Insinkerator repairs
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Does anyone have any experience of getting their insinkerator repaired? My cousins house sat for us while we were away getting married and they said the insinkerator just stopped working. It doesn't appear to have anything jammed in it but it smokes when turned on and makes a horrible noise.
The spares don't seem to be readily available unless I am missing something? It's not even clear how the thing comes apart, I suspect it will just need the motor replacing but I fear the motor is going to be £400+
The spares don't seem to be readily available unless I am missing something? It's not even clear how the thing comes apart, I suspect it will just need the motor replacing but I fear the motor is going to be £400+
In my experience (I've been through 3 of them) they either work or they don't - i.e. not easily repaired. Does the internal disc/basket rotate? They easily jam-up with bits of bone etc. it's simple to free it by just prying the assembly against the direction of rotation with a long flat-blade screwdriver.
A 1/2 hp basic model retails here in the US for less than $80 and a range-topping 5/8hp continuous flow model is less than $300, so how a motor alone can cost 400quid is beyond me.
A 1/2 hp basic model retails here in the US for less than $80 and a range-topping 5/8hp continuous flow model is less than $300, so how a motor alone can cost 400quid is beyond me.
Edited by Matt Harper on Wednesday 16th September 19:03
ked. That's the technical term.Ok, see if this helps.....
http://www.electricalsafetyfirst.org.uk/product-re...
I have had 2 gone just of late!
http://www.electricalsafetyfirst.org.uk/product-re...
I have had 2 gone just of late!
It does sound as though yours is FUBAR'd so I'd just replace it.
I fitted one of these http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Insinkerator-ISE-Evoluti... when our original Franke unit stopped working. It got something jammed intermittently and I could only strip it so far and couldn't access the inner chamber.
For a couple of hundred quid and 1/2 hours easy work, just replace and be done with it.
As an aside, the Evo 100 is as quiet as a church mouse which makes a pleasant change to the old one, even when it was working properly.
I fitted one of these http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Insinkerator-ISE-Evoluti... when our original Franke unit stopped working. It got something jammed intermittently and I could only strip it so far and couldn't access the inner chamber.
For a couple of hundred quid and 1/2 hours easy work, just replace and be done with it.
As an aside, the Evo 100 is as quiet as a church mouse which makes a pleasant change to the old one, even when it was working properly.
Muncher said:
It looks like it is being replaced under warranty by their local repair agent, I have given them the details and they have ordered a replacement as they say it sounds like it is dead.
Thats good, I thought it might be under warranty.I would not surprise me if there is water in the air tube???
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