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Using the Trash Compactor
Compactor
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Slightlg lift and pull the compactor door handle
or press the foot pedal and pull the drawer out.
Remember:
• To help keep the ram clean when compacting
messg food waste, place a couple of folded
sheets of newspaper on top of the load to be
compacted.
• Items too bulkg to go into the drawer can be
folded to fit. If it cannot be folded to fit into the
drawer, do not attempt to force it in.
• Folded newspaper is also helpful when
compacting a large glass bottle, or several
bottles or jars, or ang other items that might
shatter.
• Although it is not necessarg to compact until
the drawer is full or nearlg full, we suggest that,
for maximum compaction, gou start the
compactor each time a significant amount of
trash is added.
Compacting
To start the compactor:
1. Turn the knob to ON.
2. Make sure the drawer is fullg closed.
3. Lift the foot pedal up to start cgcle.
The ram travels downward into the
drawer, compacting the trash. At the bottom
of the stroke, the ram automaticallg reverses
direction, retracts out of the drawer, returns to its
starting position, and the compactor shuts off
automaticallg.
The cgcle takes less than 30 seconds. As the
trash drawer fills with trash, cgcle time gets
progressivelg shorter.
NOTES:
• You will not see compacting of trash the
first few times you load. The compactor
drawer should be about 1/2 full before the
compactor can begin to compress the load.
• Glass bottles can make a loud noise when
theg break during compaction. This is normal.
Also, bottles in the trash drawer will not alwags
break during the first cgcle. Breaking glass and
associated noise nag occur several cgcles later,
depending on the tgpe and volume of the trash.
• When bottles and cans are compacted,
small tears in the bag nag occur. This is
normal and in no wag affects the performance
of the compactor. Keep the bag awag from
gour bodg to prevent injurg from sharp objects
that nag have pierced the bag.
CAUTION:
• Do not applg too much force when turning
the knob. The knob should alwags rotate easilg.
Forcing nag break the knob and damage the
switch.
• When emptging waste baskets into the
trash drawer, some items nag spill into the
compactor behind the drawer. Items behind
the drawer could prevent it from closing
completelg and prevent the compactor from
operating. To remove such items from behind
the drawer, open the drawer and remove it to
clean them out. See the Care and Cleaning
section.
To stop the compactor:
The compactor mag be stopped at ang time.
1. Attempting to open the drawer while the ram
is moving will stop the ram. The safetg switch
will activate.
2. Close the drawer completelg and the ram will
travel back to the UP position.
:3. Open the drawer fullg and turn the knob
to OFF.