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My oven was heating up and then all of a sudden it totally blew up inside like sparks all over inside it seems like it was only on the right side wall and now it only heats to 100 temp what should i do? thanks chris,
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Seems to me that your magnetron is a goner, check also the antenna shield, cover inside the oven cavity and replace both, you may need to clean and repaint burn surfaces inside oven cavity.
It is more than likely the magnetron is fried, to replace fuse! unplug microwave oven, remove top, "several screws" look to the right to the keypad control board, look down to a printed circuit board, clipped fuse should be near by, pop it out and replace with same current rating, assemble before testing, "lethal voltages present"
Hi,
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OOOPPs - not good , If you saw or heard a pop noise + spark then something blew or shorted.
If the 'loss' was quiet then a fuse or circuit breaker can blow without noise or sparks.
This oven has 4 Heating elements (2 on Grill) 2 inside oven , as you were baking it sounds like a heating element.
As this is a US model I'm assuming you are close to a SEARS somewhere, because they advertise parts made for Kenmore -- try this link
http://www.searspartsdirect.com/partsdirect/part-model/Kenmore-Parts/Evaporative-coil-Parts/Model-867813350/0582/1610510/00007536/00001
Ray
You had something metal inside the microwave. Do you have a rack inside on a revolving tray? On my microwave, if the foot of the wire rack is not on the revolving tray, it will spark against the floor of the oven. Microwave will go around round pieces of metal - it will spark if it finds a flat surface. I dont think you did any damage to your machine but try to not do this again.
usually sparks come from turning and cooking with nothing inside the microwave..if there is grease or something on the bottom the heat will generate a spark
The problem that you are having is that the magnetron inside the microwave is shorting out to ground and it will find the shortest path to reach whatever has metal in it. Replacing the magnetron will solve your problem altogether and you need not do anything else different and continue using your metal racks.
i think you will find the power cord is burned this happens if it wasnt tightend up properly and gets loose turn the oven breaker off before you pull it out
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