Microwave: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 22:48, 1 January 2015

Our microwave stopped heating. The touchpanel still works, the light and turntable still work. But nothing is heated.

Searching for my model brings me to a parts page that lets me search by symptom:

It says that 86% of the time, my symptom is resolved with a $6 fuse.

Wow, that would be awesome.

That involves removing two screws from the top and then bending the plastic at the hinge points until it pops loose

took off the metal grill behind the louvre by sliding left and the pulling toward me
that gave me access to the two fuses: main fuse, and high voltage transformer fuse.
removed both fuses and they pass continuity test
replaced the fuses in opposite locations and the symptom of no heat is still present

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 Wow, that would be awesome.
+===repair attempts===
+====test fuses====
+* took off the fan louvre from the top front of the unit
+That involves removing two screws from the top and then bending the plastic at the hinge points until it pops loose
+* took off the metal grill behind the louvre by sliding left and the pulling toward me
+* that gave me access to the two fuses: main fuse, and high voltage transformer fuse.
+* removed both fuses and they pass continuity test
+* replaced the fuses in opposite locations and the symptom of no heat is still present
+====found troubleshooting flowchart in the oven====
+[[File:microwave-flow-chart.jpg]]