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Fan? Our mw was working fine until one day it made some sounds (my wife can't describe) and it started smoking. Now it works but it sound like the inside fan is not working, and we are afraid to use it for more that 2 minutes or so. Can you help us.

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It may be that the high-voltage transformer or magnetron has failed and is loading down the voltage. The presence of smoke usually indicates a bad transformer.

I would try a toaster or toaster oven in that outlet to see if it works right. That's a good line load test.

If you don't feel good air flow, it can overheat and ruin the magnetron.

If you or a friend decide to work on it, we have *critical* safety, disassembly, and troubleshooting info at our site, which is linked at our listing here on FixYa: http://tinyurl.com/yzjozk

Posted on Oct 12, 2007

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