Your disposer is equipped with
a thermoelectric control which
protects the motor when
overloading occurs. When
overloaded, the motor will
automatically stop.
If disposer stops during use:
• Flip wall switch to ‘‘OFF.’’
• Remove cause of overload. See
CAUTION below.
• Wait a few minutes for the
overload control to cool.
• Press reset button. On some
models, button is on front near
bottom of disposer; on other
models, on bottom of disposer.
• Turn wall switch on to restart
disposer.
Overloading can be caused by:
• Packing food waste into disposer
too rapidly.
• Metallic object falling into the
unit and jamming the flywheel.
• Putting items such as leather,
cloth, string, rubber, seafood
shells, artichoke leaves or corn
husks into your disposer.
If the disposer will not restart after
you have removed the apparent
cause, remove the splash guard and
use a lever such as a wooden spoon
or wooden broom or mop handle to
turn the flywheel to free the jam.
If disposer will not start:
• Flip wall switch to ‘‘OFF.’’
• Remove splash guard.
• Use a large wooden spoon or
broom handle as a lever to rotate
flywheel.
If flywheel rotates freely:
• Depress reset button until it
clicks and remains depressed.
• If reset button is already
depressed, check for a tripped
circuit breaker or a burned-out
fuse.
If flywheel does not rotate freely:
• Check to see if a foreign object
such as a nail or a metal beverage-
can tab has lodged between the
flywheel and the shredding ring. If
so, dislodge the object by rotating
the flywheel with a lever such as a
broom handle or large wooden
spoon and remove the object.
If disposer makes an unusually
loud noise:
• This is normal when grinding
bones or fruit pits.
• Accidental entry of a spoon,
bottle cap or other similar objects
can result in unusually loud noise.
To correct:
• Turn wall switch off.
• Turn water off.
• Wait until flywheel stops.
• Remove splash guard.
• Remove object with tongs or a
long-handled wooden spoon.
CAUTION:
• NEVER PUT YOUR HAND
INTO THE DISPOSER.
• BE SURE TO TURN THE
WALL SWITCH OFF.
• ALWAYS USE TONGS
OR A LARGE SPOON
TO REMOVE OBJECTS
FROM DISPOSER.
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Splash Guard
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If You Need Service
To obtain service, see your
warranty in the back of this book.
We’re proud of our service and
want you to be pleased. If for some
reason you are not happy with the
service you receive, here are three
steps to follow for further help.
FIRST, contact the people who
serviced your appliance. Explain
why you are not pleased. In most
cases, this will solve the problem.
NEXT, if you are still not pleased,
write all the details—including
your phone number—to:
Manager, Consumer Relations
GE Appliances
Appliance Park
Louisville, Kentucky 40225
FINALLY, if your problem is still
not resolved, write:
Major Appliance Consumer
Action Panel
20 North Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60606
