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Important Safety Instructions

Instructions pertaining to risk of fire, electric shock or injury to persons. 

Save these instructions.

1.

Read all instructions before using 

the appliance.

2.

To reduce the risk of injury, close supervision is

necessary when an appliance is used near children.

3.

Do not put fingers or hands into a waste disposer 

while it is functioning.

4.

Turn the power switch to the off position before 

attempting to clear a jam or remove an object from 

the disposer.

5.

When attempting to loosen a jam in a waste 

disposer, use a long wooden utensil e.g. spoon.

6.

When attempting to remove objects from a 

disposer, use long-handled tongs or pliers.

7.

To reduce the risk of injury please note:

• this disposer is not for grinding hard 

materials, such as glass and metal;

• this disposer must be connected to the 

electric supply by means of either a 

power supply cord or insulated wires in 

a flexible conduit;

• when installing the disposer, care must

be taken to ensure that the reset button 

of the overload protection device remains

readily accessible.

8.

Additionally for continuous feed models:

• Care must be taken to ensure that the 

supply is disconnected by switching off

the electric supply or by removing the 

plug from the socket-outlet before

freeing a jammed rotor (as describe in 

step 5).

• When not operating the disposer, leave 

the stopper in place to reduce the risk of

objects falling into the disposer.

Do not operate disposer unless splash guard is

in place.

9.

For proper electrical earth instructions see the 

ELECTRICAL CONNECTION details of this manual.

10. All installations should be carried out by a qualified 

electrician.

11. The symbol

on the product or on its packaging 

indicates that this product may not be treated as

household waste. Instead, it shall be handed over  

to the applicable environmental collection point for 

the recycling of electrical and electronic equipment. 

For more detailed information about recycling of this

product, please contact your local authority, your 

household waste disposal service or the shop where

you purchased the product.

WARNING - When using electrical appliances, basic precautions should always be followed, including the following:

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Summary of Contents for FOOD WASTE DISPOSER

Page 1: ...e disposer and it will shred the garbage into very fine particles that are easily flushed through the sewer system without any problem For Batch Feed Operations please see Section 6 of this manual Before installing and operating this disposer 1 Make sure that the installation of this appliance is allowed by the authorities 2 Please read and follow all recommendations in this manual to ensure troub...

Page 2: ...n of the overload protection device remains readily accessible 8 Additionally for continuous feed models Care must be taken to ensure that the supply is disconnected by switching off the electric supply or by removing the plug from the socket outlet before freeing a jammed rotor as describe in step 5 When not operating the disposer leave the stopper in place to reduce the risk of objects falling i...

Page 3: ...o it is centred and readable as you look into your sink Push the sink flange firmly into the sink opening to make a good seal DO NOT move or rotate the sink flange once seated or the seal may be broken D Take the remaining portion of the mount assembly as it was set aside and make sure that the rubber gasket is on top of the protector ring From under the sink while holding the sink flange firmly w...

Page 4: ... spur This spur switch should be situated conveniently above the work surface at least a metre away from the side of the sink unit away from splashes and out of reach of children The spur switch used must be a double pole type with at least 3mm contact separation in each pole 20 Amp DP switches to BS 3676 meet this requirement To help prevent accidentally leaving the disposer running a switch with...

Page 5: ...t type A Press firmly around the Hush Cushion to ensure it is engaged with the neck of the disposer B Lubricate the top inside lip of the rubber Hush Cushion with a liquid soap C Line up discharge elbow of disposer with trap under mounting assembly Guide disposer up and engage the groove of the Hush Cushion around the ridge at the bottom of the sink flange see 5A refer back to 1B While still suppo...

Page 6: ...es that all waste is thoroughly flushed through trap and drain E It is not recommended to use hot water while running disposer Cold water will keep food waste and fats solid so disposer can flush away particles A Remove sink stopper and turn on a medium flow of cold water see 6A B Scrape in food waste Down the drain go table scraps vegetable peelings cobs rinds pits bones and coffee grounds see 6B...

Page 7: ...han those during grinding of bones and fruit pits These are usually caused by accidental entry of a spoon bottle cap or other foreign object To correct this remove splash guard and remove object with long handled tongs Replace splash guard UNIT DOES NOT START With splash guard removed check to see if turntable will rotate freely using a wooden utensil If turntable rotates freely replace splash gua...

Page 8: ... disposer giving the appearance of rust DO NOT BE ALARMED the stainless steel turntables used on models indicated in section 10 will not corrode 9 Electrical information Replacing the fuse in moulded plugs The correct fuse cover must be refitted when changing the fuse Remove the fuse cover and slide the fuse out Replace it with a 13 Amp ASTA fuse approved to BS 1362 Should the fuse cover be lost o...

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