406's Ultimate Guide to Repairing Microwaves

Originally Posted by 406Refining

Alright! Below is the link to the document. It's not an extremely thorough list yet, but as I encounter new issues I'll add additional methods to repair them.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...it?usp=sharing

Very well written and informative, I recently picked up a nice fridge with a faulty board apparently capacitor failure in the main culprit. Replacing them with the same values generally brings the board back into a serviceable condition.

Originally Posted by alloy2

Very well written and informative, I recently picked up a nice fridge with a faulty board apparently capacitor failure in the main culprit. Replacing them with the same values generally brings the board back into a serviceable condition.

I don't know what the deal is with those newer fridges or appliances in general, but they just seem to have really flaky boards. The used appliance shop that I get microwaves from sends their fridges straight to the shredder. I asked them why and they said the fridges were just too unreliable. Mind you, they could easily fly off the shelf at $400 each here. Apparently, they would fix one issue, send it to the customer only to have another issue pop up on the units. I could start an entire forum section on the repairs I do for low quality electronics and appliances. My best guess at this point is that the manufacturers are using inadequate cooling methods. The hotter those chips get, the faster they fail.