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Anyone Into Old GE Garbarge Disposers?
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A classic!
Thats an mid-late 70's GE, it was their BOL model, but a very good disposal. This model featured a universal motor, it sounded very much like a blender(running at 8000rpm), but worked well and would eat just about anything!
A friend of mine had the Hotpoint version of this in her kitchen, it came with her house, and lasted for almost 24 years!
Thats an mid-late 70's GE, it was their BOL model, but a very good disposal. This model featured a universal motor, it sounded very much like a blender(running at 8000rpm), but worked well and would eat just about anything!
A friend of mine had the Hotpoint version of this in her kitchen, it came with her house, and lasted for almost 24 years!
The Levitt home my mother used to live in the Wash DC area had one of these disposers-as above would shred up just about whatever you dropped in it.Hers even had the Carboloy cutter.The newer GE disposers are made by Anehiem.
Hey Tolivac did your mom live in Greenbriar in Fairfax Count
or Bel Air in Montgomery County?
or Bel Air in Montgomery County?
She lived in Prince Gorges County MD,the home was built in Largo,Md -not to far from Upper Marlboro.
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Greg,
This disposal would weigh maybe 12 pounds? Its got a pretty compact universal motor, and its made from stainless steel and glass filled polyester. Its diameter is also smaller than that of an ISE.
$15 for shipping would be ok...
Greg,
This disposal would weigh maybe 12 pounds? Its got a pretty compact universal motor, and its made from stainless steel and glass filled polyester. Its diameter is also smaller than that of an ISE.
$15 for shipping would be ok...
I have one they are REALLY Fast and it is a ingenious design there is nothing really that will dull over time.They don't have a grindring well kinda don't there is a spike on the side and the grind ring if you could call it that is Flat and surrounds the VERY small turntable.These disposers were made good really good and will grind great but they are SO LOUD cause of the speed but at least it dont have that constant clicking the Wasteking/G.e. today have that DRIVES ME NUTS.Jeff is right they are VERY light cause of the motor in it.
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loudness...
Depends on the sink Wes, and these disposals had to be hung perfectly level, otherwise they could vibrate some because of impeller position.
Attached to a cast iron sink they would be quieter than attached to a SS sink.
You are correct though, this design was genius, and these were good inexpensive disposals that worked. I had one in an apartment I lived in, yes it was noisy but it would grind just about anything. It was the only disposal I ever used that would eat Watermelon rinds and corn cobs without the thumping and pounding you'd get dropping those things into and ISE.
Depends on the sink Wes, and these disposals had to be hung perfectly level, otherwise they could vibrate some because of impeller position.
Attached to a cast iron sink they would be quieter than attached to a SS sink.
You are correct though, this design was genius, and these were good inexpensive disposals that worked. I had one in an apartment I lived in, yes it was noisy but it would grind just about anything. It was the only disposal I ever used that would eat Watermelon rinds and corn cobs without the thumping and pounding you'd get dropping those things into and ISE.
Well I probally had it installed wrong.I am one of thoese never read the instructions type of guy and that has in the past cause me problems lol.I loved the disposer cause cobs,Bones,Steak bones would just shatter and it was done.My Mom thought I was killing it cause you know they slow down when they have a big load she didnt understand that is was increasing the power but she dont know the differnce between a induction motor and a Universal Motor Power.I guess I might need to retry it after I read the instructions my sink is a Elkay SS and there pretty good I think.I am still wating on my Maytag to get here I just pray it has all the parts to it and runs.That Viking I have in there now is a good machine but it takes about two days to grind a lemon.
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Variations on the GE Disposall theme
Pictured here are three versions. The little GE and Hotpoint are the universal motor-ed 8000 rpm deals, while the True-Value model is their full size induction motor model. My mom had the batch-feed version of this disposer from 1977-1998 before it finally died.
Pictured here are three versions. The little GE and Hotpoint are the universal motor-ed 8000 rpm deals, while the True-Value model is their full size induction motor model. My mom had the batch-feed version of this disposer from 1977-1998 before it finally died.
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Looking into the little GE and Hotpoint we can see that their insides are identical.
Looking into the little GE and Hotpoint we can see that their insides are identical.
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Inside the True-Value model
SS disk with NO HOLES! Cast hammers, and a SS ring. All the water and ground garbage exited this machine thru the holes in the grind ring.
This model has a very large grind chamber, and you could put a grapefruit rind in this whole and it would go! You can't do that with an ISE or Waste King today!
SS disk with NO HOLES! Cast hammers, and a SS ring. All the water and ground garbage exited this machine thru the holes in the grind ring.
This model has a very large grind chamber, and you could put a grapefruit rind in this whole and it would go! You can't do that with an ISE or Waste King today!
Jeff my high speed G.e. looks differnt.I have a 3/4 H.p. and the bolt in the flywheel is smaller also I have a differnt mount its a round plastic screw clamp.The Mounting on mine don't look nothing like yours. Did G.e. outsource them at some point?It does work good it says it has a Power boost feature on it and it will grind cobs,steak bones,and yes even husks.I can get a OLD Whirlpool did Whirlpool ever make there own I thought that Ise has always made Whirlpool disposers.
I really liked those GE disposers with the induction motors,heavy cast hammers and the stampted shred ring with the slanted breaker bars-very effective-the one I used also had the carboloy shredder.And with no holes on the flywheel-the waste has no place to go but be shredded up until it fits thru the sizing-drain holes in the shred ring.That was the only machine with stampted shred rings that was effective.
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Wes, you have a newer version of the high speed GE. Those models were discontinued for a bit in the 80's(with Anaheim making GE's disposers) then returned in 1988 and went until about 2001 or so, when Anaheim once again took over. The ones pictured above are from the 70's.
Tolivac, my mom had the batch feed version of the induction GE. It was replaced when it started popping the reset button regularly. I never cared for the batch feed concept much, but it was a good disposal that was for the most part trouble free. Mom was never much of a disposal user, she'd mainly put potato peelings and grapefruit rings down, maybe an occasional chicken bone. The GE was replaced by an ISE model 333SS which is now 10 years old and going ok.
Tolivac, my mom had the batch feed version of the induction GE. It was replaced when it started popping the reset button regularly. I never cared for the batch feed concept much, but it was a good disposal that was for the most part trouble free. Mom was never much of a disposal user, she'd mainly put potato peelings and grapefruit rings down, maybe an occasional chicken bone. The GE was replaced by an ISE model 333SS which is now 10 years old and going ok.
