Do you have experience troubleshooting kitchen compactors?

The GE built in compactor just stopped working.
When I close the door and lift up the foot pedal, it just very lightly hums
as if a motor is only barely going on or maybe some electrical circuit is
going on.

What normally makes a compactor just lightly hum electrically when the
pedal is activated?

It's a GE GCG 1580 (LOSS) about 10 years old.

The specs say it's a 1/3 hp trash compactor with 1.4 cu. ft. capacity.
http://pdfstream.manualsonline.com/9...813074bd8e.pdf
http://www.manualslib.com/manual/765...Gcg1500bb.html

On Tuesday, August 9, 2016 at 12:35:15 PM UTC-4, Chris Morris wrote:
Do you have experience troubleshooting kitchen compactors?

The GE built in compactor just stopped working.
When I close the door and lift up the foot pedal, it just very lightly hums
as if a motor is only barely going on or maybe some electrical circuit is
going on.

What normally makes a compactor just lightly hum electrically when the
pedal is activated?

It's a GE GCG 1580 (LOSS) about 10 years old.

The specs say it's a 1/3 hp trash compactor with 1.4 cu. ft. capacity.
http://pdfstream.manualsonline.com/9...813074bd8e.pdf
http://www.manualslib.com/manual/765...Gcg1500bb.html

Bad capacitor on the motor, if it has one? First step would be to see
if you can turn whatever the motor drives by hand. If it moves,
then it's a motor problem. If it doesn't then it's most likely
something stuck somewhere else. I guess it could still be bad
motor bearings that have seized too.

On 8/9/2016 12:34 PM, Chris Morris wrote:
Do you have experience troubleshooting kitchen compactors?

The GE built in compactor just stopped working.
When I close the door and lift up the foot pedal, it just very lightly hums
as if a motor is only barely going on or maybe some electrical circuit is
going on.

What normally makes a compactor just lightly hum electrically when the
pedal is activated?

It's a GE GCG 1580 (LOSS) about 10 years old.

This guy posts here frequently. Maybe you can have him look at it.

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