Re: GE Microwave question



Steve B wrote:
I have one of those SpaceSaver GE microwaves that goes over the range. It doesn't heat. The lights come on, and it whizzes and whirs, and the turntable moves, but no heat.

Are these worth getting fixed? Are there user serviceable fuses? Would I be tossing good money after bad to have it fixed, or should I just replace it?

Steve


I bought a small GE microwave at a garage sale for 2 bucks. It did the same thing as you described. I got a used transformer for 5 bucks at the local appliance store, for some reason they had taken it out of another microwave and it was setting on a shelf. Seemed to me like it was worth a try. Put the used transformer in and that fixed it. It's been working since, 5 or 6 years since the repair and I use that microwave a lot, a whole lot. I remember the guy said the transformer was from a different brand but it was obviously the same transformer.
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