Comment on Flirtation 2

taiyang@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• BurntWits@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  It’s so wild to me that Americans have garbage disposal in their sinks. I visited the States a few years back, wondered “what’s this light switch next to the sink for?” and it scared the shit out of me, I almost jumped out of my skin.

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  • UnrepentantAlgebra@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    So wait what happens to the little bits of food that come off your dishes in the dishwasher? Those go through the garbage disposal in the US. Do they not eventually clog the drain?

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    • BurntWits@sh.itjust.works ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Well my dishwasher sucks so I always have to scrape and rinse beforehand.

      But in other situations, I mean our pipes are wide enough that little bits of food aren’t going to clog, and I guess our system is good enough at flushing everything through that it just isn’t much of an issue. We have drain baskets in our kitchen sink drains that filter out larger debris, too. I’m also new to having a dishwasher, I hand washed everything up until a few months ago, so someone else might have better answers than me.

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      • UnrepentantAlgebra@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        That’s fair. FWIW I think it’s the pipe that drains from the dishwasher to the garbage disposal that seems to clog the most because it is pretty narrow. Scraping beforehand is probably a good idea even with a garbage disposal.

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  • taiyang@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Oh I agree, and the funny thing is I heard second hand is that the city’s water treatment people still would prefer you just throw away your scraps (or better, compost). It does end up being a little useful on occasion, though, and it also creates a whirlpool that drains the sink faster.

    That said, if I need the voltage from that breaker to power something else, I’d forsake it in a heartbeat. We already rerouted the garbage compactor to help power the heat pump we put in.

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