Dishwasher and Garbage disposal on one circuit?

[trader_4]

K, go have a 6 pack now. Or are you like me and needed that while you did the job?

[Ed Pawlowski]

We don't need no stinkin sweeetch,

My preference is batch feed where it is controlled by the stopper. Less wiring and less likely to drop something into it while running.

[DerbyDad03]

how to either attach a cord and plug or how to direct wire it. In the bac k of my mind it had to be direct wired, but not so.

imes, and I direct wired it.

he subject, BUT it did say there must be a power switch with the off positi on marked and it must be within view of the opening. I hope you remembered you need to turn this thing on and off, unlike a dishwasher that has its o wn controls.

If I still had the Kenmore with it's POS rubber baffle, I'd agree. The baff le for the Kenmore was "permanently" sandwiched between the disposer and the sink. Over the ye ars it got worn out, a flap or two fell off and things actually did fall in.

I installed the InSinkErator, with it's *removable* baffle and nothing has fallen in the disposer in all the years it's been there. The problem with the Kenmore is that when there was a need to put your hand in the disposer for something that the disposer had trouble with, you had to stick your hand through the baffle and over the years it w ore out. The removable baffle of the InSinkErator prevents it from wearing out but even if it did, a new one can just drop in it's place - without the need to drop the disposer.

[TimR]

how to either attach a cord and plug or how to direct wire it. In the bac k of my mind it had to be direct wired, but not so.

imes, and I direct wired it.

he subject, BUT it did say there must be a power switch with the off positi on marked and it must be within view of the opening. I hope you remembered you need to turn this thing on and off, unlike a dishwasher that has its o wn controls.

I've never had a batch feed.

How does it work when you have to reach in and retrieve something? I feel pretty safe with the switch off on mine, not so sure I would depend on an a utomatic one not starting at the wrong time?

[Just Joe]

The thought of sticking my hand in a garbage disposer sends chills up my spine. I keep a pair of grabbers handy.

[DerbyDad03]

There are some items that a grabber just can't grab. That pesky piece of skin up under the lip, for example, or that tiny piece of plastic from the bread wrapper that found it's way into the sink.