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I lived in that house for 6 years and until the day I moved out was still turning on the damn light instead of the disposal.
by seldo 17y ago
I lived in that house for 6 years and until the day I moved out was still turning on the damn light instead of the disposal.
- sophacles 17y agoI don't get it. I've had that at several living places. The one closest to the sink is the disposal, the others are lights.
- briancooley 17y agoIt all depends on your electrician. Mine is exactly the opposite. I haven't thought about it much, but it occurs to me after reading that post that garbage disposers might best be operated with a footpedal.
- anamax 17y agoI'd rather not have electrical connections on the floor near a sink. Yes, I know that the garbage disposal has power, but it's not at a local minima.
- flogic 17y agoI'd rather the powered finger chipper wasn't that easily turned on. Personally I go for a switch with one of those nifty red covers.
- sophacles 17y agoWhy so much engineering? A footpedal introduces an element of accidental turning on why the hands are dangerously close to the blades. How about instead a labelmaker? Or a convention, say red switches mean garbage disposal, closest to the sink, etc. Mostly I think a big point here is why everyone thinks of the residential power switches as strictly for lights? The are other things I turn on with "light-switches". These include: ceiling fans, wall sockets, vent fans and all power to my garage. I have never thought of this as unexpected, and no guest at my house has ever complained that I should take the fans off of 'lights only' switches.
- briancooley 17y agoI wasn't so much interested in differentiating the switches as I was in eliminating the need to touch a switch using dirty hands, especially when I have been preparing raw meat. I usually end up washing my hands a half dozen times while preparing food just to avoid spreading bacteria to switches, faucets, and surfaces. I've had food poisoning a couple of times (from restaurants), so I might be a bit germophobic. :) Anyway, as several of you have pointed out, the possibilty of spurious activation is a real safety concern, so bad idea.
- brlewis 17y agoThat convention alone didn't keep my kids from accidentally turning on the disposal. I replaced the light switches with ones that glow when off, and left the disposal switch normal. Nobody has turned on the disposal by accident since.