{"id":6502,"date":"2006-08-19T13:32:34","date_gmt":"2006-08-19T13:32:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/?p=6502"},"modified":"2008-07-28T16:27:12","modified_gmt":"2008-07-28T16:27:12","slug":"sink-garbage-di","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2006\/08\/sink-garbage-di\/","title":{"rendered":"sink garbage disposer &#8211; switch or no switch?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are about to purchase a garbage disposer for the kitchen sink.  I know at least one forum poster recommended the Insinkerator, but I haven&#8217;t seen any other discussion about the pros v. cons of the older style disposers (that turn off and on with an electric switch), and these other kinds that have no switch, but which you turn on manually by twisting the mechanism in the sink.  Our plumber recommended the manual kind, saying it was safer if you have children around.  My only experience with this type was in a vacation rental house, where I just remember sticking my hands into a sink full of dirty water to turn on the disposer.  Does anyone have this kind?  What&#8217;s your experience?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are about to purchase a garbage disposer for the kitchen sink. 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