Was the cord already installed or did you install it. New outlet is it wired correctly Pictures of both would help. Pictures of both outlet wiring and cord wiring.

 

How many wires in the switch box?

 

Did you break the tab on the brass side of the new receptacle? Check the old receptacle.

 

 

Sounds like you may have a miswired switch loop. You have a switch loop sending power to the switch on the white wire and switched power back on the black wire. As it is now you have the switch connected across the hot and neutral. The breaker trips because when you turn the switch on you short the hot to the neutral.

here is an image with light instead of a garbage disposal.

 

 

 

 

How many wires connected to the switch? Was one of them a white? If it was see my previous post about switch loops.

 

I agree there is a miswired switch loop.The

Also the wire.loops.should go.clockwise around the screws.

 

 

But there is more than one way to wire a switch.

But how many in the switch box? Remove wires from switch, unplug the G/D and with a multimeter measure the voltage between the two wires.

 

Definitely a switch loop.

 

If it is a switch loop you should have only one white on the receptacle. The white to the switch should be pigtailed with the hot. Your picture shows two whites on the neutral side of the receptacle.

 

Hi, so there are only 2 conductors in the switch box,correct? Did you break any splices or remove wires from the outlet under the sink? determine which cable is going to the switch from the receptacle, the white conductor going up to the switch should be connected to a constant feed in the receptacle box and identified black with tape or black magic marker, the black from the switch is connected to one side of the receptacle Brass terminal with the tab removed.
Geo

 

Question: Is one of the receptacles supposed to be controlled by the switch and the other not?

If yes then that is a dead giveaway that you need to bend and snap off the tab between the gold screws (hot side) of the receptacle unit.

More subtle is that the dishwasher and disposer should not share the same circuit although with both of those appliances plug and cord equipped we don't know for sure yet (that they have separate circuits) but read on.

Looks to me for now that the rest of the wiring is correct but the dishwasher circuit is powering both receptacles and therefore powering the disposer non-stop. Then when you turn the switch on you are energizing the disposer receptacle redundantly with the separate disposer circuit which happens to be on the other side of the 120/240 volt line. So you are shorting out 240 volts.

If you determine that all of the above is true then you need to bend off the tabs on both sides of the receptacle. The two circuits entering on separate 2 conductor cables must have their neutrals kept separate and the neutral for the dishwasher circuit has to be on the same end (top or bottom) as the hot wire.

For kicks, (edit made) unhook one of the black wires from the receptacle, flip the dishwasher switch on and measure voltage between the two black wires.

 

Based on the receptacle picture this is not a split receptacle. There is a power in cable and switch loop cable. No tabs should be broken.
It's a simple switch loop. Take the black power in connect it to the white from the switch. Take the remaining black and white and connect to the receptacle with no tabs removed.

 

Disagree. Brass tab must be broken because only half the duplex receptacle should have constant power.

Joed, the O/P is in the U.S. so unlike Canda it is less likely to be a shared neutral circcuit. It is common in the U.S. to have both on the same circuit.

 

 

Yes, you do not break the tab on the neutral side. Did you connect the switch white to hot as shown in my diagram?

 

 

You will need to connect power in black and switch cable white to a pigtail and the pigtail to the dishwasher side of the receptacle. Black of switch cable goes to the brass screw of the G/D side of the receptacle.

 

Hi, was the dishwasher switched before?
Geo

 

Thank you for calling it a "disposer" and not a "disposal"!

 

Here is the wiring for half switched, switch loop receptacle. Note tab is broken.

 

My only concern is that when I replaced the old outlet the wires were replaced the same way I pulled them out, assuming it is a switch loop I shouldn’t need to do anything more than what I had already done. Maybe I’m just being over cautious about this. I do appreciate all of your continued help.