How To Connect Dishwasher To Garbage Disposal

Dishwasher drain was hooked to garbage disposal.

The electrician will leave enough excess wiring for you to add you to connect the switch. If permanently wired to a circuit. After you install the garbage disposal connecting the dishwasher is relatively easy. To connect it use the hose clamp connect the dishwasher drain to the small side of the air gap.

A 12 2 cord contains 1 black hot wire 1 white neutral wire and 1 green or bare ground wire. 2 detach the waste line. You therefore must trim the large end of the disposer if to fit the small end of the air gap. If you have a dishwasher the electrician may connect the garbage disposal wiring to the same circuit.

Finish off by connecting the large end to the garbage disposal. Dishwasher drain hoses can be connected to the garbage disposal in different ways. Now connect the dishwasher drain hose with the garbage disposal. Unplug the garbage disposal from the electrical outlet in the sink cabinet.

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Gently insert the lower clamp to the hose at the nozzle then tighten it with a screwdriver use your utility knife to cut the upper side of the hose to sizeable length. Not all disposals are connected to a dishwasher but if yours is use a screwdriver to loosen and detach the hose attaching the disposal to your dishwasher. Garbage disposal still had factory plug. One end of the connector attaches to the smaller drain hose and the other end has a larger 7 8 inch fitting that attaches to the garbage disposal.

Push one side of the garbage disposal drain hose gently onto the nozzle on the dishwasher then fit the hose clamps provided on the other end of the hose. Insert the drain hose into the tube on the upper side of the garbage disposal put the clamp around the connection point and tighten the clamp with a screwdriver. Found the solution to the problem of our dishwasher not draining. Connect the dishwasher drain tube directly into the garbage disposer with hose clamps.