Garburator repairing

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Garburator not working
my friend's mom is looking for someone to fix it

any recommendations?
prefer cantonese-speaking

satil

no sound? no movement? garburator motor very heavy duty......(most of the time, garburator not working is the safety lock stopped it)

make sure the garburator power switch is OFF.

every garburator come with a hexagon "key", there is a "hole" at the centre under the bottom of the garburator, use the "key" turn the garburator "with force".
it will work again. (if no key - quite normal - lost - use a big screwdriver, that can fit and turn)

OR

some garburator come with a "reset switch", simply press it.

OR

use a wood stick, from top of the garburator "IN hole" , press into, reach the bottom, and try turn the disc inside.

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thank you thank you for the reply

the only thing I remember is that it got a tiny red button near the bottom of the garburator, no sound until the red button is pressed and the power is switched on
but all we heard is a very small sound, like "no power" lor............

and that's at my friend's mom's place
so I have no access to go see again~~

satil

when garburator "overload" , the safety circuit will "lock" itself.
you have to "turn" it using the "key" first. make it "loose" first.
and "reset" (if there is one).

it take seconds to fix.

B2L2

If you aren't sure how to do yet, just search and learn from YouTube video.  That's how my wife learn how to fix our garburator herself.  

Our garburator doesn't have the hex key at the bottom.  What we used is a long screw driver from the top.  The small buzzing sounds means the garburator still have power and isn't  dead yet.  Just need to un-jam it.

A handyman will able to fix it in 1-mins for your friend.

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turned out even easier than all of us have thought.....

the handyman easily unjammed it by sticking in the handle of his wrench and done......LOL
my friend's mom doesn't know how does garburator works and I guess she just kept on draining a lot of waste down the sink.......lol

I guess she probably will screw it up again and next time I can try to fix it myself la, haha
thanks everyone for the help

Catpiano

I just .. got my fixed last week ..

They rarely go wrong ..  most the time, something is stucked inside.

First, turn it off, and see if there is a "FUSE" ..  and at the bottom, u should see a spot for "hex" key, (usually ~ 5mm) you just need to put a hex key, and manually rotate it, in order to move whatever out ..  you will surprise!

Then you can try to turn it on. (after take whatever out, my case, got a SPOON in it!)

90% time, it works.