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Microwave knocks out
My microwave is on a separate circuit with a outlet ( the type name
escapes me )...something fault or whatever. its white with a black and red button. The specs of oven is 700watts, 120 v ac 60 hz, 10 amps. Today, as reheating on high for 2 and 1/2 minutes, it conked out. This never happened before. I pressed both buttons on the outlet which did not seem to have any effect, so i had to go to the basement and reset the fuse. Is there something wrong with the oven or the circuit? |
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Since the GFCI outlet didn't trip, it's not a ground fault. The specs you
list don't exactly jibe as 700 watts @120 volts doesn't equal 10 amps, but in any event it would appear you have a problem with the microwave, assuming it is in fact a dedicated circuit. Try plugging a toaster or similar appliance in that outlet and see if it works "Anthona" wrote in message ups.com... My microwave is on a separate circuit with a outlet ( the type name escapes me )...something fault or whatever. its white with a black and red button. The specs of oven is 700watts, 120 v ac 60 hz, 10 amps. Today, as reheating on high for 2 and 1/2 minutes, it conked out. This never happened before. I pressed both buttons on the outlet which did not seem to have any effect, so i had to go to the basement and reset the fuse. Is there something wrong with the oven or the circuit? |
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RBM (remove this) wrote: Since the GFCI outlet didn't trip, it's not a ground fault. The specs you list don't exactly jibe as 700 watts @120 volts doesn't equal 10 amps, but in any event it would appear you have a problem with the microwave, assuming it is in fact a dedicated circuit. Try plugging a toaster or similar appliance in that outlet and see if it works "Anthona" wrote in message ups.com... My microwave is on a separate circuit with a outlet ( the type name escapes me )...something fault or whatever. its white with a black and red button. The specs of oven is 700watts, 120 v ac 60 hz, 10 amps. Today, as reheating on high for 2 and 1/2 minutes, it conked out. This never happened before. I pressed both buttons on the outlet which did not seem to have any effect, so i had to go to the basement and reset the fuse. Is there something wrong with the oven or the circuit? I;m sorry, I left out the consumption power...its 1150 w. Well the oven is working now after I tripped the fuse back on. |
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the gfci may be rated higher than the breaker, otherwise it would act
like a breaker anyway. check the rating on the GFCI trip the GFCI and see what else doesn't work in the house (it should be limited to the kitchen) Empress2454 #124457 The best Games a href=http://www.gamestotal.com/Multiplayer Online Games/a a href=http://www.gamestotal.com/Strategy Games/abra href=http://uc.gamestotal.com/Unification Wars/a - a href=http://uc.gamestotal.com/Massive Multiplayer Online Games/abra href=http://gc.gamestotal.com/Galactic Conquest/a - a href=http://gc.gamestotal.com/Strategy Games/abra href=http://www.stephenyong.com/runescape.htmRunescape/abra href=http://www.stephenyong.com/kingsofchaos.htmKings of chaos/abr Anthona wrote: My microwave is on a separate circuit with a outlet ( the type name escapes me )...something fault or whatever. its white with a black and red button. The specs of oven is 700watts, 120 v ac 60 hz, 10 amps. Today, as reheating on high for 2 and 1/2 minutes, it conked out. This never happened before. I pressed both buttons on the outlet which did not seem to have any effect, so i had to go to the basement and reset the fuse. Is there something wrong with the oven or the circuit? |
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Anthona wrote:
My microwave is on a separate circuit with a outlet ( the type name escapes me )...something fault or whatever. its white with a black and red button. The specs of oven is 700watts, 120 v ac 60 hz, 10 amps. Today, as reheating on high for 2 and 1/2 minutes, it conked out. This never happened before. I pressed both buttons on the outlet which did not seem to have any effect, so i had to go to the basement and reset the fuse. Is there something wrong with the oven or the circuit? If that is a 15 amp breaker and your microwave uses 1150W you are not too far away from going over. A weak breaker or something else on the circuit (yea I know you said it was a separate circuit, but .... ) could trip it. I also could have been a one time thing. -- Joseph Meehan Dia duit |
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GFCI outlets do not act like a circuit breaker regardless of their amperage
rating wrote in message ups.com... the gfci may be rated higher than the breaker, otherwise it would act like a breaker anyway. check the rating on the GFCI trip the GFCI and see what else doesn't work in the house (it should be limited to the kitchen) Empress2454 #124457 The best Games a href=http://www.gamestotal.com/Multiplayer Online Games/a a href=http://www.gamestotal.com/Strategy Games/abra href=http://uc.gamestotal.com/Unification Wars/a - a href=http://uc.gamestotal.com/Massive Multiplayer Online Games/abra href=http://gc.gamestotal.com/Galactic Conquest/a - a href=http://gc.gamestotal.com/Strategy Games/abra href=http://www.stephenyong.com/runescape.htmRunescape/abra href=http://www.stephenyong.com/kingsofchaos.htmKings of chaos/abr Anthona wrote: My microwave is on a separate circuit with a outlet ( the type name escapes me )...something fault or whatever. its white with a black and red button. The specs of oven is 700watts, 120 v ac 60 hz, 10 amps. Today, as reheating on high for 2 and 1/2 minutes, it conked out. This never happened before. I pressed both buttons on the outlet which did not seem to have any effect, so i had to go to the basement and reset the fuse. Is there something wrong with the oven or the circuit? |
