Questions & Answers for: Whirlpool arc 160

...I pulled the drawer out and watched as I started the oven and seen the spark  arcing on the frame of the oven . It turns out a mouse chewed thru the insulation of the wire, so i ...

...shorted out.  If it blows after a few seconds, it could be the magnetron gone bad, or internal arcing.  The main transformer will sometimes short out, but that's rare.   Be ...

...Arc Welding and all necessary, associated safety equipment  so that the unit was air tight again, then thoroughly cleaned all the unit's surfaces with detergent to remove all traces and the ...

...comes on, turn table spins (sometimes), countdown timer runs. But no fan and there is an electric arcing sound from the right-hand side of the cabinet (suspect it's the magnetron). Had this

...connection on the relay that controls the power to the heater (the connection was blackened by arcing). - re-soldered the relay pin to the circuit board - reassembled the unit - powered it back ...

...if it is damaged, it raise the temps in the microwave cabinet enough to cause this.This assumes no arcing or other audible or visible issues and microwave just "drops