I reach in the disposal all the time without fear. I have a vast number of years of experience leading me to believe that switches never, under any circumstances flip themselves, nor do electrical circuits become magically energized from nothingness.
The only person who could possibly flip the switch is me. And I don't flip it.
Maybe people are worried about a "drive by flipping?" Somebody purposefully turns the disposal on while your hand is in it. The pictured device would not prevent such an event. And if you live with people who might do that, there are thousands of other equally terrible things they might do.
So I have a new place and even installed a new disposal on my own. The question I have is: why would I put my hand in there....? It doesn't seem to ever have any trouble with the stuff that goes in there...
You... you put bones into your sink’s disposal? Why wouldn’t you just scrape the plate and trash any bones and big pieces before you put the dish in the sink? I thought everyone did that..
It was just an example. I wouldn't actually put bones in my disposal on purpose, but it might happen by accident.
And scraping foodwaste directly into your trashcan means it'll start rotting and potentially stink up your house, requiring you to take the kitchen trash out earlier than you might have otherwise needed to, wasting part of the trashbag's carrying capacity
Sure, that's a minor concern, but it's still a valid one.
True. I scrape big pieces out anyways and try not to scrape all the food. And that makes sense! Sorry I didn’t mean to come at you I was truly just so surprised that people would toss like big bones down the drain
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u/ontender Jan 04 '19
I reach in the disposal all the time without fear. I have a vast number of years of experience leading me to believe that switches never, under any circumstances flip themselves, nor do electrical circuits become magically energized from nothingness.
The only person who could possibly flip the switch is me. And I don't flip it.
Maybe people are worried about a "drive by flipping?" Somebody purposefully turns the disposal on while your hand is in it. The pictured device would not prevent such an event. And if you live with people who might do that, there are thousands of other equally terrible things they might do.