Via Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 Have had a run of kitchen appliances blowing up over this year... fridge, washing machine, oven and recently microwave (last 2 in a couple of weeks).This may well be common knowledge (especially as replacements fairly easy to get hold of) but sharing just in case like me, others don't know.At first look it appeared disastrous, when turned on it made a load arcing noise and bright spark coming from the side. On closer look where it was sparking there appeared to be this piece of cardboard on the side, never even noticed it there before (and yes it does get cleaned occasionally ).Thought it a bit coincidental that spark was occurring there so I jumped on trusty google, turns out this cardboard like thing is actually a mica sheet which is used to scatter the waves from magnatron which sits behind. My microwave is probably about 10 years old now but it does it's job, this sheet had deteriorated and started to bubble and crack.Jumped on amazon, and bought a pack of 5 standard sheets for £6.99 and using old one as a template cut sheet to correct shape with a knife, microwave working fine again now.Nice cheap simple fix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikestrivens Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 Well done, saved another appliance going to landfill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geofferz Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 Yeah that's good - that's deffo the kind of thing I'd have chucked away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six30 Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 10 years old.... Time to chuck it .You had any probs with your washing machine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerontious Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 10 years old.... Time to chuck it . My Microwave is 29yrs old.. came from the Freemans Catalogue, a Christmas present in 1989. Ive no reason to chuck it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six30 Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 10 years old.... Time to chuck it . My Microwave is 29yrs old.. came from the Freemans Catalogue, a Christmas present in 1989. Ive no reason to chuck it. How dated it must look is enough reason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Posted November 12, 2018 Author Share Posted November 12, 2018 10 years old.... Time to chuck it . My Microwave is 29yrs old.. came from the Freemans Catalogue, a Christmas present in 1989. Ive no reason to chuck it. How dated it must look is enough reason Yeah because modern microwaves look so much better compared to the old metal box ones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six30 Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 Bet the pair of you have to put 50 pence in the back of your TV to watch it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickly Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 10 years old.... Time to chuck it . My Microwave is 29yrs old.. came from the Freemans Catalogue, a Christmas present in 1989. Ive no reason to chuck it. Did it come in a mahogany chest with a wrought iron lock? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerontious Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 10 years old.... Time to chuck it . My Microwave is 29yrs old.. came from the Freemans Catalogue, a Christmas present in 1989. Ive no reason to chuck it. Did it come in a mahogany chest with a wrought iron lock? No, it came in a cardboard box with "Hitachi - made in japan" a photo of said antique. Doesnt look dated to me.. but then im no expert on microwave fashion. It used to be all white.. but over the years the enamel has turned as you can see an ivory/cream colour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six30 Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 My Microwave is 29yrs old.. came from the Freemans Catalogue, a Christmas present in 1989. Ive no reason to chuck it. Did it come in a mahogany chest with a wrought iron lock? No, it came in a cardboard box with "Hitachi - made in japan" a photo of said antique.P1000002.JPGDoesnt look dated to me.. but then im no expert on microwave fashion. It used to be all white.. but over the years the enamel has turned as you can see an ivory/cream colour. Arghh yes , The Fanny Craddock limited edition , might be worth a few quid . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerontious Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 Arghh yes , The Fanny Craddock limited edition , might be worth a few quid . No.. its just an old machine that still works well. nothing special at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkW Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 You have to be very careful doing your own microwave oven repairs. Get it wrong and it'll zap your nads as you're waiting for your Pot Noodle to heat up, instantly turning you into a girl. One minute you'll be standing there, quietly contemplating some of life's great imponderables, like how many tigers it would take to kill a tiger shark, and the next minute you'll be reorganising your shopping list in aisle order and wondering what domestic benefits might accrue from the purchase of a set of stackable Tupperware fridge containers.Well known, that is... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bender Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 My Microwave is 29yrs old.. came from the Freemans Catalogue, a Christmas present in 1989. Ive no reason to chuck it. Did it come in a mahogany chest with a wrought iron lock? No, it came in a cardboard box with "Hitachi - made in japan" a photo of said antique.P1000002.JPGDoesnt look dated to me.. but then im no expert on microwave fashion. It used to be all white.. but over the years the enamel has turned as you can see an ivory/cream colour. Dude I can't belive we just threw our old one out, you could have hade it, all it needed was completely stripping, the inside sand blasted, re coated and put back together, it was from this century though so may not have blended in with your kitchen appliances Seriously though if it keeps it going and it's working fine now good fix, I had noticed the bit of card many years ago did wonder what it's purpose was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SometimesSansEngine Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 All I know is that the only decent microwave has two controls: powah and time.These fancy ones with touch buttons and "pizza" settings are just pointless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIKERDAD Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 10 years old.... Time to chuck it . My Microwave is 29yrs old.. came from the Freemans Catalogue, a Christmas present in 1989. Ive no reason to chuck it. An in the words of trigga (fools an horses) the microwave has had 20 new plugs 10 glass plates and 12 new microwaves . How is it the same microwave Because it's still in my kitchen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastbob Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 Remember Unlucky Alf ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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