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Hi all need to get our waste disposal unit repaired. Does anyone know of anywhere that repairs these. ive done a google search and its only coming up with plumbers. I believe I need to take it somewhere to have it repaired. We live in the South East. 
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  • Bendy_House
    Bendy_House Posts: 4,756 Forumite
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    Make  and model?
    Are you sure it's worth fixing?
  • coffeehound
    coffeehound Posts: 5,741 Forumite
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    What's wrong with it?  If it's gone dead, it may be that there's a reset button underneath that just needs pressing . .
  • dave030445
    dave030445 Posts: 1,001 Forumite
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    edited 1 November 2021 at 2:27PM
    Hi its tripping the mcb.
    Its a Caple wdu100
  • I was thinking about this the other day. I’ve never had one and wondered what is the point of them? What’s wrong with a bin?
  • BUFF
    BUFF Posts: 2,185 Forumite
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    ignoring the argument about whether waste disposals are a good or bad thing ...

    Around £300 for a new one with warranty (if you can find one - it looks like it may be a discontinued model or simply out of stock). Same amount of effort to remove & replace with a new one as the old one.
  • Eldi_Dos
    Eldi_Dos Posts: 2,130 Forumite
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    Have you got a local Men in Shed's group, they encourage repair of items rather than discarding,might be someone in local group with skills to help.
  • macman
    macman Posts: 53,129 Forumite
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    Replace or remove (unless it is just the reset switch).
    No free lunch, and no free laptop ;)
  • bris
    bris Posts: 10,548 Forumite
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    When my Tweeny Mayfair died I phoned them and it was almost as expensive to repair it as it was to buy a new one.

    I took it out and never replaced it. However it was a great machine and lasted a long long time and yes I do miss it.




  • Section62
    Section62 Posts: 9,738 Forumite
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    Hi its tripping the mcb.


    Can you confirm that is definitely a MCB rather than RCBO (or RCD)?

    What current rating is it?
  • Bendy_House
    Bendy_House Posts: 4,756 Forumite
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    If it's the MCB, then good chance it's a 'serious' fault, like shorted motor windings. That would pretty much make it kaput.
    If it's RCD, then possibly some damp has got into the electric bits? But again almost certainly labour-intensive to fix.
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