On Wed, 8 Feb 2006 16:12:33 -0600, Andrew Rossmann wrote:


In article ews.net,
says...
I think there's an inverse relationship between age and reliability of
mircowaves. The older the microwave, the more likely it is to still
work.

My parents have an old Litton from '79 or '80, I think. It has a glass
panel touchpad, a wire tray so you could have 2 levels, and a
temperature sensor. The power transformer was replaced when relatively
new, and I've replaced one of the door interlock switches a few times
(they gum up), but as far as I know, it's still working.

Hell with that, I used to have one with the mechanical timer that I bought
used around '85. Instead of having to press 7-10 button to turn it on,
you'd just give the knob a quick twist, each twist being good for about 3-4
minuts on the dial. A separate wheel bumped the time by increments of 10
minutes. The variable power setting was handled by a separate knob and could
be adjusted at any time.

That microwave got retired after having put into storage without being
cleaned first. When it was taken out of storage, the food grime had
turned into a frightening new life form growing all over the interior walls.