LaurenHere
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Good morning!
I have a Badger 500 disposal that is really giving me a headache.
Here are the facts:
Any ideas on what's going on or what else I can try? It's only about 2 years old and I hardly ever use it.
I have a Badger 500 disposal that is really giving me a headache.
Here are the facts:
- When I turn on the disposal it only hums.
- I put a broom stick in the disposal but can't seem to find anything in there.
- I'm able to manually turn both blades from the top of the sink in both directions.
- Checked the breaker and no issues there.
- When I turn on the faucet, water is slow to drain from the sink.
- I made sure I have a working power source where the disposal is plugged into.
- Reset button doesn't do anything for me as it's not pushed out to where it needs resetting.
- When I use a 1/4" allen wrench to manually turn the disposal from the bottom, I can't get that to budge whatsoever. I'm afraid to use too much force and then make the issue even worse by breaking something. I've wiggled the allen wrench over and over and it feels like I'm not getting anywhere with that.
Any ideas on what's going on or what else I can try? It's only about 2 years old and I hardly ever use it.
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