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InSinkErator Badger 5 1/2 HP Food Waste Disposer

Last Updated: December 31, 2011

Instead of throwing this food waste away, grinding it with the InSinkErator® Badger® sends it to your local municipal wastewater treatment plant, where it can be recycled to produce methane, a renewable source of power for the plant. Additionally, wastewater treatment plants can process fooddisposersonsale into biosolids to be used as fertilizer (check the plant in your area). Odds are that your old disposer has a Quick Lock® sink mount. This makesreplacement as simple as removing the old disposer with a twist and installingthe new one.

Food waste disposers average less than 50 cents a year in electricity to operate and account for less than one percent of a household’s total water consumption. In fact, the InSinkErator® Badger® features an average water usage of one gallon per person per day and an average electrical usage of three to four kilowatt hours per year, making it among the least expensive installed kitchen appliances.

I installed Food_Waste_Disposer 5 two years ago. I’m a single homeowner so it was used lightly. After grinding some onion scraps I noticed a leak under the sink. After careful inspection I noticed the disposal developed a crack in the housing unit. A quick call to InSinkErator revealed the unit was still under warrantee. I had a repair person out the following day who replaced the entire disposal with a Badger 5XP (he said they’ve stopped making the Badger 5). The problem was resolved quickly and to my satisfaction. My only concern with this unit is how or why it developed the crack with such light usage.

We replaced our 10-year old disposer with the Badger 5. It was easy to install and works just fine. I don’t know if there could be anything better on the more expensive ones. One thing to notice is that it does not come with a wired-in power cord. So you have to get a cord with a plug and connect it to the unit (I used the one from the old disposer). It is easy to do; just like wiring a light fixture in. The plastic housing is cracking. Of course this is not something that can be fixed by replacing a washer or something simple.


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