new construction only???
What is your data source, combo52 that says GE series wound disposers were "only recommended for new construction."? I would like for you to displays that source or give us the reference so we can look it up.
My recommendation is just the opposite. The series-wound motor propel the waste with such force that I have found them to actually prevent plumbing clogs. From my parents experience with an older home and my sister and brother-in-law who had an older house that experienced frequent kitchen plumbing clogs. He changed over to a GE series at my recommendation and never experienced a clog again in the rest of the time he owned the house.
I have been using a series would GE's on and off since by parents replaced their Westinghouse Disposal with a GE series in 1971. I have never had a Carboloy cutter wear down.
The advantage of the Carbaloy cutter is that is high grade high carbon content steel that last longer than conventional steel. The cutter in the lower line series models, is basically a piece of standard steel welded to the hopper.
The Carbaloy cutter is made with a sharp edge and of course high carbon steel will hold its edge longer. My parents house was built in 1954 and did not have good plumbing, by any stretch of the imagination. My dad loved the series GE because of the force at which is discharges wastes and kept their plumbing lines from clogging. As an empirical test, you can fill a sink up with water and allow the disposer to pull it down, and make a comparison. The series GE pulls it down with quite a force and discharges it faster than the induction units that I have and have used. I've never actually timed various units in doing this. That might be a fun experiment in the future!
Wes would you agree that In-Sink-Erators excel in grinding ability over the General Electric's (not the newer Anaheim or Chinese GE's, but the older "real" GE's.)
No way with fruits pits or hard bones, GE's are much faster and do not have the pits and bones bouncing around for long periods of time before the machine can dispose of them. I had a high end Kenmore, 1hp,(ISE built and I felt it was very slow of the harder pits. Often bones, like pork chop bones, would grind, but more slowly than the GE's and of course, that's a big waste of water because you have to leave it running while the disposer is attempting to grind its load and clear the chamber.
The non-Insinkerator built Maytags were wonderful. They are good all around units that tend to do everything well, in my opinion. One of my favorite disposers. I only owned one BOL Hobart-built National which was exceedingly noisy and jammed frequently. It had non-swiveling impellers and could not move away from jammed bone fragments, etc. It also had no rubber or elastic type mount to mitigate noise/vibration transmission to the sink.
I wouldn't even mention National in the same breathe as GE. The National was cheaply built, noisy and a frequent jammer.
Never had a Kitchen-Aid built by Hobart, but currently have the Viking built version of the Kitchen-Aid. Viking bought the design rights for the machine. It is good. A VERY heavy machine. Small hopper in the continuous feed model so it splashes out of the throat opening a lot. Grinding is not noisy, but the motor vibrations are transmitted to the sink and quite audible when there is not loud grinding. I like it, its a good heavy duty machine. Can't dispose of fruits pits nearly as fast as either GE, they tend to rattle around in the hopper before the machine can get them fine enough. But it still doesn't take as long as most of the ISE/Kenmore's I've had.
Another wonderful disposer, which hasn't been mentioned yet, is the original Waste King (before they were built by Annaheim, Manufacturing. They also built many of the units for Frigidaire. Excellent machines all the way around. They were quiet and had a very effective mount to dampen vibration transmission.
What is your data source, combo52 that says GE series wound disposers were "only recommended for new construction."? I would like for you to displays that source or give us the reference so we can look it up.
My recommendation is just the opposite. The series-wound motor propel the waste with such force that I have found them to actually prevent plumbing clogs. From my parents experience with an older home and my sister and brother-in-law who had an older house that experienced frequent kitchen plumbing clogs. He changed over to a GE series at my recommendation and never experienced a clog again in the rest of the time he owned the house.
I have been using a series would GE's on and off since by parents replaced their Westinghouse Disposal with a GE series in 1971. I have never had a Carboloy cutter wear down.
The advantage of the Carbaloy cutter is that is high grade high carbon content steel that last longer than conventional steel. The cutter in the lower line series models, is basically a piece of standard steel welded to the hopper.
The Carbaloy cutter is made with a sharp edge and of course high carbon steel will hold its edge longer. My parents house was built in 1954 and did not have good plumbing, by any stretch of the imagination. My dad loved the series GE because of the force at which is discharges wastes and kept their plumbing lines from clogging. As an empirical test, you can fill a sink up with water and allow the disposer to pull it down, and make a comparison. The series GE pulls it down with quite a force and discharges it faster than the induction units that I have and have used. I've never actually timed various units in doing this. That might be a fun experiment in the future!
Wes would you agree that In-Sink-Erators excel in grinding ability over the General Electric's (not the newer Anaheim or Chinese GE's, but the older "real" GE's.)
No way with fruits pits or hard bones, GE's are much faster and do not have the pits and bones bouncing around for long periods of time before the machine can dispose of them. I had a high end Kenmore, 1hp,(ISE built and I felt it was very slow of the harder pits. Often bones, like pork chop bones, would grind, but more slowly than the GE's and of course, that's a big waste of water because you have to leave it running while the disposer is attempting to grind its load and clear the chamber.
The non-Insinkerator built Maytags were wonderful. They are good all around units that tend to do everything well, in my opinion. One of my favorite disposers. I only owned one BOL Hobart-built National which was exceedingly noisy and jammed frequently. It had non-swiveling impellers and could not move away from jammed bone fragments, etc. It also had no rubber or elastic type mount to mitigate noise/vibration transmission to the sink.
I wouldn't even mention National in the same breathe as GE. The National was cheaply built, noisy and a frequent jammer.
Never had a Kitchen-Aid built by Hobart, but currently have the Viking built version of the Kitchen-Aid. Viking bought the design rights for the machine. It is good. A VERY heavy machine. Small hopper in the continuous feed model so it splashes out of the throat opening a lot. Grinding is not noisy, but the motor vibrations are transmitted to the sink and quite audible when there is not loud grinding. I like it, its a good heavy duty machine. Can't dispose of fruits pits nearly as fast as either GE, they tend to rattle around in the hopper before the machine can get them fine enough. But it still doesn't take as long as most of the ISE/Kenmore's I've had.
Another wonderful disposer, which hasn't been mentioned yet, is the original Waste King (before they were built by Annaheim, Manufacturing. They also built many of the units for Frigidaire. Excellent machines all the way around. They were quiet and had a very effective mount to dampen vibration transmission.
