Our microwave is less than 3 years old. It's a big fancy GE profile
Spacemaker XL that came with our brand new house. All of a sudden this
weekend it stopped working. If I put anything in it to heat, the light
glows, the plate rotates and it makes all noises just as if it's
working but Nothing is heating up inside. I have no clue what's going
on inside. Can anyone please suggest what I should do? I just can't
throw this away. Thanks.

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(ted) wrote:

Our microwave is less than 3 years old. It's a big fancy GE profile
Spacemaker XL that came with our brand new house. All of a sudden this
weekend it stopped working. If I put anything in it to heat, the light
glows, the plate rotates and it makes all noises just as if it's
working but Nothing is heating up inside. I have no clue what's going
on inside. Can anyone please suggest what I should do? I just can't
throw this away. Thanks.

Check your owner's manual to see how long the appliance is warranteed
for. If you're still covered by the warrantee period, find your nearest
GE service center (either from the manual or any other paperwork that
came with it, or by contacting GE customer service) and either take it
in or box it up and ship it.

Or if your tank's running a bit low on Christian morals and scruples,
you can just do what every other American consumer resorts to in such a
situation: Go to the nearest department store, by another brand new one
that's the exact same model as yours, then put the dead one in the box
(make sure you've cleaned it up absolutely impeccably put any stickers
and stuff from the new one on the old one, too -- it's supposed to be a
brand-new microwave, you know) and return it for full refund because it
doesn't work. Decline an exchange on grounds that if GE can't seem to
make a microwave that works right out of the box, you have no faith in
GE products. You can even appear to be incredibly annoyed for optional
returning-merchandise effect.

AJS

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I just can't
throw this away. Thanks.

Why not? Price up what a service call costs. Add a few bucks for parts.
Price up what a new microwave costs. If it's not under warantee, junk it.

My microwave started putting out bright orange flashes, loud HUMMMMs and
odd smells a few months ago. I could have replaced the Klystron (though
I've been rather skittish about high voltage supplies ever since I put a
finger on the 1200 volt plate supply of a photomultiplier tube), but for
$40 I bought a new microwave. They're cheap.

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: I just can't
: throw this away. Thanks.
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:Why not? Price up what a service call costs. Add a few bucks for parts.
:Price up what a new microwave costs. If it's not under warantee, junk it.
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:My microwave started putting out bright orange flashes, loud HUMMMMs and
dd smells a few months ago. I could have replaced the Klystron (though
:I've been rather skittish about high voltage supplies ever since I put a
:finger on the 1200 volt plate supply of a photomultiplier tube), but for
:$40 I bought a new microwave. They're cheap.
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I think it's call the magnetron, the thing that puts out the microwave
energy and it's probably gone bad. Maybe it was defective, maybe you ran
the thing empty one too many times or maybe you make a lot of microwave
popcorn - not good to run the MW without reasonably substantial contents
that will absorb the energy (popcorn doesn't do a good job of this).

Anyway, maybe your tube is guaranteed for 5 years, a good chance. In
that case, you can have GE replace it.

Take the cover off, disconnect the wires to the
klystron, take the silvery-looking case out by taking the four screws out,
pop the case, go into its innards, and find two truly excellent circular
magnets. Take them out, throw the rest away.

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(ted) wrote in
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I just can't
throw this away. Thanks.

Why not? Price up what a service call costs. Add a few bucks for parts.
Price up what a new microwave costs. If it's not under warantee, junk it.

My microwave started putting out bright orange flashes, loud HUMMMMs and
odd smells a few months ago. I could have replaced the Klystron (though
I've been rather skittish about high voltage supplies ever since I put a
finger on the 1200 volt plate supply of a photomultiplier tube), but for
$40 I bought a new microwave. They're cheap.


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Take the cover off, disconnect the wires to the
klystron, take the silvery-looking case out by taking the four screws out,
pop the case, go into its innards, and find two truly excellent circular
magnets. Take them out, throw the rest away.

Bad idea, there is lots of other good stuff in there. #1 always take
the power cord, it has 1000 uses. The transformer can be reworked into
a battery charger (actually a lot of work). The bare oven itself makes
a pretty good EMP shelter if you are worried about that stuff. I found
the klystron itself was an excellent art object to give to my daughter.
I told her it was something she used every day and she could not figurte
out what it was!!

--
free men own guns - slaves don't
www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/5357/

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wrote:

:Take the cover off, disconnect the wires to the
:klystron, take the silvery-looking case out by taking the four screws out,
op the case, go into its innards, and find two truly excellent circular
:magnets. Take them out, throw the rest away.

I take it that this is presented merely as a great source for excellent
magnets. Thanks! Maybe that's where I got a powerful magnet that I
screwed to my oven that holds the oven door closed. I had no idea where
it came from. It IS circular.


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: I just can't
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: Why not? Price up what a service call costs. Add a few bucks for parts.
: Price up what a new microwave costs. If it's not under warantee, junk it.
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: My microwave started putting out bright orange flashes, loud HUMMMMs and
: odd smells a few months ago. I could have replaced the Klystron (though
: I've been rather skittish about high voltage supplies ever since I put a
: finger on the 1200 volt plate supply of a photomultiplier tube), but for
: $40 I bought a new microwave. They're cheap.
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(ted) wrote in
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I just can't
throw this away. Thanks.

