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Is it possible to wear through a garbage disposer housing? the_tool_man 09-09-2008
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Posted by Wayne Boatwright on September 10, 2008, 1:00 am


On Tue 09 Sep 2008 06:31:56p, the_tool_man told us...

> Hi all:
>
> I opened the cabinet under the kitchen sink to get out the dishwashing
> detergent and there was a puddle of water under there. After 15
> minutes of poking around, I have come to the conclusion that the leak
> is coming from the side of the garbage disposer unit under the sink.
> Of course, the leak is on the back side, so I can't really get a good
> look at it. From what I can see, there are a number of chalky white
> spots (looking much like oxidized aluminum) in a ring around the
> periphery of the unit, and the water is coming from one of them. Do
> they make these out of aluminum? That might explain how it could wear
> through. I plan to pull it out and see for sure. For the sake of
> curiosity, I thought I'd ask if anyone has seen one wear through its
> housing. This unit is a 15 year old In-sink-erator Badger 5.

Most likely it corroded or rusted through. The Badger line of In-Sink-
Erators are entry level. You were lucky to get 15 years out of it.
There's no way I'd try to repair it. You deserve a new one. Buy a better
grade this time if you can.

--
Wayne Boatwright

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Posted by SteveB on September 10, 2008, 2:09 am



> Hi all:
>
> I opened the cabinet under the kitchen sink to get out the dishwashing
> detergent and there was a puddle of water under there. After 15
> minutes of poking around, I have come to the conclusion that the leak
> is coming from the side of the garbage disposer unit under the sink.
> Of course, the leak is on the back side, so I can't really get a good
> look at it. From what I can see, there are a number of chalky white
> spots (looking much like oxidized aluminum) in a ring around the
> periphery of the unit, and the water is coming from one of them. Do
> they make these out of aluminum? That might explain how it could wear
> through. I plan to pull it out and see for sure. For the sake of
> curiosity, I thought I'd ask if anyone has seen one wear through its
> housing. This unit is a 15 year old In-sink-erator Badger 5.

I would believe so. I had one do exactly that. I removed it and discovered
it had a small pebble that went round and round and got exactly between the
end of the spinner and the housing, and poked out a pea sized hole. I would
imagine that fifteen years of wear could wear a spot out, but one would have
to examine it closely to see if the wear was all around, or just in one
place. All of it in one place would be suspicious to me. Perhaps yours,
like mine, ate something it couldn't digest.

Steve



Posted by BCDrums on September 10, 2008, 7:59 am


the_tool_man wrote:
> Hi all:
>
> I opened the cabinet under the kitchen sink to get out the dishwashing
> detergent and there was a puddle of water under there. After 15
> minutes of poking around, I have come to the conclusion that the leak
> is coming from the side of the garbage disposer unit under the sink.
> Of course, the leak is on the back side, so I can't really get a good
> look at it. From what I can see, there are a number of chalky white
> spots (looking much like oxidized aluminum) in a ring around the
> periphery of the unit, and the water is coming from one of them. Do
> they make these out of aluminum? That might explain how it could wear
> through. I plan to pull it out and see for sure. For the sake of
> curiosity, I thought I'd ask if anyone has seen one wear through its
> housing. This unit is a 15 year old In-sink-erator Badger 5.

I had the same problem; a pinhole in the side of the unit at the bottom,
leaking water. Hard to believe! I got about fifteen years out of mine too.

Time for a new one!

BC

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