Since they reduce the amount of food waste that ends up in the trash and cut down the time necessary to dispose of it, garbage disposals can be extraordinarily useful to homeowners in Pensacola, FL. This very usefulness also makes it important to be able to determine when your unit isn’t working properly and take steps to fix it. Here are three reasons why your garbage disposal may have ceased to work.
1. Electrical Problems
Finally, a variety of electrical problems may prevent your garbage disposal from doing its job. Typically, garbage disposals either use a specially dedicated circuit, or they plug into a wall outlet via a cord.
Electrical difficulties arising in a corded system usually only affect that system itself. Electricity may have trouble traveling to garbage disposals with dedicated circuits because of some deeper issues with your home’s electrical system. To make sure that these don’t adversely affect your HVAC system, you may even need to request maintenance services.
2. Mechanical Issues
Issues with your garbage disposal’s motor, grinder, blades or other parts may totally prevent the unit from working. These may occur either because of direct mechanical deficiencies in the parts themselves or because food buildup has prevented them from working. Hence, the solution is to allow trained technicians to either replace the broken parts or remove the waste that clogs them.
3. Leaks
Leaks coming from your garbage disposal may damage both your floors and the pipes that comprise the unit. In fact, if professionals cannot stop such leaking, the resulting harm may eventually become severe enough to prevent the garbage disposal from working at all.
The first step toward stopping leaks is always to locate their ultimate sources. There may be either holes in the pipes or gaps between the various connecting links that hold different pipes together. Professionals should especially check the pipe that connects your dishwasher and drainpipe.
If your garbage disposal unit malfunctions, we can help you. Call Economy Appliance Heat & Air and ask for our appliance repair services today.
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