"Silver Surfer" wrote in message
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Ran a little experiment on the GE microwave oven that has been vexing me
per my postings here a few days ago. As you may recall this GE oven will
perform flawlessly with its control panel tilted out at about a 45 degree
angle, but shuts off after only a few seconds with the panel in its normal
position.

Happened to notice that the display began to act weird as the board was
tilted upward to nearly vertical. Got some aluminum foil and cut a piece
that would fit inside a plastic sandwich bad. Carefully draped this
"shield" over the control board on the inside of the cabinet where it
mounts. Tried the oven. Worked perfectly. No more display problems. No
more shutting off early.

What do you think the shield is blocking? My intention is to permanently
mount this shield and resume using the oven.

Sounds more like an intermittent connection.