Microwave - bulb gone?
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My microwave bulb went and it was really hard to reach and after I did it had only come loose in the holder. But once reassembled it needs re-testing with wave meter to ensure no leaks it would seem this is not really a user replaceable part.
The device for checking microwaves I had kept failing microwaves then on re-test would pass them. After some head scratching I realised it was not the microwave causing the fail but my mobile phone polling.
This raises two questions
1) Is the meter too sensitive?
2) Is the mobile phone safe?
I note my new fridge uses LED lights now, and there is a warning these are not user replaceable one wonders why microwaves still use tungsten? May be the RF in the microwave would damage the bulb?
The device for checking microwaves I had kept failing microwaves then on re-test would pass them. After some head scratching I realised it was not the microwave causing the fail but my mobile phone polling.
This raises two questions
1) Is the meter too sensitive?
2) Is the mobile phone safe?
I note my new fridge uses LED lights now, and there is a warning these are not user replaceable one wonders why microwaves still use tungsten? May be the RF in the microwave would damage the bulb?
Hi,
Thanks, that guide on google says something about remove screws from the hood louver panel over the oven door. One screw is in the center top down into the panel and the two other screws are on each end of the front panel.
But where are these screws located please - I can't see them?
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The answers are, in order, no, and yes.
Oddly enough, if you're checking for leaked radiation in the 2.4GHz band, you shouldn't have a 2.4GHz intentional radiator around.
When I microwave gets to this age, I think its just a case of you not bothering to replace the bulb, and get a new microwave at some point in the future.
Even with the 'throwaway' culture which surrounds us, it would seem a bit excessive to have to replace a microwave (assuming it still works satisfactorily) just because a bulb/lamp had failed!
Kind Regards, John
Couldn't agree more - this microwave has had careful usage and never been a let down once. It also has second-by-second control which some of the more modern microwaves lack, opting for generic timings for types of food, seems crazy to me
Yes - chucking something away because a bulb has gone is a terrible idea.
But if for other reasons you do need a new one, I can recommend this:
The timer granularity is 10s, which is fine in reality. Not so fine is that it won't let you set longer than 99m90s on the timer, which is often not enough when using the fan oven, but other than that I've got no complaints.
But if for other reasons you do need a new one, I can recommend this:
The timer granularity is 10s, which is fine in reality. Not so fine is that it won't let you set longer than 99m90s on the timer, which is often not enough when using the fan oven, but other than that I've got no complaints.
They would have had to pay for another display to be made instead of reusing stock they've had clanging around for 15 years.
Yup.
Looks like a case of 'snap'. We've had ours for a good few years, it having replaced a very similar one that did very many years of good service prior to that, and, like you I could certainly recommend it. One of the reasons we chose it was that, at least at the time, it seemed to have a larger cavity than most of the available alternatives. (apologies for all the reflections - it's not actually anything like as dirty as it looks {without flash, it looked even worse!}).
Kind Regards, John
Thanks: will probably cart it round a high street electrical shop - if such shops exist much longer - & ask them to replace the bulb - or it's to a charity shop. I am not tampering with & taking the whole back off a microwave just to replace a bulb
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