A roach climbed out of my Dolce Gusto machine because my roomate bought an infested chair. How can I make sure my machine is sanitary again?

First you get a person to stand on a chair and hold onto the bulb, then you get another person to turn the chair with the person standing on it, after about 7 turns the bulb should come out. Be sure to turn clockwise when looking down at the floor. Cheers.

Take of the main cover and turn upside down and give it a good shake to clean out.

Look into the connector and see the point of contact which is visible of the metal contacts. Now the carbon tracks must be on the side of the metal contacts of the connector. In this case it is possible that while you pulled out the flexible stip cord there is damage on the strip , can be that the carbon tracks were damaged and so it does not contact. if so use a carbon track pen to line the tracks so as to contact.
Reversing the cord will not do any damage as there will not be any contact.
finally make sure that the PCB( printed circuit board) was washed with petrol and brushed properly and then DRIED before the unit was powered or else it can damage the processor.
Check the connection leads that were removed and make sure that it went to the correct postion.
Sometimes the touch pads refuse to work once it is disturbed as it might get damaged in the carbon tracks within.

Be very carefull because a microwave stores a deadly charge. Most of the time a rodent or roach has shorted the terminals on youe capacitor. Please refer this matter to a tech for repair because of the danger

There is a 125V, 20 AMP line fuse inside the microwave. Its usually mounted on a small input line filter board at the point where the power cord enters the back of the unit. You will need to UNPLUG the microwave oven and remove the exterior case to access. The case comes off in various ways depending on manufacture and model. Searspartsdirect.com has some excellent exploded view parts illstrations you can use to assist you in component location and assembly.

If the model number is correct, the fuse is listed as item 55 in this parts illustration:

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There are also a couple of thermal cut-outs listed as items 51 and 52. These can affect the operation of the oven as well, but usually are related to overheating something in the oven cavity. If you haven't overheated the oven cavity recently, its probably the line fuse. (Popcorn and Potatoes are notorious for causing overheat problems).


You can purchase repacement fuses for appliances at any hardware store. Just make sure the rating is the same as manufacturer installed fuse. You need to purchase a 125V, 20AMP, slow blow for best results.

To answer your question about the fuse blowing when the unit is not in use...Yes, this does occur. You may have experienced a minor power fluctuation such as a brown out over the night that could have caused the fuse to blow. Some components are more sensistive to variations in current than others.

Another possibility that I have to mention is roaches. This does not in any way insinuate you live in filthy conditons, or have an infestation. I just need to mention that insects (such as roaches) are attracted to electronics. Especially, where there may be food. Since their body composition is mostly made up of water, if they crawl across an electrical component, they could cause a short circuit and blow a fuse.

If you have any questions, or need assistance troubleshooting, please post back and let me know. I hope you find this information helpful.

NOTE: Make sure you take any resistance readings with the microwave UNPLUGGED and the component under test isolated (removed) from the circuit.

the only way the unit that ive encountered with that problem was when bugs aka roaches ran across the circuit board and turned on a range while the customer was on vacation. sorry for being blunt. let me know if this help. you never know this tip might help prevent a fire.

If it's dead, ignore it.

Good day sir/ma,am there are possibilities that the roach spray solution got on the contact terminals. DO NOT Turn it on, let it dry for several days. just to make sure. 3 days is enough. or if you choose to operate it, you must clean dry the circuit board. it requires that you dismantle it, clean the terminals dry and reassemble it again. this may not sound good. you may need to call your service center to be safe. hope this helps.

If my wife saw that in our microwave, she would make me replace it after she finished freaking out two hours later. To get into the display, you will need to unplug the microwave and remove the cover to get into the display from the back. Watch out what you touch because you could get zapped by one of the capacitors.