Re: How long should a microwave last?


"Ste" <ste_rose0@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:b48521b4-c7c1-4430-b4d8-9961b05ed975@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 2 July, 15:28, "Ivan" <ivan'H'ol...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"Mrcheerful" <nbk...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

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> Ian wrote:
>> With the Sale of Goods Act and "fit for purpose" in the back of my
>> mind, what is a reasonable time for a microwave to last these days?

>> I bought a Panasonic T545WFQ new from John Lewis about two and a half
>> years ago, and it's started blowing fuses. After replacing the 13A
>> fuse (in the mains plug) the electronic display works OK, but as soon
>> as I press Start, the fuse blows. My guess is there is a fault either
>> in the turntable motor or in the magnetron circuitry somewhere.

>> The microwave has only had light domestic use, mainly for defrosting
>> rather than cooking.

>> Ideas anyone?

> a quality make such as yours could reasonably be expected to last > twenty
> years or so, whether a court would agree is different.

Our Toshiba ER - 7620 has performed faultlessly (except a bulb failure)
since we bought it in the mid 1980s, however I suppose despite governments
crying on about conservation, wasted energy and pollution they seem to
welcome (and dare I say it, actively encourage) the kind of mass consumerism
which generates jobs and taxes that the stuff winding up as 'unserviceable'
junk in landfills after four or five years creates.



The problem is that you must pay for durability - I'll bet you paid a
fair crack for your microwave back in the mid 80s.


Yes but it does have a very nice stainless steel oven compartment, something which wasn't quite as commonplace as it is nowadays back then.

Also, I'll bet it now looks as dated as your grandfather's
transistor radio.


Looks dated, yes I'd forgotten about that, another sound ecological reason for relegating it to the nearest landfill.. Although something I will concede I've done myself in the past.


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