Microwave buggered?

[spunko]

I have a 5 year old AEG integrated Microwave (I know with hindsight AEG are shit, but I have it now...). It is a microwave/grill combi. Yesterday it started half heating food i.e. only warm. It's also much quieter, to me it doesn't sound like the fan is working. I've checked the settings/wattage and they're the same.

Anyone know if there's some sort of cut-out or "limp mode" secruity thing, like on a car, for a broken fan? I don't want to chuck it, it cost me about £300.

[nirvana]

I'll give you a tenner for it....you can make something out of one of the bits inside, I forget what it is now, a generator or summit like that lol

[Snark]

I'd check the vents at the back, they tend to get full of dust and then either the fan stops or the magnetron over heats.

[belfastchild]

Id offer some advice but considering when my 20 year old zanussi started playing up I just bought another one.

Even I wouldnt fuck about inside a microwave, its probably one of the only electrical appliances left in the house that can kill you if you arent very careful. Parts of it can kill you quickly and other parts can kill you very slowly.

[MrPin]

On 07/10/2021 at 19:08, belfastchild said:

Id offer some advice but considering when my 20 year old zanussi started playing up I just bought another one.

Even I wouldnt fuck about inside a microwave, its probably one of the only electrical appliances left in the house that can kill you if you arent very careful. Parts of it can kill you quickly and other parts can kill you very slowly.

Don't look inside. It's basically a 800 Watt microwave generator.

A new one costs £45 at a local supermarket.

[jm51]

Inside a microwave is enough current to kill and enough voltage to jump an air gap.