Grinding a dozen or so ice cubes
sprinkled with a generous amount
of regular household scouring
powder (not drain cleaner) also has
a cleaning, deodorizing effect.
Do not use water when grinding
ice cubes.
To keep drain lines clean, flush
out the disposer once a day as
follows:
1. Operate disposer to eliminate
any food waste in disposer.
2. Seal sink drain and run two to
three inches of water in the sink.
3. Remove sink drain stopper and
allow sink to drain naturally.