During the third, and terminal, aspect of the cycle, the light switches from amber to red. By this point sufficient pressure has been built for maximum compression when the upper ceiling of the chamber moves down toward the grated floor.This process, in turn, is completed in three stages.
Stage one has the ceiling compress from full height of twenty feet to ten feet above the floor. Once this height has been reached, the the grating on the floor opens to a sluice way under the chamber, marking stage two. By allowing any liquid waste out of the room, maximum compression can be reached. This second stage lasts for a count of fifteen seconds which is believed to be an ample time allotment for full drainage. Stage three brings the ceiling down from ten feet to four, or the maximum height range of the Oompa Loompa people. It is considered a safety precaution that should a Loompa be trapped inside, he be spared from a sudden bone crunching death.
In the unlikely event that a Loompa be trapped inside the Compactor, he can easily find the emergency escape panel on any of the four walls, just below average eye level. Plans are being constructed up to allow escape via the grated panels of the floor should a Loompa not have access either of the walls. Such plans have yet to be implemented.
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Date: 2005-03-22 01:20 pm (UTC)Stage one has the ceiling compress from full height of twenty feet to ten feet above the floor.
Once this height has been reached, the the grating on the floor opens to a sluice way under the chamber, marking stage two. By allowing any liquid waste out of the room, maximum compression can be reached. This second stage lasts for a count of fifteen seconds which is believed to be an ample time allotment for full drainage.
Stage three brings the ceiling down from ten feet to four, or the maximum height range of the Oompa Loompa people. It is considered a safety precaution that should a Loompa be trapped inside, he be spared from a sudden bone crunching death.
In the unlikely event that a Loompa be trapped inside the Compactor, he can easily find the emergency escape panel on any of the four walls, just below average eye level. Plans are being constructed up to allow escape via the grated panels of the floor should a Loompa not have access either of the walls. Such plans have yet to be implemented.