One of those "nit-picky" (gotta love that word) things Home Inspectors routinely call out, is the electrical connection to the disposal. This connection is "messed-up" more than any other single defect that I can think of in a kitchen. I think it is because so often it is an installation that the average handy-person figures they can handle. The reality is, that the connection is really pretty easy to do if you make the electrical connection before you install the dang thing! (Turn off the electricity first by the way) Most of these compromised connections look as though someone did them while stuffing themselves inside the sink cabinet.
But back to the "nit-picky." The problem is, this can be a fairly serious safety issue. A shorted-out connection might actually energize the metal exterior of the disposal and even possibly the sink. All a person would have to do is touch the disposal while getting a new Brillo pad from under the sink-----while holding onto the metal sink and then.......
.......now wouldn't that be exciting!
On a recent inspection I found this really poor electrical connection to the disposal.
When I put the waste box back under the sink-----I discovered a big part of the "why.".
How many of you have waste baskets under your kitchen sinks?
What kind of damage are they doing?
Charles Buell
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