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Microwave oven just died

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posted by f moose on Jan 04, 2008


Turned on microwave oven - a few seconds later there was a loud pop noise and everything just stopped. The clock and function keys also went dark. Is this something easily fixed? Thank you
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Posted by Guest on Jan 06, 2008

I had a smilar problem with my microwave but it mad a buzzing noise and then went dead. I replace the 20amp ceramic fuze behind the control panel and got the control panel to come back to life. I did a 1 ssecond test and it made the loud buzzing noise and went dead again again. I am waiting on a diagnosis from this site before I determine if it will be worth it to go any further or just replace the microwave.

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posted on Jan 13, 2008
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If it went dead almost immediately after pressing the Start pad, that's usually a shorted high-voltage capacitor.

If it went dead a few seconds after pressing the Start pad, that's usually a failing high-voltage transformer.

Once you've looked over the safety warnings, here are some useful links:

http://www.gallawa.com/microtech/cap_test.html
http://www.gallawa.com/microtech/diode.html
http://www.gallawa.com/microtech/mag_test.html
http://www.gallawa.com/microtech/xformer.html

You can usually find helpful exploded view diagrams and order parts by entering your full model number here: http://tinyurl.com/gv383

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