Electrolux EI15TC65HS Complete Owner's Guide (English) - Page 4

 Features Battery Back-up Door Interlock Interlock Actuator Key Lock Electronic Control Panel Bag Storage Area Odor Disk Tray Ram Compaction Plate Release Tab Compaction Plate Trash Bucket Latches (2) Sliding Trash Bucket Leveling Rollers Leveling Legs How the compactor works The compactor compresses household trash up to 1/6 of its original volume. It will compact normal household trash including milk cartons, glass and plastic bottles, containers and jars, tin cans, wrappings, boxes, food wastes, etc. When you start the compactor, an electrically powered ram moves down into the trash bucket, compresses the trash and then returns to the "UP" position and shuts off automatically. NOTE: The ram travels about 2/3 of the way down into the trash bucket. Because of this, the trash bucket must be at least 1/3 full before you will notice any compression.