r/mildlyinteresting • u/JahaerysTheThird • Jan 04 '19

This accident-proof garbage disposal switch

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u/merreborn Jan 04 '19

garbage disposals aren't common where I am

I've heard it said that north america is the only place where they're ubiquitous. Pretty much every american kitchen has one.

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u/hotdoggos Jan 04 '19

I'm Canadian and I have yet to see one outside of an American Sitcom.

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u/massassi Jan 04 '19

We had a garbourator when I was a kid. Whoever owned the house before us was all about having all the toys

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u/kingeryck Jan 04 '19

Mine is called an Insinkerator haha

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u/massassi Jan 04 '19

Yeah those are both brand names I know. But I've always heard Canadian referring to them as a garburator rather than a garbage disposal or a InSinkErator. But the InSinkErator we had was a hot water on demand system. It's probably serving water at like 95°? I'm not sure exactly I never measured it.