Why not? Price up what a service call costs. Add a few bucks for
parts. Price up what a new microwave costs. If it's not under
warantee, junk it.

My microwave started putting out bright orange flashes, loud HUMMMMs
and odd smells a few months ago. I could have replaced the Klystron
(though I've been rather skittish about high voltage supplies ever
since I put a finger on the 1200 volt plate supply of a
photomultiplier tube), but for $40 I bought a new microwave. They're
cheap.

OTOH,my 20 yr old Sharp made a loud snap two years ago,and I opened it
up,replaced the open fuse,shorted HV cap and rectifier diode for $26.00,and
it's been working fine ever since.And it's one of the old LARGE cavity MW-
ovens,not those sandwich warmers sold today.Now if his MW is one of those
little jobs,then yes,get a new one.

I'd hand-carry it into a local appliance repair shop(not a TV repair
shop,an APPLIANCE repair shop;check your Yellow Pages),and see what they
have to say.

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik-at-kua.net

Just maybe the best - certainly funniest - advice on servicing microwaves
I've ever read! ROTFLOL


"Michael Baugh" wrote in message
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Take the cover off, disconnect the wires to the
klystron, take the silvery-looking case out by taking the four screws out,
pop the case, go into its innards, and find two truly excellent circular
magnets. Take them out, throw the rest away.

(ted) wrote in message . com...

Hi,

Our microwave is less than 3 years old. It's a big fancy GE profile
Spacemaker XL that came with our brand new house.

Model#?
http://www.applianceaid.com/model.html
Some model# helps.

All of a sudden this
weekend it stopped working. If I put anything in it to heat, the light
glows, the plate rotates and it makes all noises just as if it's
working but Nothing is heating up inside. I have no clue what's going
on inside.

A copy from the FAQ sections....

Q - My microwave is running and sounds like it is working but will not
heat up anything.

A - Many thing can do this but, common things are....loose high
voltage wire.....poor solder joint on board.....magnetron.....power
relay.....

Can anyone please suggest what I should do? I just can't
throw this away. Thanks.

The big ticket item ( Magnetron ) has a 5 year parts warranty, check
with local GE warranty depot to have them check it out for you....it
is cheaper to bring the unit into thier shop than it is to have them
come to your home to check the microwave.

jeff.
Appliance Repair Aid
http://www.applianceaid.com/

In article ,
Nick Hull wrote:

In article ,
"Michael Baugh" wrote:

Take the cover off, disconnect the wires to the
klystron, take the silvery-looking case out by taking the four screws out,
pop the case, go into its innards, and find two truly excellent circular
magnets. Take them out, throw the rest away.

Bad idea, there is lots of other good stuff in there. #1 always take
the power cord, it has 1000 uses. The transformer can be reworked into
a battery charger (actually a lot of work). The bare oven itself makes
a pretty good EMP shelter if you are worried about that stuff. I found
the klystron itself was an excellent art object to give to my daughter.
I told her it was something she used every day and she could not figurte
out what it was!!

McGyver!!! We've all been missing you since your show went off the air.

AJS

I had the same problem with my microwave. I opened the case and checked the
fuse inside. Fuse was good so I disconnected all the wire plugs inside and
reconnected them. Put the case back on and it has been working fine ever
since. Must have been a loose connection somewhere. If you are comfortable
taking things apart I would suggest checking all connections (and the fuse)
inside before deciding to scrap it.
--
NitroJunkie

"ted" wrote in message
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Our microwave is less than 3 years old. It's a big fancy GE profile
Spacemaker XL that came with our brand new house. All of a sudden this
weekend it stopped working. If I put anything in it to heat, the light
glows, the plate rotates and it makes all noises just as if it's
working but Nothing is heating up inside. I have no clue what's going
on inside. Can anyone please suggest what I should do? I just can't
throw this away. Thanks.

GE General Electric sucks

I bought an emerson for 60 bucks ten years ago.
It was manufactured outside the US. I repainted it twice.
American products stink.

"ted" wrote in message
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Our microwave is less than 3 years old. It's a big fancy GE profile
Spacemaker XL that came with our brand new house. All of a sudden this

Sucka

weekend it stopped working. If I put anything in it to heat, the light
glows, the plate rotates and it makes all noises just as if it's

.... laughing at you.

working but Nothing is heating up inside. I have no clue what's going

Vote for Bush again.

on inside. Can anyone please suggest what I should do? I just can't

Call up American Moving Company

throw this away. Thanks.

Store it.

voodoo disease 666

(ted) wrote in message . com...
Our microwave is less than 3 years old. It's a big fancy GE profile
Spacemaker XL that came with our brand new house. All of a sudden this
weekend it stopped working. If I put anything in it to heat, the light
glows, the plate rotates and it makes all noises just as if it's
working but Nothing is heating up inside. I have no clue what's going
on inside. Can anyone please suggest what I should do? I just can't
throw this away. Thanks.

I have seen this problem on that model in subdivisions where the GE
truck was very busy keeping up with all the repairs. The magnetron is
the heart of the appliance and should last for many years. They seem
to be going bad on this model and GE has been replacing them with
in-house service FREE. Start with a complaint. I was fortunate enough
to be able to check the magnetron myself so I knew what the service
man would find, if he was honest, and he was.