Break my glass plate inside my micro wave

Hello Stephanie.
Get a new filter and try again.
Otherwise scrap the micro.
It the filter plate rusted through, or is it burnt?
The microwave's Magnetron-wave-guide is just behind this filter plate.
Looks like a small tube with a silvery cap with hole in center.
Very hazardous condition here.
The high energy from it is damped by the filter.
Is there food in the micro when arcing happens?
An empty micro will arc.

Michelle,
You may have killed the magnetron but you may not have either. If you can take that cover plate off, you may find that there is grease build up behind it and that needs to be cleaned off. Grease can build up there without you even realizing it and after a while it can catch fire from the heat created by the magnetron. You should never put any empty plate or container in a microwave because the magnetron needs to have something for the waves to hit. Hope this helps.

Yeah a kind of. If the wave cover plate is only went bad(A rectangular plate inside the food chamber).
If you have little idea how to use voltmeter then only you can try to fix it.Otherwise,without any experience it is very risky.
First check the magnetron which produce microvave.(check two terminal resistance in isolated sysem).MAKE SURE YOU DISCHARGE CAPACITOR FIRST .MICRVAVE CONTAINS 5000V IN IT.

If magnetron is good then just clean the wave guide and replace the rectangular plate(wave cover).

it should work okay then

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Yes, take the rack out and recycle it. I do not know why these micro-wave company put racks in the micro wave ovens. You get some insulation on the inside the micro flaking off next the rack.


The mega-tron tube is a very high energy transmitter. The energy will come out of the top inside the micro wave oven in a wave guide. Micro wave energy that generation by the tube is high frequency into Gega Hertz. You have a metal tray in side the micro wave acts like a big capacitor it stores energy in form of heat the next you know it look like Marconi is putting on a lighting display.



Leave the wire tie on a loft of bread and put in you micro wave oven to defrost. The next thing you might see is a load bread burning, instant toast. ----The use of micro wave were invented by the British before WWII. The mega tron tube generation very high frequency radio wave and these wave struck an object 100 miles away some of this beam energy would balance back to a receiver-----You have Radar.... I wish you and your family well being and be careful of micro wave ovens it can burn from inside out. GB you...stewbison

Hi,
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Q - The microwave display counts down and the inside light is on,  but nothing is heating and the fan is not running.
A - This most commonly is a bad door switch, other possible problems are a faulty relay or solder joint on the power module, but a bad door switch is most common.
 Q - My microwave is running and sounds like it is working but will not heat up anything.
A - Many thing can do this but, common things are....loose high voltage wire.....poor solder joint on board.....magnetron.....power relay.....
Q - The microwave makes a loud "hum or buzz" noise but will not heat up the food?
A - 9 times out of 10 this is usually this is a bad magnetron, the other time is sometimes a bad high voltage diode. See components section.

Contact info for Rival should be in your owner's manual.

If not, maybe the dealer has that info?

Not sure if Rival US will help, but:

Rival
c/o JCS/THG, LLC
13120 Jurupa Avenue
Fontana, CA 92337
Telephone: 1-800-323-9519

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If it stops after 22 seconds, that means the controller has detected a problem, usually a problem with the inverter or a bad magnetron.

Due to the lethal voltages used and produced in inverters, I do not recommend that an inexperienced person work on these.

You can find an authorized Panasonic servicer here. (click the map)

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Does it seems to run louder?

I would suspect a shorted high voltage rectifier diode.

We have the full service manual and have uploaded it to our site here.

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Door glass broken on russel hobbs 28lt micro wave. Any idea where I can have this replaced. thank you