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Lift the trash drawerhandleor
pressthe touch-toebarandpull
the drawerout.
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Lift the trash dcawer handle
or press the
touch-toe
hal and pull the drawer
out.
Remember.
• l_)ltles and large cans compact
best when
laid flat near the center
of the drawer.
• To help keep the ram clean when
conlpacling
messy
Ibod waste,
place
a
c_mple _t fi tided sheets
of newspaper
or a
[m'ge grocely
bag (m top of the load to be
compacted.
• Items U)o bulky to go into the drawer
can he ridded
to fit. lfil cannot
be fblded
to fil into the drawer,
do not attempl
to
lorce it in.
• Folded newspaper will also help prevent
glass fi-agments ti'om flying oul of the
drawer
when
compaclillg
a large
glass
hattie, or several boules or jars, or any
olher items that mighl shauer.
• Ahhough
it is not neccssm)'
to compact
until llle drawei
is lilll or nearly lull, we
suggest thai, fin
nlaxilnlll/l
colnpaclion,
you starl the cOlllpa(:lof
ea(h time a
significanl
amount at trash is added.
Compacting
Tostart the compactor:
[_] Make sure the <lrawer is fully closed.
[_'] Turn
the key-knob
to START Let go of
the key-knob.
The motor
will start and
compacting
will proceed.
The ram travels downward
into the drawer,
compacting
the trash. At the bottom
of the
stroke,
the ram automatically
reverses
direction,
retracts
out of the drawer,
returns
to its starting
position,
and the compactor
shuus offautomafically.
The cycle takes about one minute.
As the
trash drawer
fills, cycle time gets
progressively
shorter.
NOTES:
• Glass bottles can make a loud noise when
they break during compaction.
Tiffs is
normal.
Also, boltles in the trash drawer
will not always hreak during
tile lirsl cycle.
lh caking glass and assl wialed noise may
o( ( iii s(wcral cycles lal¢,i, depending
on
lhe l}pc and v<ihlllle <>fthc tiash.
• When bottles and carts are compacted,
small leafs in the bag may occur. 'l'his
is lu nmal and ill no way atlec ts dw
[)(?l'l()l'llll[I
1('1! ()l
the
( (lllll)a(lor.
Keep
lilt' hag away tloln youl hody to prevent
it!jmy li_)m sharp able( ts that nlay have
pier{ ed the bag.
CAUTION:
• Do not force the key-knob when turning.
The key-knob should always rotate easily.
Forcing may break the key-knob and
damage the swilch.
• When emptying waste baskets into the
trash drawer, some items may spill into
the compactor
behind
the drawer.
Items
behind
the th'awer could prevent
it from
closing completely
and prevent
the
compactor
from operating.
To remove
such items from behind
the drawer,
open
the drawer
and, if necessao,,
remove
it m
clean them out. See Ihe Care and Cleaning
section.
Tostop the compactor.
Tim compach)r
may bc stopped
at any time.
[_Tum
the kcy-ktmb
to LOCK/OFE
[_-l'm
n the key-knob
to ONand the
(olnpa('lillg'l
illll
[llO\es
hack
lip
I0
its starting
posilion.
[_
VoII
1"_111 Ihell
opCll
the
dlWWCl,
l'o
IcslaFI
Ih+. +(IHIlp_l(tOI
[llrll
Ihckc}-
knob to START

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