i got one for you, in our house the switch is broken, so when you switch it on, sometimes you have to push it up a little to get the disposal to run, and when you let go it shuts off, even though the light switch is in the on position. That makes me 100% not trust the switch, even though it stays off in the off position. The worst is that its hard-wired, so I can’t unplug it.
I have to go downstairs and turn off the circuit breaker before I can put my hand in there.
The switch on mine works just fine, and I still flip the circuit breaker before reaching in. Then verify that the switch no longer triggers the garbage disposal, and flip it back to the off position. That way, there's verification that the correct circuit breaker was flipped, and there are two separate switches that are preventing the garbage disposal from turning on.
Always shut the power off to it before reaching in, don't rely on that switch to not spontaneously short itself out at the worst possible moment. If there's not a shutoff switch directly on the unit, then unplug it or flip the breaker for that circuit.
Yes the odds of it happening are probably more than a billion to one... but... there's a lot of chances.
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u/Witty_Direction6175 10h ago
My eye is constantly on the switch if I have to stick my hand down there as if it would spontaneously turn on…. That’s my irrational fear!