8 - INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS AND MAINTENANCE GUIDE
T-604 WASTE DISPOSER
PROBLEM
REASON SOLUTION
-The waste disposer does not start. -It is disconnected.
-The electrical connection is failing.
-The thermal protection circuit has been
tripped.
-Connect the unit properly.
-Check the electrical connection.
-Wait approximately 20 minutes until
the motor cools.
-The Residual Current Device (RCD)
trips. -Motor earth wire is defective. -Motor out of service. Contact your
local Reece store.
-The pumped discharge pipe is
obstructed -Clean the pumped discharge pipe.
-The motor buzzes but does not spin. -Turbines or blades blocked by foreign
bodies. -Remove the foreign bodies (see 7.3
motor disassembly & removal)
-After the discharge, the motor starts
and stops indefinitely. -Leaks in the non-return valve or
water loss from the cistern or from the
auxiliary connection.
-Clean the non-return valve of the
pumped discharge pipe.
-Review and replace the cistern flush
valve seals and those of the taps
connected to the sanitary fixture.
-The motor does not stop. -Discharge pipe is too high or too long.
-Friction/head loss due to too many
elbows in the pumped discharge pipe.
The discharge pipe is obstructed.
-The discharge pipe is obstructed due
to lime scale remains.
-
The micro-switch that activates the
pump motor does not work properly.
.
-Review the pumped discharge
installation.
-Review the pumped discharge
installation.
-Perform the descaling process as
described on page 7.
-Contact your local Reece store.
-The motor only works when the WC
is discharged but not with the water
from the other sanitary connected
fixture.
-The auxiliary connection or the
non-return valve is blocked.
-The auxiliary connection lacks
ventilation.
-The micro-switch that activates the
pump is not working properly.
-Clean the waste pipe from the auxiliary
connection and the non-return valve.
-Install a drainage vent, or a
Premi-Aire Air Vent. / Review the
pumped discharge pipe installation.
-Contact yourlocal Reece store.
-After the discharge the motor runs
continuously for a time before
stopping.
-The water returns to the waste
disposer through the non-return valve.
The non-return valve does not work
properly
-Flush the toilet several times with clean
water and clean the non-return valve.
-Accumulation of residual waste
inside the toilet bowl after flushing -Insufficient water supply from the
cistern. -Adjust the water level in the cistern
(6 litres minimum). - ensure that the
toilet and cistern connected to the
waste disposer are matched 6/3 litre
-The water returns to the shower base -The required minimum grade of the
shower waste pipe from the shower
trap to the inlet of the waste disposer
has not been achieved (see shower
base height).
-The non-return valve of the auxiliary
connection does not work properly.
-Review the installation (raising the
shower base height)
-Clean and/or replace the non-return
valve (refer 7.4)
-Odd noises when the motor operates. -Obstruction due to a foreign object that
has entered (been flushed) into the
waste disposer through the toilet
-Remove the foreign object from the
waste disposer (see 7.3. motor
dismantling and removal)
-The waste disposer does not dis-
charge correctly. -Corrosion of the active carbon filter. -Replace the filter (contact yourlocal
Reece store)
-Nasty smells coming from the waste
disposer. -Obstruction in the Pumped discharge
pipe -Clean the pumped discharge pipe.