Ge Gcg1200s5bw, Gcg1200s3bw, Gcg1200s2bw, Gcg1230s1wb, Gcg1230s3wb Owner's Manual

...

❑ ❑

❑

Safe~

, Operating Instructions, Tips

Appliance Compacting Loading

Operating Your Compactor .....................4, 5

Removing Full Trash Bag ..............................7

Trash Bag Installation ....................................6

~~;.~

Care and Cleaning

Cleaning, Inside and Outside .......................8

Changing Color Panel ....................................9

instructions .........................3

Registration..................................2

.....................................................7

.............................................................6

Fash

●

❑ ❑

✍

‘@

❑

Compactor

Problem

More questions

GE Answer

Installation

Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Electrical Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Grounding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Consumer Services

Model and Serial Numbers ..........................2

Repair Service

Warranty ........................................Back Cover

Solver...............................l

?...call

Center@

800.626.2000

...................l5

.................................................2

Ouality

Product

Models:

GCG1200

GCG1230

—

mLP

~LP

YOU...

Before using your compactor, read this book carefully.

It is

intended to help you operate

and maintain your new compactor properly.

Keep it handy your questions.

you don’t understand something or need more help, write (include your phone number):

Consumer Affairs GE Appliances Appliance Park Louisville, KY 40225

for

answers to

Write down the model and serial numbers.

You’ll find them on a label on the cabinet behind the drawer front.

These numbers are also on the Consumer Product Ownership Registration Card that came with your compactor. Before sending in this card, please write these numbers here:

Model Number

Serial Number

Use these numbers in correspondence or concerning your compactor.

any

servi~e

calls

If you received a damaged compactor...

Immediately contact the dealer (or builder) that sold you the compactor.

Save time and money. Before you call for service . . .

Check the Problem Solver in the back of this book. It lists causes of minor operating problems that you can correct yourself.

IF YOU NEED SERVICE

To obtain service, see the Consumer Services page in the back of this guide.

We’re proud of our service and want you to be pleased. If for some reason you are not happy with the service you receive, here are three steps to follow for further

FIRST, contact the people who serviced your appliance. Explain why you are not pleased. In most cases, this will solve the problem.

help.

NEXT, if you are still not pleased, write all the details—including your phone number—to:

Manager, Consumer Relations GE Appliances Appliance Park Louisville, KY 40225

FINALLY, if your problem is still not resolved, write:

Major Appliance Consumer Action Panel 20 North Chicago, IL 60606

Wacker

Drive

WARNING—When using this appliance, always exercise basic safety precautions,

This compactor is for household use

including the following:

only.

Use this appliance only for it’s intended purpose as described in the Use and Care book.

To prevent hazard of electrical shock, this

compactor must be properly installed and grounded in accordance with the Installation Instructions before it is used. SAVE YOUR INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR FUTURE USE SHOULD YOU MOVE OR RELOCATE YOUR COMPACTOR. If you did not receive an Installation Instruction sheet with your compactor, you can obtain one by contacting the service location nearest you.

. Close supervision is necessary when any

appliance is operated near children. Do not allow the compactor to be used as a toy, or to run unattended at any time.

●

Mrn

the key to OFF and remove it when not compacting trash. This will help prevent anyone from tampering with the compactor or children from operating it.

Do not push trash into the drawer with hands

or feet. Trash might contain broken glass, sharp pieces of metal, or other sharp objects that might cause injury.

●

When removing or carrying the trash bag,

keep the bag away from your body. Sharp objects may have pierced it.

●

When cleaning the inside of the cabinet,

be careful. Glass fragments maybe stuck to the ram or be lying in the bottom of the cabinet.

. When cleaning the trash drawer, be careful.

Glass fragments may be

imbedded

in the surface

of the drawer,

●

Do not touch moving parts.

●

Do not operate with a damaged cord

‘

set, plug, motor, or after damage in any manner. Have the appliance examined,

repaired, or adjusted by an authorized serviceman.

●

Do not take apart this appliance. Incorrect

reassembly can cause electric shock when subsequently used.

●

Use only for intended use as described in this

manual. Do not use other than manufacturer’s recommended accessory.

●

Do not compact food waste such as raw meat

and

fish,

grapefruit rinds, personal hygiene items and disposable diapers. These items create very strong odors and should not go into the compactor.

Precautions against unreasonable use of your compactor:

●

Never compact shotgun shells, cartridges

for firearms, fireworks, etc., which are highly explosive.

●

Never compact flammable materials such as

paint, oil-or gasoline-saturated rags, engine starting fluid cans, paint thinner cans,

etc.—

spontaneous combustion or explosive vapor concentrations could occur,

●

Never compact containers of toxic chemicals

such as strong insecticides or other poisonous

materials+ompaction

could release hazardous

fumes.

●

Never compact aerosol cans containing explosive

or highly toxic chemicals. (If you are sure the aerosol cans contain non-hazardous materials such as shaving cream, cheese spread and whipped cream, they may be compacted.)

Do not compact lighted cigarettes, cigars, or other

hot or burning items.

●

Unplug the compactor before making

any repairs. Note: We strongly

recommend that any servicing be

performed by a qualified person.

●

DO NOT USE AN ADAPTER PLUG

OR AN EXTENSION CORD WITH THIS APPLIANCE.

●

Do not store or use gasoline or other flammable

vapors and liquids in the vicinity of this or any other appliance.

SAVE

T~SE

~STRUCTIONS

Drawer handle

YOUR COMPACTOR

‘Key-knob

oti

switch

stafl-

Adjustable toe plate

— Drawer monitor

switch

— Model-serial

number plate

What It Does

Your compactor reduces household trash to as little as

1/4 of its original volume.

It compacts most refuse, including paper, cans, bottles, jars, plastic containers, wrappings, sweepings and some food wastes.

How it Works

Drop trash into a disposable bag that lines the trash drawer and close the drawer. When you start the will notice compaction because the ram does not compactor, an electrically-operated ram moves down into the drawer, compacts trash, moves back up trash, compaction is transferred to the items below again—and the compactor shuts off automatically.

NOTE: The trash drawer must be 1/3 full before you travel all the way down into the drawer. By adding until all trash is compacted.

Key Lock Switch

A key lock switch is provided for your protection as a safety measure. When the key lock switch is in the OFF position, the compactor will not operate. Lock the compactor when it is not in use, and remove the key for safekeeping to keep children from operating the compactor or to prevent anyone from tampering with it.

Drawer monitor switch

The compactor has a position monitor switch to ensure the drawer is in its fully closed position for the drawer being closed.

operaiton.

The compactor

will

not cycle without

+ 11 hidden pages