mm wrote:
I just got out of the hospital with a broken arm and abdominal
surgery. (you don't want to know the gory details) It's very hard to
do anything. I live alone.

I have a small microwave whhich had an intermittent fuse. This
happened a week before I was hospitaized, and I hadn't fixed it yet.
It would be great to have hot food. I can replace the fuse but
finding and getting and and putting on the metal cover, the cabinet,
is probably beyond me. It it safe to use without that outside cover?
How far away would I have to be?

What if I do find the cover but I can't do more than lay it on top, in
place, but can't even put one screw in. Does the cover help at all
wihout any screws? What about one screw? Does the screw have to be
in tight?

Thanks a lot.

So far as I recall, the ONLY unique hazards connected with a microwave are
its interference with some, older, pacemakers and exacerbating cataracts if
you put your eyeball in the oven. If you were using a megawatt radar dish
to warm you chocolate bar, you might get a hot hand, but otherwise...

Other hazards, that a microwave shares with a toaster, are electric shock
from exposed components or possibly a fire.