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Installation

1. Remove the mounting screws attaching the foot pedal to the
compactor. Remove foot pedal.
2. Remove mounting screws attaching the toe guard to the
compactor. Remove toe guard.
3. Remove the mounting screws attaching the decorative panel
to the compactor. Remove decorative panel and discard
mounting screws.
4. Align the bottom of the custom panel with the bott om of the
drawer front.
5. Secure the panel from the back using 4 #8 x 1" wood
screws as shown.
6. Attach a 15" x ¹⁄₂" quarter-round filler along the top of the
drawer front using glue or screws.
7. Reinstall the toe guard using the existing screws and ¹⁄₂"
washer. Then, reinstall the foot pedal.
COMPACTOR USE

How Your Compactor Works

The compacting ram is the part of the compactor which
compresses the trash. The compacting ram does not go to the
bottom of the drawer. You will not see compacting of trash the
first few times you load the compactor.
NOTE: The compactor drawer should be more than ¹⁄₂ full before
the compactor can begin to compress the load.
You may hear a noise when glass breaks. Strong glass bottles
may not break at all. The trash in a full compactor bag will be
about ¹⁄₄ the size of its original bulk.
Load bulky trash, bottles, and cans in the center of the drawer.
Bottles or cans not placed in the center may become caught
between the ram and the drawer. The Drawer Monitor Switch
then senses a misload and causes the ram to return to the up
position without compacting.
A.Mounting screws
B.Foot pedal
A
A
B
A.Custom panel
B.15" x
¹⁄₂
" quarter-round
C.Panel screw locations
D.Toe guard
E.Washer
F. To e g uar d s cr ew
AB
D
E
F
C
C