Burnt out light bulb ?

You know it's time to clean the microwave when you start hearing tiny high pitched screams every time you turn it on...

MEXICOWANDERER wrote:


I appreciate the inside light when I have to line up the glass platter with the driver cog.

that's what you get for cleaning the MW
bumpy :)

To hell with changing light bulbs in microwave ovens...


I soldered in a 3-amp 1,000 PIV diode

Which cuts lamp brightness a bit but will increase lifespan to decades.

Other bulbs of that fit are brighter but I didn't bother.

I appreciate the inside light when I have to line up the glass platter with the driver cog.

I've changed the bulb in an Apollo AAC24 half time oven. The oven has to come out, and its case has to come off. Stupid design. My Panasonic microwave at home is the same, except it's just sitting on the countertop. When my Apollo bulb went out I ignored it. It was only when there was a control board failure that I pulled it out and did the bulb at the same time.

How many rv.net posters does it take to change a light bulb?

Find the exact model # and Google it with the words "replace light bulb". More than likely someone has posted a Youtube video or written detailed instructions on how to do it.

Our home microwave had an issue where when we closed the door it wouldn't cook. The solution was to bend a piece of metal inside where the door switch was attached. A common issue with this particular microwave. Two different independent repair shops posted Youtube videos on how to fix it.

SaltiDawg wrote:

Bumpyroad wrote:
surely somebody here has switched their bulb to an LED to limit parasitic loads.

How would that eliminate a parasitic load. :h

that is something I learned here in a thread on replacing tail light bulbs. :)
bumpy

Bumpyroad wrote:
surely somebody here has switched their bulb to an LED to limit parasitic loads.

How would that eliminate a parasitic load. :h

If you try this yourself, be sure to discharge the capacitors or you may be in for a nasty shock if you accidentally touch the wrong wires.

why bother? I can't really see what is happening thru that front glass anyhow. and mine have all chimed when time is up.
bumpy