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HOW TO OPERATE YOUR DISPOSER
WARNING—To reduce the risk of fire, electric shock, or injury
to persons, read the IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
before operating this appliance.
1
Remove the stopper.
2
Scrape food waste into the
disposer through the sink drain but
DO NOT PACK TOO TIGHTLY.
NEVER PUSH FINGERS
OR WASTE FEEDING
TOOLS BEYOND THE
SWITCH PLUNGER.
3
Turn on cold water to full flow.
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
4
To start disposer, insert
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.
5
Run the disposer for 30
seconds after shredding stops to
allow all food waste to be flushed
through the drain line.
6
To shut the disposer off, lift
the stopper.
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
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.
USER
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
DRAIN
POSITION
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.
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