jase555

went to use the microwave last night and nothing,

basically all works, lights , noise etc but does not heat anything

Is in knackered

thanks

jase

(ps had to make do with a cold slice of pizza)

SWRTWannabe

Try cleaning the door seals and surrounds - it might be that the door is "shut enough" to activate the motor and light, but not enough to operate the magnetron.

Only a guess, but cheaper to check than shelling out on a new one!

beemerboy

dont pi55 about with these things,
buy a new one, for safeties sake if it is more than 3 yrs old.

they are only about 40 squiddleys now, or so.
better then a fried brain!!!

just my thoughts.
(i have been watching too much sci-fi, i know)
BB

fast bloke

BB - fried brain? Have you been trying to gas yourself in the microwave again?

The Zohan

This may be an urban myth but here goes

A bloke had a burger van type thing, installed a couplle of microwaves but had a problem witrh not being able to open the doors due to a lack of space, this became a pain working around them.

He took the doors off and jury rigged the door switches so they would still work, after a few days was taken into hospital to find he had nuked his kidneys.
OUCH!

PeteT

When you turn it on, about a second after the fan starts and the turntable starts going round you should hear a fairly faint metallic noise for about half a second. This is the magnetron thingy firing up, it's what heats up the food. If you can't hear it start up it's fcuked. Prolly cheapest to buy a new microwave in that case unless you've got one of the expensive ones.

Hope this helps.

barge

get a new one