Garbage Disposal Knockout Plug Replacement

Find out how to remove a knockout plug before installing a garbage disposal with help from the president of a factory authorized appliance service company in this free video on home appliances and garbage disposals.

Garbage disposal knockout plug replacement.

If your new disposal will connect to the dishwasher use your hammer to gently knock out the plastic plug where the dishwasher hose connects. Wrap the bare copper end of the green ground wire of the cord clockwise around the ground screw on the disposal or use the ring connector. A knockout plug typically can not be reinstalled after it has been removed though there are often ways to simulate the functionality. Removing the plug in a garbage disposal is important because without doing so the water won t go down the drain.

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I removed the hose let it drain in a bowl attached the 7 8 tip which fit perfectly and tightened with the existing get one if you don t have one. In order to prevent leakage the cap may be fastened in place with a worm gear clamp. The dishwasher inlet on a garbage disposal can typically be plugged with a rubber end cap. Before long the plug will fall back into the disposal unit.

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