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Turn on the microwave, it runs but doesn't heat anything.

All of the sudden the microwave stopped heating items.
It still runs but none of the food is hot.

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It's probably one of the switches that cuts the power to the microwave when you open the door. Mine is GE 700 watts and has 3 of those, and the one in the middle went bad so a week ago I temporarily bypassed the switch (while I get one) by cutting both wires that go to the switch and put electrical tape at the end of each wire. The switch was supposed to be a normally open switch but it had continuity with the door open or closed, and it should only have continuity (be closed) when the door is open.

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