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Thread Number: 82297
/ Tag: Vintage Dishwashers
rare GE portable garbage disposer |
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Post# 1063060 , Reply# 1 3/13/2020 at 09:57 (1,497 days old) by DADoES  (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Post# 1063061 , Reply# 2 3/13/2020 at 10:05 (1,497 days old) by steved (Guilderland, New York) |
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Usage I believe you placed the base in the sink, add the food scraps, twist the motor assembly onto the base, turn on water, and flip the switch on the plug. Try this: | ||
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Post# 1063064 , Reply# 3 3/13/2020 at 10:44 (1,497 days old) by chachp (North Little Rock, AR) |
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OMG
I haven't seen one of these in a thousand years. My Dad was an engineer working for GE in Syracuse NY. He was one of the engineers who helped to design this thing. I remember he brought one home for my Mom to use and she hated it. Too much trouble to hook it all up. It did work just cumbersome. As I recall he didn't think much of it either. I remember it sat in our basement for years.
#steved, was your Dad working in Syracuse? | ||
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Post# 1063069 , Reply# 4 3/13/2020 at 11:36 (1,497 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD) |
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I remember ads for those and seeing one in our department store. What a blast from the past! Thanks! If you kept it clean, I wonder if it could have been used to shred cabbage and the like. | ||
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Post# 1063070 , Reply# 5 3/13/2020 at 11:38 (1,497 days old) by Steved (Guilderland, New York) |
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Nope My dad was a construction engineer working out of the Schenectady plant. He designed electrical systems for steel plants. I remember the GE electronics plant along the NYS Thruway. | ||
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Post# 1063071 , Reply# 6 3/13/2020 at 11:41 (1,497 days old) by Paulg (My sweet home... Chicago) |
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Thanks for something unusual for show n’ tell | ||
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Post# 1063073 , Reply# 7 3/13/2020 at 11:45 (1,497 days old) by Paulg (My sweet home... Chicago) |
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That is just gross | ||
| Post# 1063075 , Reply# 8 3/13/2020 at 12:06 (1,497 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod) | ||
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Post# 1063076 , Reply# 9 3/13/2020 at 12:14 (1,497 days old) by chachp (North Little Rock, AR) |
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My Dad was always bringing stuff home for my Mom to test
Most of the gadgets were mixers, toasters, blenders and that kind of stuff. I think this PGD is probably the oddest thing I remember him bringing home for her to test. I remember using it a couple of times but she had a regular disposer so it didn't get much use. It worked well as I recall it was just really awkward to use.
When I was a kid I wanted to take everything in the kitchen apart so he would bring home reject small appliances and cut off the cords for me to take apart. The story is I only wanted to go after the stuff that she used and had a cord. LOL | ||
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Post# 1063089 , Reply# 10 3/13/2020 at 14:36 (1,497 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O ) |
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Post# 1063101 , Reply# 11 3/13/2020 at 15:15 (1,497 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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Post# 1063111 , Reply# 12 3/13/2020 at 16:16 (1,497 days old) by Steved (Guilderland, New York) |
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You did? Paul, did you really get one??? Where??? Inquiring minds want to know 🤔 | ||
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Post# 1063128 , Reply# 13 3/13/2020 at 18:24 (1,497 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Post# 1063140 , Reply# 14 3/13/2020 at 20:00 (1,497 days old) by steved (Guilderland, New York) |
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water-flush As I remember, the bottom was open to let the shredded materials flow through and down the drain. | ||
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Post# 1063189 , Reply# 16 3/14/2020 at 09:50 (1,496 days old) by turbokinetic (Northport, Alabama USA) |
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Oh wow... I never had any idea something like that existed!
It's understandable that it was not a high volume seller; but maybe there were some scenarios where it would have been useful. I envision an apartment where food waste isn't allowed in household trash and there is no built-in disposer. That could be a possible use. | ||
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Post# 1063197 , Reply# 17 3/14/2020 at 11:46 (1,496 days old) by steved (Guilderland, New York) |
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more... I was checking my library to see if any of the GE catalogues featured this unit. I didn't find any, but apparently at one time I found the patent! | ||
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Post# 1063199 , Reply# 18 3/14/2020 at 12:26 (1,496 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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GE Portable Disposall
Cool I haven't seen one of these since I was a kid, I remember that there was one for sale at the Greenbelt CO-OP grocery store that my Dad worked for and he thought about buying it as we did not have a disposer at home.
It was certainly a good idea but few people today have the common sense to even use it properly [ like the posted video where the poster leaves the sink strainer in place when using, LOL ] The excuse of not using one because you have a septic tank is silly, about the best thing you can do if you have a ST is to add a lot more organic waste to it. John L. This post was last edited 03/14/2020 at 16:20 | ||
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