[TheForge] Microwave Question OT

Mon Feb 16 17:42:07 2004

Steve,

It doesn't happen to be a Whirpool unit does it?

Dave

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Howell Steve" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 4:01 PM
Subject: RE: [TheForge] Microwave Question OT

> Dave-
>
> I've got the same thing happening at my house: New microwave oven blowing
> the circuit.
> I just chased out the old knob and tube wiring thinking that was the
> problem. I replaced it with 12 gauge wire and 'POOF'  it'll still blow a
> brand-new 20 amp breaker. It DID NOT win me the bonus points with the wife
I
> was hoping for.
> Steve
> >>>>>>>>>>>
>
> Grover -- this is not about the heavy metal session OT but about my home
> microwave.
>
> It is new, less than a year old, rated at 1100 watts, max current 13.6 -- 
> yet we are having trouble with it knocking out the breaker  rather often.
> It is on a 20 amp breaker, no. 12 wire, with nothing else on that breaker
so
> it should not trip.  I have not yet changed out the break to see if it is
> going bad but it was new too -- same age as the microwave.  (new house)
>
> It does not always trip -- maybe every 10 to 15 times it is started.  Also
> the microwave kind of "clunks" when starting?  can the magnetron be loose?
> Also I get a heavy hum (60 hertz) at the breaker when starting.
>
> I know I can change out the breaker, and also open up the microwave to see
> it something is loose but it is a build-in and so far I have been too lazy
> to do either.
>
> Just wondering if you ever ran into this.
>
> Dave Smucker
>
>
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