On Sep 24, 10:17*pm, Too_Many_Tools wrote:
I have a microwave that just died...the control board is dead.

I have had this microwave for a number of years and suspect I could
wire a substitute for the controller...likely a timer.

So is this microwave worth saving?

I note that the new ones look like they have been "valued engineered"
to where they may not be the best for the long run.

Your opinion?

Thanks

TMT

I feel the same way. My old Panasonic microwave lasted many years.
But the last Panasonic microwave only last slightly more than 2
years. I am wondering whether there is something to do with the
weight of the microwave. My old one weight a lot. The pre-maturally
dead one weight very little even though they were the same size.
There are models in the market: some are very light weight, some are
heavy. May be we should start buying microwave by their weight?

Jay Chan