Customer Reviews for GE - 3/4 HP Continuous Feed Garbage Disposer - Black
Customer Rating
4
nice a quiet
on January 21, 2016
Posted by: timmyj
from Fairfield, OH, United States
This was a basic replacement, however the plastic body surrounding has a lot of play in it. This made it difficult to attach drain and then tighten to sink. It took multiple attempts to get it right. This was my first time doing a project like this so i am unsure if they are all like this.
We bought this to replace out old disposal that was leaking. This is so much quieter. We can run it when someone's sleeping its that quiet. It was really easy to install, so easy that we did it ourselves and had no problems.
I just finished installing what I believe will be a really great Strong disposal. It could use a few improvements in the installation area that would be a tremendous benefit. First, the dishwasher inlet port knock out plug is grossly under scored. It takes too muck force to knock the plug out as the instructions indicate. I used several "blunt" drifts finally relying on a 3/8 sucked extension after splintering two wooden dowel rods. When the extension finally breached the plug, I was rewarded with a badly bruised thumb. This plug, unless redesigned, should be drilled out and not knocked out. Second, I found the electrical connection box on the bottom of the unit has very limited access for the power cable. Two ports 180 degrees apart would help greatly. Thirdly, putting three cover back in place after making the electrical connections is way too difficult when you consider the bottom of most cabinets only gives you about 4 inches of clearance between the bottom of the unit and the cabinet floor. Also the nut that secures the round cover plate on the connection box cannot be tightened with either a nut driver or a thin wall socket. There is not enough clearance in the recess to allow the nut to be wrenched properly. You really should suggest in the instructions that the electrical connections be made with the unit upside down leaving a 3 or 4 ft length of cable as a pig tale for final connection at a close power access point. A final suggestion: the neck of the flange that passes through the sink bottom could be 2 inches shorter. This would provide adequate room for the assembly of all the mounting parts plus it would give much needed access area under the bottom of the unit to make the electrical connections. The time I spent for this installation that was a replacement of a broken disposal exceeded 6 hours. This included modifying the plumbing connections and major modifications to the electrical supply. A new installation would take less time. Having finally completed the installation, I am fully satisfied with the product and believe it will fully meet our expect ions.
I purchased a GE disposer 20 years ago and finally needed to be replaced. I an extremely satisfied with the new disposer. The ease of installation was a plus.