General Electric Microwave Oven "cause tco melt" Questions

...cause of the smell of burnt plastic coming from my kenmore elite microwave? Frequently this is caused by a loose connector to a thermal protection device (a TCO) or some other connector that has a ...

TCO at the connector. Can I just replace the connector? [email protected] I don't see why not. If you can make good the connections and use ceramic couplings, due to the heat, plastic will melt

TCO was completely melted. What might cause this to happen? We don't want to just replace the damaged wiring if there is some other underlying cause. This heat could have come from excess current draw