GE Spacemaker JVM1640SJ Microwave Oven "heating odor smells electrical" Questions

...electrical smell and it didn't heat the coffee. Always taken good care of it, we fix most things ourselves, but unfamiliar with microwaves. Any suggestions? Thanks! The most common problem would be ...

...heating and the electric odor. Filters and inside are clean MOST LIKELY YOU HAVE WHAT IS CALLED A MAGNETRON THAT HAS FAILED... IT IS THE PART THAT DOES ALL THE HEATING ...YOU DO ALSO HAVE A HIGH ...

microwave has sort of burning odor,electrical smell This caused by a defective magnetron, "heats food" and the odor is a classic symptom of a bad magnetron, cheaper to replace.

Heating Problems We have a Microwave, it's a SpaceMaker XL1400. We noticed that everything on the microwave works except it won't heat up and it has a burning smell after a minute. What could this be?

does not heat food Makes a humming sound, can smell electrical odor. it gets power, the turn-table works, it has a side toaster that works fine. call that company server

...odor, not a bad electrical smell, but not pleasant either. Not necessarily worth fixing, but if it's something simple and cheap... With the symptoms you have, I would most strongly suspect a shorted ...

...heating hum. The other morning it stopped making that noise and no hum anymore either. The fan runs, the turntable turns the timer times but it won't heat. Also the timer when set for one minute goes ...

...electrical odor, which is sometimes obscured by the cooling fan. Sometimes a whole new inverter is cheaper than the time and labor required to fix the old one. If a technician is willing and able to ...

...heating. It turns on for a while and then stops with an error message F-7: Call for service. There is a mini-manual inside the oven which can aid in troubleshooting. If you or a friend decide to work ...

...odor, which is thinned out by the cooling fan). Manufacturers generally do not encourage or assist technicians to repair microwave inverters. They offer the inverter as a whole assembly, and they are ...