Operation
1 Turn on the tap
Remove drain plug and turn on a medium flow of cold water. Keep the water running so that any ground waste particles wash through the drain.
2 Starting up
When you press the control switch the disposer is on and ready for use.
4 Run the disposer
Before turning the control switch off, let the water and the disposer run for a further 15 seconds after the shredding has stopped. This will help to flush all the waste through the trap and drain.
Do NOT operate the disposer unless the splash guard is in place.
3 Add food waste
Put vegetable peelings, corn on the cob(s), rinds, table scraps, seeds, pits, bones and coffee grounds as well as cigarette and cigar butts and soft seafood shells into the disposer ready to be shredded. Keep the water running while shredding the waste food.
Helpful Hints
Use your disposer ‘before’ and ‘after’ meals:
While preparing food the vegetable peelings, meat wrappings or salad trimmings can be put into the waste disposer by turning on the cold water tap and allowing the peelings etc. to run into the disposer. Then switch on the disposer. When your meal is over, scrape any food scraps remaining, directly into the disposer.
How to speed up food waste disposal
•Cut or break up large bones, melon rinds, grapefruit skins and corn cobs. Also fibrous materials such as pineapple or vegetable stalks.
•Items such as large bones, fibrous husks such as whole corn on the cob or pea pods, require considerable cutting time. For this reason, you may prefer to place them in your dustbin.
How to use the disposer wisely
Your disposer is designed to handle normal food waste, BUT it will not grind and dispose of items such as:
•Glass, china or plastic
•Large whole bones
•Metal, such as bottle tops, tin cans or aluminum foil
•Rubber items or string
•Wooden items
•Leather or cloth items
•Whole ‘corn on the cob’
•Clam or oyster shells
•Drain cleaner
You MUST put any waste like this into your bin – NOT in your waste disposer, as any of these may cause severe damage to the appliance.
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