Garbage Disposal Motor Not Turning

Turn on the water at the sink.

Garbage disposal motor not turning.

The humming or sometimes buzzing sound that your garbage disposal makes is an indication that there is power coming into the unit but the blades are not turning. This will reset your garbage disposal. Unplug the disposer and use something to get down inside to see if you can get the item out that is blocking the disposal from spinning. Push the reset button in on the disposal.

If the garbage disposal will not budge using the wrenchette then something large is in the disposal that will not let it turn. If your garbage disposal is still humming after you ve unjammed it or manually rotated the grinding plate there s a good chance the disposer will need to be reset. The humming sound can be a sign that the motor is clogged or jammed resulting in its failure to grind. If the garbage disposal won t turn on but the motor makes a humming sound when you flip the switch it indicates that the inner flywheel is jammed.

This is not a situation you want to continue for very long as it can burn out the disposer s. You can use your hand but be sure the disposal is unplugged from power rr. Every garbage disposal comes with a hex. When that happens it will appear that the garbage disposal motor has burned out even though that may not be the case.

Reset the disposer if your garbage disposal is humming but not turning. Make sure the disposal is not jammed.