Anyone have a drawer microwave?

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Agreed. Although I'm surprised it was a couple hundred dollars for a new magnetron for your oven. Must be something unusual or special. Most are only $35 - $85.

That was one fix I decided to leave to someone else, though after watching him I'll DIY next time...

 

[ponytug]

That was one fix I decided to leave to someone else, though after watching him I'll DIY next time...

Most are pretty easy. I worked on one that actually seemed designed for repair, as the whole electronics module slid out easily. One wire and a socket and the magnetron was out.

It is always nice to repair things that seemed designed with some thought of future repair. Some cars leap to mind as designed not to be repaired...

All the best,

Peter

 

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Most are pretty easy. I worked on one that actually seemed designed for repair, as the whole electronics module slid out easily. One wire and a socket and the magnetron was out.

It is always nice to repair things that seemed designed with some thought of future repair. Some cars leap to mind as designed not to be repaired...

All the best,

Peter

Yeah it sounded scary and high-voltage etc so I was like "ok I'll just watch" and luckily that quick demonstration didn't cost me too much.

 

[WinterDeere]

Hey, I'm an EE, and I'm still scared of TV tubes. Lit myself up well enough to piss my pants and forget who I was for 20 minutes, around age 4, and I'm still gun-shy 50 years later.

 

[Tpondel]

We have one. Bought fromABT Electronics. (Check out their website)

Sales guy said they’re all made by Sanyo now. Just diff labels. Our works fine.

 

[HawkinsHollow]

We have one. Bought fromABT Electronics. (Check out their website)

Sales guy said they’re all made by Sanyo now. Just diff labels. Our works fine.

Sharp, not Sanyo.

 

[newbury]

Hey, I'm an EE, and I'm still scared of TV tubes. Lit myself up well enough to piss my pants and forget who I was for 20 minutes, around age 4, and I'm still gun-shy 50 years later.

Dang! I did similar with a faulty lamp cord when I was about 3 or 4. Never liked electricity since. And that was about 70 years ago.

 

[mikester]

I guess at 17 inches you could consider mine to be low. However - I'm not a GM design engineer and I've not found any midget servants to do ANY cleaning for me.

So...... about once a week. On my knees and clean it with a wet shop towel. Takes all of two minuets.

Whenever I have to clean ours because something inside exploded and coated the inside of the oven I'm ready to throw the whole thing away and find one that's easier to clean!

Bad enough to clean one when it's over the stove. If mine was at knee level I'd definitely throw it away!

 

[JethroB]

Whenever I have to clean ours because something inside exploded and coated the inside of the oven I'm ready to throw the whole thing away and find one that's easier to clean!

Bad enough to clean one when it's over the stove. If mine was at knee level I'd definitely throw it away!

One cleaning trick I learned was to put a bowl of water inside and heat it for several minutes. That softens up the debris spatter.

 

[geteh]

I'm still running the same microwave the prior owners of our house installed in the 1995 kitchen remodel. I've replaced the magnetron, replaced door switches, and even the mode stirrer. But each of those were $5 or $15 parts, have helped me avoid redoing the custom cabinetry that holds it, and are way cheaper than replacing a large 1800 watt microwave oven.

Point is, yeah... parts fail on a microwave, but they're pretty easy to repair.

Also, I thought that nowadays, most of them conformed to a few industry standard sizes, to make them more easily swappable. Not like the earlier days of surround kits and custom cabinets, what I'm dealing with on mine.
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What I'd be more concerned about with a drawer microwave, is the useability factor. We use ours for heating more liquids than solids, and how does that full cup of tea or soup respond to opening and closing a drawer? How do you clean the thing, when something spatters or boils over?

Does anyone have the drawer microwave?? Do you like it?? We are doing kitchen remodel and this has been the recommendation; however I am not sure I like the idea/function/looks of it. Thoughts?

 

[oosik]

I use the cleaning technique as suggested by JethroB. Makes cleaning easy and quick.

geteh - look back at my post - #8. Mine is a drawer installed microwave. Works well and keeps the counter tops clear.

 

[HawkinsHollow]

I am the OP on this thread. We ended up NOT going with a drawer microwave. The reviews were too bad, the cons seemed to outweigh the pros. We ended up using our microwave we already had and placed it in our pantry that is right next to the kitchen. That has been working great for us.

 

[not2old]

No experience with drawer microwaves but based on previous experience with a microwave that was mounted underneath the counter, they are a pain to use unless you have eyeballs in your navel or lower down.

Our normal counter type microwave is mounted in our cabinets at eye level. The first one lasted over ten years. The replacement microwave has lasted over 14 years. As previously mentioned, size differences made replacement a little bit of trouble but our cabinet design made accomodating the differences relative easy.

We have the opposite problem. My wife is 5' tall and it's hard to reach those that are mounted above the counter. Our microwave space is vacant and decorated with "stuff". We have a huge kitchen and use two microwaves sitting on the counter. In our travel trailer, she uses a stool to reach. Our new to us trailer arrives next week and I'm trying to figure out how to give her better access.