Garbage Disposal Repair & Installation

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Hello, my name is Michael Raines. And we're on Expert Village. Today, we're going to teach you everything you needed to know about a disposal unit but were too stupid to ask. That's right, we're going to teach you how to maintain it, how to repair it, how to diagnose the problems and install and anything else you could possibly imagine about a disposal unit. You're going to learn today. Now, what makes me qualified? Well, let's see. Fifteen years of residential and commercial plumbing and electrical should about do it. I've also done plumbing and electrical on boats and RVs. Yeah, pretty impressive, huh? Well, I guess that would make me kind of an expert. So, let's get down to it. First thing you want to do is assess your situation. Here's what's going to go on. We're going to diagnose the problem, starting with the switch, down to the disposal, down to the drain and the electrical hookup. We're going to check everything involved with making a disposal unit work. We're going to figure out what the problem is and we're going to show you how to solve the problem. So we're going to start first with the obvious problem, the switch. It could be bad. It could be good. We don't know. Got to find out, we have to test it. So let's get our hands dirty. Alright, let me show you some of the tools we're going to use on this job. This is a pipe wrench. Usually just used on pipes. We may use it, we may not. More common is the adjustable wrench. This is great for taking drains on and off. You'll see in a minute. Now, you also might be in need of a Tijuana socket set. Alright, adjustable wrench, you know how it works. And also, we're going to put together and use our trusty little test devices. One is a voltmeter, the other one is a test light. If you have either one, we're going to show you how to use both to diagnose the switch. So, now we're going to start to diagnose the whole system and the problem. We're going to start with the wall switch. That's the most common place to start. So let's have a look at the wall switch and start diagnosing.

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