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Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> posted |
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20061019234855.64a8d770@××××××××××××××××××.uk, excerpted below, on Thu, |
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19 Oct 2006 23:48:55 +0100: |
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> My microwave stopped working recently, just out of warranty. I had great |
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> fun searching the web for info then pulling the microwave to bits to |
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> diagnose the fault. I was most disappointed to find that a DIY repair of |
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> the problem was too unsafe to consider :( |
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I had to buy a new one about a year ago as well. I had actually pulled |
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mine apart before to reset an overheat switch, but the fan/wave-spreader |
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was simply old and had started sticking, and this time the thing |
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overheated and melted some of the plastic mountings. At about 15 years |
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old, I figured it was time to by a new one anyway, and I was right. The |
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new one is far more efficient and more convenient to use, and was |
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surprisingly cheap. I should have thrown the old one away 2-3 years |
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earlier, tho it did still work and wasn't unsafe, just inefficient and |
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more work to continue to use than it was worth, given the cost of a new |
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one. |
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At the cost any more, like so much these days, microwave ovens are |
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essentially disposable -- simply not worth repairing. |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman |
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