Special Use Tips.13 - KitchenAid 4KUCS181T Use And Care Manual

Special Use Tips
• Your KitchenAid Compactor is designed to
handle most dry trash. THE COMPACTOR
IS NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR A FOOD
WASTE DISPOSER. We urge you to
continue to dispose of garbage through a
KitchenAid Food Waste Disposer. Most
food waste will sour and become odorous
when held at room temperature.
• Liquid or messy items should be wrapped
in a newspaper or several thicknesses of
paper toweling to help keep the Ram and
Tilt-Away Trash Basket clean.
• Place glass bottles on their sides in the
center for compacting rather than upright.
Bottles and cans may nest in lightly com¬
pacted paper. When a sufficient load is
accumulated, most will be crushed.
However, due to the resiliency of paper,
some bottles may not break.
Don't be alarmed by the popping noise
made when bottles are crushed. This
is normal and will not damage the
Compactor. Placing a newspaper over
bottles before compacting will help muffle
noise.
• More trash can be compacted if you stop
the Ram in the "down" position and allow
it to dwell there overnight. This will result
in heavier bags of compacted trash.
Do Not Compact These Items:
• Trimmings from cleaning fish or chicken
• Grapefruit or cantaloupe rinds
• Paint, oil, gasoline or turpentine cans or
rags which have been used with these
materials
• Aerosolcans
• Insecticide, toxic or caustic chemical
containers
• Wood scraps, rocks, solid metal or large
quantities of newspaper. These items are
already in their compact form.
Fire/Health Hazards
Do not compact containers of flam¬
mable or toxic materials or aerosol
cans.
Vacation Care
• If you are planning a weekend vacation,
you may not want to remove compacted
trash if basket is only partially full. We
recommend you simply lock the
Compactor. On your return, you may wish
to run the Charcoal Air Filter Fan for a
short time before opening the drawer.
• If you are planning to be away for more
than a weekend, we recommend that you
remove and discard the compacted trash.
Replace basket and lock the Compactor.
Before running a compaction cycle,
ALWAYS check that no item has been
mistakenly placed in the Trash Drawer.
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