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Microwave light and fan goes off until door is slapped.
The microwave will sometimes go off when engaged. The timer will keep working but the light and fan go off. If you slap the door or open the door and reshut it will sometime come back on.
Re: Microwave light and fan goes off until door is...
This seems to be a defective door/interlock switch. There is a minimum of three interlock switches inside the oven that operate by the catches on the door. By opening the door or slapping it you are causing the to make connection.
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There are a couple of microwave ovens out there where after it has finished cooking, the light and fan continue to run until you open the door. Then the fans shuts off, but the light remains on. When you close the door, then the light shuts off. If the light and fan go back on when you close the door, then you have a bad door switch.
Key clue is table does not move---All microwaves with a table have a lever switch that is engaged when door closes--only can get at from inside the unit----it prevents the unit from operation if door not closed.
What happens from closing door a lot is the switch with a lever arm can come loose or even if snapped into a plastic holder break out of the holder.
Mine also does the same thing however I only need to lift the door upwards slightly (after it's closed) and it engages the High Voltage Transformer, thus working as normal.
Once you know that, you can get it to work every time. I beleive the clips on the door don't properly stop latch in correctly and the safety feature keep the microwave from acutally turning truly "ON".
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