Comments on: Our Microwave is Dead http://www.bethanyjensen.com/2008/04/09/our-microwave-is-dead/ Or "Try, Try Again" Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:24:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bethany http://www.bethanyjensen.com/2008/04/09/our-microwave-is-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-111 Bethany Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:39:12 +0000 http://www.bethanyjensen.com/?p=391#comment-111 Thanks for the tip Karen! There's a little metal plate in our microwave that apparently has a hole burned into it. I'll bet that's the diffuser plate you're talking about. We haven't gotten a new microwave yet, and if it's as easy as replacing a plate for $3 I'm on my way to the electrical supply store. Thanks for the tip Karen! There’s a little metal plate in our microwave that apparently has a hole burned into it. I’ll bet that’s the diffuser plate you’re talking about. We haven’t gotten a new microwave yet, and if it’s as easy as replacing a plate for $3 I’m on my way to the electrical supply store.

]]> By: Karen http://www.bethanyjensen.com/2008/04/09/our-microwave-is-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-112 Karen Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:27:31 +0000 http://www.bethanyjensen.com/?p=391#comment-112 Sometimes there is a very inexpensive fix for when a microwave arcs, assuming it isn't being caused by whatever you put in it. There is frequently a small diffuser plate made out of mica on the inside of the microwave that needs to be kept clean (simply by wiping off any splatters that happen). If it gets grease or food on it, it can cause arcing and also might put a burn mark on the plate surface. I found a replacement diffuser plate at a local electrical supply store for under $3 and fixed the microwave myself. Before that, I thought I had to get a new one. Thank goodness for the internet and Google! Sometimes there is a very inexpensive fix for when a microwave arcs, assuming it isn’t being caused by whatever you put in it. There is frequently a small diffuser plate made out of mica on the inside of the microwave that needs to be kept clean (simply by wiping off any splatters that happen). If it gets grease or food on it, it can cause arcing and also might put a burn mark on the plate surface. I found a replacement diffuser plate at a local electrical supply store for under $3 and fixed the microwave myself. Before that, I thought I had to get a new one. Thank goodness for the internet and Google!

]]> By: Rachel http://www.bethanyjensen.com/2008/04/09/our-microwave-is-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-110 Rachel Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:48:18 +0000 http://www.bethanyjensen.com/?p=391#comment-110 You are a better woman than I if you can go without a micro! WOW! NOT ME...and really, micros are so cheap anymore that you might as well just buy a new one and have it last several years instead of buying a used one and hoping it makes it a few months, and then have to do that process all over again. Ours broke a few months ago and it wasn't even a year old--SO disappointing! But we sprang for a new one and it wasn't more than $115...WORTH EVERY PENNY! You are a better woman than I if you can go without a micro! WOW! NOT ME…and really, micros are so cheap anymore that you might as well just buy a new one and have it last several years instead of buying a used one and hoping it makes it a few months, and then have to do that process all over again.

Ours broke a few months ago and it wasn’t even a year old–SO disappointing! But we sprang for a new one and it wasn’t more than $115…WORTH EVERY PENNY!

]]> By: Larsitron http://www.bethanyjensen.com/2008/04/09/our-microwave-is-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-109 Larsitron Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:16:41 +0000 http://www.bethanyjensen.com/?p=391#comment-109 Yeah. There are certain things in life that I'll never do. Number 1 is hire a lawyer with a jingle. Number 2 (recently created and promoted) is buy a microwave from a yard sale. Microwaves are used quite a bit in scientific research to heat up nasty bits for microscopy and the like so I just couldn't trust anything I didn't take out of a sealed box... Yeah. There are certain things in life that I’ll never do. Number 1 is hire a lawyer with a jingle. Number 2 (recently created and promoted) is buy a microwave from a yard sale. Microwaves are used quite a bit in scientific research to heat up nasty bits for microscopy and the like so I just couldn’t trust anything I didn’t take out of a sealed box…

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