Consumer Support Troubleshooting Tips Care and Cleaning Operating Instructions Safety Instructions
Before you call for service…
Troubleshooting Tips
| Problem | Possible Causes | What To Do |
Compactor won’t | Compactor is unplugged | • Make sure the cord is plugged securely into a |
operate |
| working outlet. |
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| Circuit breaker/fuse is | • Check house circuit breakers /fuses. Replace |
| tripped/blown | fuses or reset breaker. |
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| Knob switch may not be | • Make sure the switch is in the ON position. |
| in the ON position |
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| Foot pedal may not be lifted | • Lift foot pedal up momentarily until compaction cycle |
| up long enough to start cycle | starts. |
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| Drawer may not be closed | • Check to make sure the drawer is firmly closed. |
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| Compactor has an automatic | • If you have just compacted repeatedly, this protector |
| thermal motor reset | may have opened the motor circuit. Wait a few |
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| minutes and the motor reset will reclose |
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| automatically. |
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Drawer is hard | Trash may have fallen | • Remove any trash. |
to close | behind the drawer |
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Drawer will not | The ram is not all the | • Lift up on the foot pedal and release to allow ram to |
open | way up | complete a cycle. |
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Little or no apparent | Drawer is not full | • The drawer must be at least 1/2 full of trash before |
compaction | enough | you will see any amount of compacting. The ram does |
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| not travel all the way to the bottom. Trash in the bottom |
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| of the drawer will be crushed during later cycles. |
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| Trash is stuck between ram | • Remove any trash. |
| and basket |
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