Garbage Disposal Help

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I realized after about 20 seconds that our drain plug had slipped down, so I was running garbage disposal without much going through it

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You're probably OK. There should be a large allen wrench that came with the disposal to turn it to try to dislodge any blockage. Here is an video that may help you out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdG520BhkNQ

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That worked!

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I have had that before myself, usually the Allen wrench does the trick.

You won't burn the motor running it dry for 20 seconds or even for a minute or longer.

To really clean out the Disposal, put a bunch of ice cubes in it, turn on the water to let a little come out. Turn on the Disposal.

You won't believe the black crap the comes out. If it fills up with water and ice, keep it running until the water goes down.

I do this whenever I have ice left over in the ice chest. This should be done ever couple of months.

I used to run some dawn down there as well. I finally realized I never used it and got rid of it when it crapped out. At this point I am unsure why people need one

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To really clean out the Disposal, put a bunch of ice cubes in it, turn on the water to let a little come out. Turn on the Disposal.

You won't believe the black crap the comes out. If it fills up with water and ice, keep it running until the water goes down.

I do this whenever I have ice left over in the ice chest. This should be done ever couple of months.

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Works great and I would recommend this a few times a year as a preventive. another thing to do is to cut a lemon or lime in half and run it through the disposal to help eliminate smells. or anytime you have citrus peels like orange, grapefruit, lemon, or lime peels run those through and it pretty much does the same thing. Always run the water when you do that, of course.