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Installation Dimensions; Included Parts; Electrical Supply; Remove Old/Install New Disposer - KitchenAid Garbage Disposal Installation Instructions

Food-waste disposer

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Start the in&Nation
Installation
dimensions
_
Food
Waste
Disposer
Dimenslons
In Mllllmeters.
B' - Distance from bottom
of sink to center
Ike of disposer outlet Add 1Q 7 mm tien
sramless steel srnk is used.
C* - Length of waste line pope horn center
IIW of disposer outlet to end of
waSte
line
LE-I
me.
IMPORTANT: Plumb waste line to prevent
standrng water in the drsposer motor
housrng.
Drawing
shows Just one model type.
Check that
all parts were
included.
InaP rins
2
Electrical
supply
Before attemptrng
to rnstall electrrcal supply
to your drsposer, you must be very famrlrar
wrth electrical
power and proper procedures
If you are not, contact a qualrfred electwan
Thus applrance
IS equrpped
wrth copper
wires. Use 3-conductor
copper cable rn
accordance
with the local code to make
ccnnectrons
to the unit.
A
Remove the fuse or turn the circurt breaker
to U-e "0W position
for the circuit you plan
to use for your drsposer Use a separate
PO-ampere, llS.volt,
63 Hz onty crrcurt for
the drsposer.
If you are nplaclng
a" old disposer,
go to step 3.
For a first tlmc Installation,
connect
15. or
PO-amp, 115~Volt cable from~unctior
box to
swtch.
6. For continuous
feed models. Install a 15- of
PO-amp wall swtch
above the countertop
and junction
box inside c&net
as show
Whp
swatch and elecmcal wiring can be
obtarned
locally)
Position titch
in a
corwenrent
locatron
Connect swtch
to
junction
box. All wlrlng
must comply
wkh
locsl codes and ordlnmces.
NO. 14.gauge
wee is the smellest srze wire allowable
for
use with a 15-amp crrcurt. No. lQ-gauge
wrre IS the smallest allowable
for use wrth
a W-amp crrcurt Go to Step 4.
The drsposer can be rnstalled usrng a power
supply cotd wrth a 3.prong
groundrng
plug
Th6 type of power supply cord 1s a&able
from local sources
3
Remove old
disposer.
Compare your new disposer
mountrng
assembly wrth the exrstrng mountrng.
If the mounting
assembkes are the same,
complete
Steps 3A, 8, D, E.
A. Using a pope wrench,
disconnect
the drain
lrne &we
rt attaches to the drsposer waste
line prpe
B. If old dlspour
mwntlng
Is the sdme a5
your new one, rnsen end of jam-breaker
wench
of screwdwer
into right srde of a
disposer mounting
ring lug at
top Of
drsposer
Hold drsposer wth other hand
Turn Jam-breaker
wench
of
SCrWdliW
counterclockw4se
unth lug lanes up with one
of the sink-mwntlrg
assembly scrw6
CAUTION:
Hold dlsposcr
4th
one hand
while turning
to prevent
It from frlllng
when the mounting
rmg Is dlsconnccted.
Remove drsposer
Go to Step 3-D.
C. II old disposer
mounting
Is different
from
your new one, remove the nuts on the
mountrng
rrng usrng plrers or an adjustable
wench.
Remove old drsposer. You may
need to remove a clamp or burst the
drswser
to remove It
D.Tum disposer upside down and remove the
electrical
plate.
E. use a xwwdrrver
to remove the grounding
we.
Remove wire nuts horn power
mres
Separate dwoser
power
wires
km
the cable wres
Loosen screv.6)
on warn relief and remove cable from the
disposer.
lfold
disposer
mounting
is the same
es your new disposer
mounting,
go to
step 5.
E Loosen screws and remove the mountrng
rrng and back-up
rings.. A hammer may be
needed to looSen rings..
G. Push old sink sleeve up through the srnk hole
and remwe
1
H.Clean
sealant horn smk hole nm using a
xre+.driver
or putty knfe to scrape away all
traces of putty of caulklrg
from the sink hole
rim. Hole nm must be as clean as possible
for a gad,
watertrght
seal.
4
To install our
sink's firs Y
disposer :
&Use
wrench
to looser! nut at top of
"P".Wap.

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