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On Sat, 9 Sep 2006 15:43:13 -0400, "RBM" rbm2(remove
wrote: Since the GFCI outlet didn't trip, it's not a ground fault. The specs you list don't exactly jibe as 700 watts @120 volts doesn't equal 10 amps, but in any event it would appear you have a problem with the microwave, assuming it is in fact a dedicated circuit. Try plugging a toaster or similar appliance in that outlet and see if it works The 700W is probably microwave output power, not consumption. "Anthona" wrote in message oups.com... My microwave is on a separate circuit with a outlet ( the type name escapes me )...something fault or whatever. its white with a black and red button. The specs of oven is 700watts, 120 v ac 60 hz, 10 amps. Today, as reheating on high for 2 and 1/2 minutes, it conked out. This never happened before. I pressed both buttons on the outlet which did not seem to have any effect, so i had to go to the basement and reset the fuse. Is there something wrong with the oven or the circuit? -- 107 days until the winter solstice celebration Mark Lloyd http://notstupid.laughingsquid.com "All your western theologies, the whole mythology of them, are based on the concept of God as a senile delinquent." -- Tennessee Williams |
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On 9 Sep 2006 11:48:36 -0700, "Anthona" wrote:
My microwave is on a separate circuit with a outlet ( the type name escapes me )...something fault or whatever. its white with a black and red button. The specs of oven is 700watts, 120 v ac 60 hz, 10 amps. Today, as reheating on high for 2 and 1/2 minutes, it conked out. This never happened before. I pressed both buttons on the outlet which did not seem to have any effect, so i had to go to the basement and reset the fuse. Is there something wrong with the oven or the circuit? Wait until this happens a second or third time, and twice in less than 6 months, and then worry. |
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in a kitchen or other place that has a high inductive current usage a
GFCI is likly to trip due to resonance set up in the ground line. if it was in a place with capacitive loads it's true that the GFCI wouldn't trip due to loading. RBM (remove this) wrote: GFCI outlets do not act like a circuit breaker regardless of their amperage rating wrote in message ups.com... the gfci may be rated higher than the breaker, otherwise it would act like a breaker anyway. check the rating on the GFCI trip the GFCI and see what else doesn't work in the house (it should be limited to the kitchen) Empress2454 #124457 The best Games a href=http://www.gamestotal.com/Multiplayer Online Games/a a href=http://www.gamestotal.com/Strategy Games/abra href=http://uc.gamestotal.com/Unification Wars/a - a href=http://uc.gamestotal.com/Massive Multiplayer Online Games/abra href=http://gc.gamestotal.com/Galactic Conquest/a - a href=http://gc.gamestotal.com/Strategy Games/abra href=http://www.stephenyong.com/runescape.htmRunescape/abra href=http://www.stephenyong.com/kingsofchaos.htmKings of chaos/abr Anthona wrote: My microwave is on a separate circuit with a outlet ( the type name escapes me )...something fault or whatever. its white with a black and red button. The specs of oven is 700watts, 120 v ac 60 hz, 10 amps. Today, as reheating on high for 2 and 1/2 minutes, it conked out. This never happened before. I pressed both buttons on the outlet which did not seem to have any effect, so i had to go to the basement and reset the fuse. Is there something wrong with the oven or the circuit? |
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"the gfci may be rated higher than the breaker, otherwise it would act
like a breaker anyway." It will NOT wrote in message ups.com... in a kitchen or other place that has a high inductive current usage a GFCI is likly to trip due to resonance set up in the ground line. if it was in a place with capacitive loads it's true that the GFCI wouldn't trip due to loading. RBM (remove this) wrote: GFCI outlets do not act like a circuit breaker regardless of their amperage rating wrote in message ups.com... the gfci may be rated higher than the breaker, otherwise it would act like a breaker anyway. check the rating on the GFCI trip the GFCI and see what else doesn't work in the house (it should be limited to the kitchen) Empress2454 #124457 The best Games a href=http://www.gamestotal.com/Multiplayer Online Games/a a href=http://www.gamestotal.com/Strategy Games/abra href=http://uc.gamestotal.com/Unification Wars/a - a href=http://uc.gamestotal.com/Massive Multiplayer Online Games/abra href=http://gc.gamestotal.com/Galactic Conquest/a - a href=http://gc.gamestotal.com/Strategy Games/abra href=http://www.stephenyong.com/runescape.htmRunescape/abra href=http://www.stephenyong.com/kingsofchaos.htmKings of chaos/abr Anthona wrote: My microwave is on a separate circuit with a outlet ( the type name escapes me )...something fault or whatever. its white with a black and red button. The specs of oven is 700watts, 120 v ac 60 hz, 10 amps. Today, as reheating on high for 2 and 1/2 minutes, it conked out. This never happened before. I pressed both buttons on the outlet which did not seem to have any effect, so i had to go to the basement and reset the fuse. Is there something wrong with the oven or the circuit? |
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