Electrolux 99526808A - Manual (Page 11)

11 Maintenance
Before you call for service, check these handy hints which
may save you the cost of a service call:
1. Is electric cord plugged in securely?
2. Has a house fuse blown or a circuit breaker tripped?
3. Is the door pushed firmly shut?
4. Is the key switch in the “ON” position?
5. If trash bucket is difficult to close, check to see if any
trash has fallen behind the bucket - preventing it from
closing completely.
6. The motor has an automatic thermal cutout. If you
have compacted repeatedly, this protector may have
opened the circuit. Wait a few minutes and the cutout
will reset automatically.
7. The trash bucket must be at least 1/2 full of trash
before any appreciable amount of compacting will be
apparent - as the ram does not travel all the way to
the bottom of the bucket. Trash in the bottom 1/3
of the bucket will be crushed during subsequent
compacting.
8. On rare occasions, a large can placed near the outer
edge of the trash bucket may become wrapped around
the edge of the ram. This could interfere with proper
ram operation. To correct, simply open the door,
unlatch and open the front of the bucket, and remove
the can. BE CAREFUL WHEN HANdLING SHARP
OBJECTS!
9. In the unlikely event that the interlock actuator (on the
inside of the door) breaks off, the compactor will not
operate. dO NOT ATTEMPT TO OPERATE COMPACTOR
IN ANY OTHER MANNER. A replacement actuator
can be ordered from your Electrolux distributor.
Troubleshooting