Today I decided to buy and install an InSinkErator Evolution "space saver" disposal.
It looks great, compact, 5/8hp motor with the new GrindShear ring.
I figured the install would take me 2 hrs tops with plumbing, mounting and rewiring some stuff since there's no electrical work for a disposal.
First off, I couldn't even get my old strainer basket out. The nut was fused somehow to the little bowl. I struggled with it for a half hour! I eventually tried the left side this time, thinking the disposal will go over there. I nearly shit my pants when that nut was fused too!
SO back to Lowe's I go. I talk to the plumbing guys and they have no idea. They recommended getting the largest channellocks I can, with some Pb penetrating fluid. I tried that and eventually got both of them off. I had to do both of them due to all the struggling, the putty seals were shot.
Great, plumbing's solved, on to electric. The only electric hookup under the sink is a junction box for the dishwasher and a power outlet on the cabinet next to the dishwasher. So I figured at the store earlier I'd wire up the box with a single switch, single outlet receptacle. So I start wiring stuff up.
I try a couple configurations according to the instructions. First my nifty little IDEAL circuit tester says I have an open neutral. So i figure I screw the cabinet outlet and just wire up the new disposal outlet.
I then go to drill my hole in the stainless steel sink. Cuz the idiot house people I'm renting from, got a sink with only one port for a sprayer. It's an island sink so no wall switch. So I got InSinkErator's countertop air activated switch. The guy at Lowe's says I need a carbide blade hole saw to get through the stainless.
Mind you all I have is a 7.2 volt Black and Decker cordless drill.
I was able to get the pilot hole and maybe 1/32 of an inch through the stainless, but the drill started to get weak and the hole saw smokin' up.
By this time the project has already taken 4 hrs. and I've not had dinner. I'm too mad and determined to eat anything. I figure I have a couple things I need to do. Decide to just hook up the dishwasher drain and call it a night.
OH but wait, I can't hook up the dishwasher drain, because the installers cut down the drain tube to the smallest step and it won't fit over the disposal port!
All this bullshit for a F&*^$ng disposal...
So an electrician I will have to call to get this wiring correct. I think I'll have to borrow a better hole saw and electric drill from work.
What made a completely miserable night somewhat worth it by a fraction was powering up the unit. It purred like a kitten. Literally, it's so silent, just a soft electric hum. When all this shit is over, I can't wait to see what this machine does to food.
Night folks...
It looks great, compact, 5/8hp motor with the new GrindShear ring.
I figured the install would take me 2 hrs tops with plumbing, mounting and rewiring some stuff since there's no electrical work for a disposal.
First off, I couldn't even get my old strainer basket out. The nut was fused somehow to the little bowl. I struggled with it for a half hour! I eventually tried the left side this time, thinking the disposal will go over there. I nearly shit my pants when that nut was fused too!
SO back to Lowe's I go. I talk to the plumbing guys and they have no idea. They recommended getting the largest channellocks I can, with some Pb penetrating fluid. I tried that and eventually got both of them off. I had to do both of them due to all the struggling, the putty seals were shot.
Great, plumbing's solved, on to electric. The only electric hookup under the sink is a junction box for the dishwasher and a power outlet on the cabinet next to the dishwasher. So I figured at the store earlier I'd wire up the box with a single switch, single outlet receptacle. So I start wiring stuff up.
I try a couple configurations according to the instructions. First my nifty little IDEAL circuit tester says I have an open neutral. So i figure I screw the cabinet outlet and just wire up the new disposal outlet.
I then go to drill my hole in the stainless steel sink. Cuz the idiot house people I'm renting from, got a sink with only one port for a sprayer. It's an island sink so no wall switch. So I got InSinkErator's countertop air activated switch. The guy at Lowe's says I need a carbide blade hole saw to get through the stainless.
Mind you all I have is a 7.2 volt Black and Decker cordless drill.
I was able to get the pilot hole and maybe 1/32 of an inch through the stainless, but the drill started to get weak and the hole saw smokin' up.
By this time the project has already taken 4 hrs. and I've not had dinner. I'm too mad and determined to eat anything. I figure I have a couple things I need to do. Decide to just hook up the dishwasher drain and call it a night.
OH but wait, I can't hook up the dishwasher drain, because the installers cut down the drain tube to the smallest step and it won't fit over the disposal port!
All this bullshit for a F&*^$ng disposal...
So an electrician I will have to call to get this wiring correct. I think I'll have to borrow a better hole saw and electric drill from work.
What made a completely miserable night somewhat worth it by a fraction was powering up the unit. It purred like a kitten. Literally, it's so silent, just a soft electric hum. When all this shit is over, I can't wait to see what this machine does to food.
Night folks...
