Only 43 years young, God takes them away too early );
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Haha thanks, my GF had her 43rd birthday as well on the 24th, so at least she beat a Japanese mini nuke.
I had one about that old that died a couple years back.
I could've gone to school with your microwave. RIP
I have a 10-ish Microwave now (after 30+ year old Amana). A Sharp. Pretty nice, with programs. The enamel is starting to go. Pisses me off. Components I can replace, and parts are available, but it's the frame that is dying, and I doubt they sell spares.
I bet that if you hit it strong enough, it will start working again.
I did try percussive maintenance before I started taking it apart. Didn't work on the microwave but I might have done something to my hand.
All things end, such is life. It's like the river carries water; only when it flows downhill it makes space for new rain.
Just to be sure, have you tried unplugging it, waiting 30 seconds, and plugging it back in?
Ya, that was one of the first things I tried... I was hoping it would reset and start going again to no avail.
I've got it apart now, but this weekend if I have time to mess with it I'm going to plug everything back in and try it again. Maybe it just needs a little vacation lol!
I’ve got it apart now
Uh, so it turns out this is one way people die horrible deaths. Microwaves are pretty dangerous contraptions.
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What part of the keypad broke? Is it fixable with a soldering iron and/or a 3d printer?
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remember PYREX, they went cheap and using soda lime glass laminated instead of borosilicate. pyrex vs PYREX, its still being sold in the EU. there are borosilicate glassware from other brands, but none of them seem to match Pyrex, just better than the soda lime variants.
OXO is just very overpriced borosilicate, if you are interested probably the closest to PYREX. i did seem some pyrex lunch containers are borosilicate?