The incredible (incredibly dangerous) backwards microwave oven

I’m so sorry to have another appliance story for you, but I’ve done it again.  Suddenly last night, without warning, the microwave oven started to act as if it was opposite day.  You know how a microwave is supposed to automatically shut off whenever you open the door?  Well, our microwave (a high-powered thing that can make oblivion of a cheese slice in 7 seconds flat) now starts to run on high power whenever the door is opened.  And it will only operate with the door open.  As soon as the door is closed, nada, silence, darkness.  Open door and whoosh, dangerous microwaves give me new diseases.  Of course I didn’t allow this to go on for more than a second, and only because I was in a state of shocked confusion, but c’mon… I’m down to a leaky washing machine, a dryer, and the oven.  Then I’m out of appliances to damage.  The freaky thing about the microwave is that when the door is opened and it’s actively “baking”, it’s not even programmed to be cooking.  All the times have been cleared, I’ve left it unplugged, etc.  Is this the class action suit to finally solve my financial issues (I said, tongue in cheek)?  Get me to a tort lawyer, stat! 

On a note of complete unamusement, I’ve had to put all blog comments on moderation.  I’m sorry, but the spammers are just too active and I don’t want their stupid comments live for even sixty seconds.  I get email notification of comments three times an hour, so I promise your intelligent and beloved comment will show up quickly, but the spammer’s comments will just hit the delete bin, where they belong.  Sorry for any inconvenience.

Posted by Leigh-Ann on 10/12 at 01:23 AM

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  1. I feel terrible for you with regard to our appliance woes, but I must admit this post made me laugh out loud.

    Did you ever find out what was wrong with it? Or did you have to throw it out and get a new one?

    Posted by jg  on  10/28  at  07:28 PM

  2. Sorry I’ve been slow to answer this, Jenna… I did some research and it seems that our brand of microwave commonly develops a bad door switch and this ends up being the result.  All signs indicate that the microwave is not irradiating us when it runs with the door open—apparently the “magnetron” (I’m not making that word up) isn’t running, just the fan and the turntable.  We can’t afford to buy a new one, so for now we use it by 1. unplugging it then placing the food item inside and closing the door 2. setting it and then running it normally 3. unplugging it so we can open the door to remove the food.  This isn’t too bad unless it something which needs to be frequently stirred, because stirring means opening the door, and that means unplugging and plugging back in every time. 

    I need to look up my exact microwave model number, and I think I can buy a replacement switch for about $20.  Hopefully I’ll be able to fix it.

    On a related note, we’ve had two months of super-high water bills and couldn’t figure out why.  Then I decided to check on one of the toilets by removing the tank lid, and discovered that the flapper has somehow “shrunken”, thus forcing the tank to constantly refill (because it’s constantly draining).  Now we know where $50 worth of water has gone each of the last two months, and we’ve shut the water supply to that toilet off completely.  I didn’t have any fun last time I had to replace the workings of a toilet tank, and I’m not looking forward to this time, either.

    Posted by Leigh-Ann  on  11/08  at  05:50 AM

  3. Sounds like you have gremlins in your house!

    Posted by jg  on  11/08  at  07:56 PM
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