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[-] BurntWits@sh.itjust.works 7 points 12 hours 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.

[-] UnrepentantAlgebra@lemmy.world 2 points 5 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?

[-] BurntWits@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 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.

[-] taiyang@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours 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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