Microwave

sss3 · #1 09/27/12, 07:15 AM

For those of you that fix things. Plate does not rotate. Can this be fixed?

Alice In TX/MO · #2 09/27/12, 07:16 AM

We took ours back to Sears and they fixed it. Remember YOU can turn the plate half way through the time. Originally, microwave ovens didn't have turntables.

Paquebot · #3 09/27/12, 09:11 AM

Every microwave can be fixed. Problem is to find a shop willing to work on it an order the parts. If I had it, I could fix it. My brother was in that business for half of his life and I was with him in it for 7 years. I was mostly involved with commercial types which were definitely not throwaways at $500 to $5,000.

But as Alice said, you don't need the turntable to cook with it. Many types had it so a midway point could be set for the cook to stir and resume cooking. That's about the only thing that the turntable eliminated. In the process, added a second moving part which meant 50% more chance of a failure.

Martin

gran26 · #4 09/27/12, 11:47 AM

Probably not the case -- but sometimes....
My microwave has a button to turn off the turntable. If you have this could someone have accidently turned it off?

sss3 · #5 09/27/12, 02:34 PM

Don't have button.

Joshie · #6 09/27/12, 02:42 PM

Does it have to turn? This house came with my first turn table microwave. I'm not especially impressed.

NickyBlade · #7 09/27/12, 03:49 PM

You can still keep using it. Microwave popcorn is really the only thing that doesn't cook all the way (extra left over kernels).

In a couple months it will magically start working again... and then stop again... and then work again... on and on.

Ravenlost · #8 09/27/12, 07:45 PM

My microwave won't start cooking. Everything else on it is working. You can even set the time to cook, but when you hit start the only thing that happens is the time starts counting down...no microwaving occurs. Last night we managed to get it off the wall (above the range microwave) and hubby is going to take it to the appliance repairman we use. Maybe it's just a fuse, but hubby isn't mechanically inclined and refuses to let me take it apart.

frankva · #9 09/29/12, 05:42 AM

Just on the outside chance that you just removed and cleaned the turntable or interior, verify that the spindle unit that the platter sits on is seated properly.

I had one that the spindle would lift out to clean the interior...

sherry in Maine · #10 09/29/12, 06:25 AM

my turntable stopped working.
Friend fixed it.
Look it up on Utube (I cant remember if that's where he found it)
Or look up troubleshooting guide from the brand name?
He had to replace some metal thing . . . .(sorry I dont remember the name)

Joshie · #11 09/29/12, 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Ravenlost

My microwave won't start cooking. Everything else on it is working. You can even set the time to cook, but when you hit start the only thing that happens is the time starts counting down...no microwaving occurs. Last night we managed to get it off the wall (above the range microwave) and hubby is going to take it to the appliance repairman we use. Maybe it's just a fuse, but hubby isn't mechanically inclined and refuses to let me take it apart.

You'd probably spend less to just get a new one. I read just today that the cost of a dishwasher tray approaches the cost of a new appliance.