About once every 7-8 times I use my microwave oven, I get this awful, very loud electrical buzzing and popping sound. It's so loud that it's very startling. Sounds like what I imagine someone getting electrocuted would sound like... I immediately shut the power off, then restart it, and it usually goes away until the next time, which is, again, typically 7 or 8 uses later... What gives?
I don't ever put anything metal in my microwave, so that's not it, in case that's what you were thinking...
2007-02-27 08:51:42 · 6 answers · asked by Slappy McStretchNuts 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
It never stops working when it makes the noise. But it's such a horrible sound, that I leap to it and turn it off, in case something catches fire.
No, the noise occurs whether the food item is frozen or thawed.
2007-02-27 09:05:23 · update #1
Sounds like maybe the waveguide cover needs to be replaced. Certain foods cause a reaction with the waveguide, and sometimes it sparks, and you might not be seeing the sparks, btu hearing the effects. Go to http://www3.sears.com/ and look up your model number and see if its worth replacing. Good luck.
2007-02-27 13:44:35 · answer #1 · answered by mason 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it is worth salvaging. Unless you've got a real fancy one with all the probes and browning capability - I'd pitch it and get another.
I used to repair these when they were expensive. But I won't even fix my own anymore. My last one was 31 years old. Got fed up fixing it. New one was $68 and is just perfect.
2007-02-27 17:32:35 · answer #2 · answered by KirksWorld 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
most of the reasons a microwave dies is a blown fuse, there are only three or four, they can be easily changed for a buck or two by yourself, so dont throw it away. You may have a broken wire though.
2007-02-27 17:02:46 · answer #3 · answered by tomhale138 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My advice is if it worth saving, take it to your neighborhood appliance repair shop and get him to give it a look over and cleaning. It was all it needed when my old one acted like that. It worked a few more years then burnt out. House dust shorts it out. Cheers!
2007-02-27 17:07:36 · answer #4 · answered by Margaret Rose C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Theres prob a lose wire... or a cut wire... Either way... I think that when it comes to something like that its time to get a new Microwave.. stop using it . one of these times something dangerous could happen.
2007-02-27 17:01:43 · answer #5 · answered by Globaby 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
random thoughts. are you thawing food when this happens? if so your ice crystles may contain just enough iron to cause the nothern lights and the sounds your hearing
2007-02-27 17:00:16 · answer #6 · answered by oildog#1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