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Control panel for GE microwave
The control panel module is different from the membrane. Unfortunately these modules themselves are usually very expensive, perhaps 1/2 the cost of a new microwave.
Sorry.
Our microwave made a weird noise then stopped
You will be needing to take the whole machine apart to get to this part.
Some models carry a caution that is very important.
The magnetron can have a starter on it, a thing often called a capacitor.
This item can carry a "charge" , which means it has enough "juice" inside it to hurt you very badly.
You may need to "isolate" the capacitor to prevent it shocking you.
If this is outside your frame of reference, you should get some expert help.
God bless your efforts.
Microwave made noise when it was not in use.
It depends what was making the noise. a bad door switch could cause the turntable motor and the fan to fun. If is heating it may still be worth repairing. I would check the door switches. See if you notice any browning around the plastic insulators where the wires plug onto the switches. If so, you will need to replace bad switch and run new wires and connectors to the new switch too.
The plastic door handle on
I do not know your unit specifically but a lot of them you have to start by, slowly, from the inside of the door, lifting up on the choke that runs along the outer inside edge of the door. It looks like a plastic trim part about 3/4 of an inch wide. You slowly work around the whole door unit you get it popped out. a butter knife or steak knife works pretty well . I just use a small flat head screw driver The screws for the handle are behind that choke seal. Usually 2 Phillips head screws. The choke part just snaps in place and has no screws to put it back, just push back in place and you will hear it snap as you go. Be careful the plastic tabs are easy to break off
I have a GE Spacemaker XL from 1998. It was
Wow! sounds really weird. Possibly Microprocessor on Main Timer board. No way to really diagnose other than substituting or replacing the main board. Unfortunately a bit pricey. Nothing else i can think of that would actually cause asterisks in the display. I really do not like to refer them, but may need to call GE since it is one of their units. Maybe they could give you some guidance. Mostly, over the phone, they just insist on sending someone out. So they can bill you more.
Spacesaver powers off 2 seconds after resetting clock and time...
The clue is that you have to reset the clock. You are losing power somehow. the Main Board thinks it is being unplugged and it resets the clock and you have to start all over. The fact that after so many times it will finally work tells me that whatever bad connection you have is finally getting hot enough to expand and make a good enough connection to keep working. Intermittant connections are the worse to find. A lot of trial and error to find the problem. can be bad fuse and fuse holder ( in the unit), bad outlet, loose wire at circuit breaker, loose wire at outlet. Even a loose breaker where it snaps onto the buss bar in the Breaker Box. Etc, it an really drive you nuts trying to find it. Try the unit in a totally different area making sure it is on a compleately different circuit breaker and see what it does, if the problem follows the unit, the problems is in the unit. If not, electrical problems, outlet, breaker, panel,
Seems like Power supply burned up
If the high voltage transformer is fried, the high voltage capacitor or clamp diode may be at least partially shorted (causes transformer overload). Usually this blows a fuse immediately to prevent a transformer burnout. Arcing in the oven waveguide or cavity, or a magnetron fault could also have been the cause. It would probably be a good idea to replace the magnetron controller relay also; it probably was overloaded.
Given the price of the replacement parts, your best bet would be to find a similar unit at an electronics recycling place and combine good parts to get a working oven. The keypad on your oven is worth something since keypad failure is common in that particular line.
I have a GE Microwave
the bulbs are 40 watt 130 volt ac. I don't understand you said they blew. as in stopped working or flashed extreme then out? blowing a bulb is usually putting a dc bulb in the place of an ac or excessive voltage. there is a relay on the board that drives those lights. if the pin to a relay on back of the board shows exposed with the solder burned away, your can try to resolder it or replace the relay. the mother board for this microwave is no longer available through most distributors.
Main Control Board WB27X10382
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