If you are at all capable of taking the unit apart, no disrespect intended, but first do the simple check and make sure that all is good, nothing blocking air flow, etc.
Then you should try to plug it in and try it again.
The reason here is that the device could have overheated and either blew a thermal fuse or hopefully it had a bi-metal heat breaker for a better description. If this device overheats, the contacts separate and power is cut.
Once things cool down overall, the bi-metal cutout also cools down and it's contacts close again and power will return. If you plug it in and no joy, then you may have a thermal fuse, that popped. You need to make sure you have unplugged the unit and you will need to open the unit and look for it by following the power cord where it enters the unit and you should be able to find it. Most Heat devices have one or the other safety device built in.
Good Luck
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The first thing you need to do is read on how to discharge the high voltage capacitor to avoid injury or death, after you have done that you will be able to start chcking inside the unit.
Step 1, Remove the cover of the unit, being careful not to touch any of the components inside.
Step 2, Once the cover has been removed you need to discharge the high voltage capacitor to avoid severe injury or death. Once you have done this you can now start to find the source of the problem.
Step 3, The most common fault with microwaves doing eveything but heating is caused by the high voltage fuse becoming faulty and/or the magnatron assembly. To test the high voltage fuse you need to remove it from the high voltage capacitor and the transformer, a large metal block looking thing, and simply undo the plastic casing that the fuse is within, you should be able to see if it has blown as the fuse will be black inside the glass or the small wire will be visably broken.
Step 4, All you need to do now is source a high voltage fuse from an elctronics dealer or the authorised repair agent making sure its the correct voltage and amp rating, they normally come in 750mA and 5kV, that is, 750 milliamps and 5 kilo volts. Once you have the fuse simply replace the blown fuse with the good one and test the unit by heating up a mug of water.
Step 5, If everything ran and tested ok you can now replace the cover and continue using the unit, if you found it still isnt heating you need to replace the magnatron assembly, remember to unplug the unit and discharge the high voltage capacitor before touching anything inside the microwave, you can find the magnatron assembly, normally above the transformer, it is a cube shape with grills on the side and also contains some high powered magnets, so if you find your screw drivers being pulled towards a large cube shabed box, chances are you have found the magnatron assembly. Replace this and all your problms should be solved as far as not heating.
Good luck.
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The same thing happened to me today and I've been searching the internet for other complaints. It happened exactly as you said, I heard a buzzing noise and went to see what it was and it was the toaster- smoke started to come out from the top. Please report your experience to the CPSC! http://www.cpsc.gov/index.html This thing needs to be recalled!
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Hi, check the service information in your manual. If lost the manual is available for download here.
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