When should you buy a new microwave?

The average microwave oven lasts about seven years with normal use, and even less with heavy use and poor maintenance. A large family may find themselves replacing their appliance every four to five years as they become more reliant on its use to heat up snacks and leftovers, or to defrost meals.

If your microwave isn’t heating food, it’s likely that the magnetron in your appliance is broken. Unfortunately, a burned-out magnetron can’t be repaired, it has to be replaced. Other issues that can lead to food not being heated, includes a broken diode or a faulty door switch.

A microwave oven, designed exclusively for a kitchen countertop, has vents that are built into the back of the microwave. If installed into a cabinet, these vents will be blocked and unable to release steam from the microwave. Talk about a fire hazard for your kitchen.

According to Pchola, the right way to say Miele is mee-luh. While it is a challenge to phonetically spell the name in its correct German form, the closest way to educate customers in the United States on how to say it is Miele, like the name Sheila.

It is safe to stand near microwave ovens even though they will leak radiation within a small radius. Standing two inches away makes it insignificant enough not to be life-threatening to humans. This is mainly due to FDA regulations and installed safety features, like a metallic grate in the door lining.

The built-in microwave combination oven intelligently combines the benefits of two powerful appliances in a single 45 cm high niche: this appliance is a fully fledged oven with a wide variety of cooking modes at the same time as being a powerful microwave oven.

The magnetron inside a microwave can contain beryllium oxide in its ceramic insulators, which can be fatal if it gets into the lungs. Simply removing it is safe, but never try to take one apart. It’s not worth it!

The Control Lock avoids unintended use of the surface cooking areas. If Control Lock is activated when power to the cooktop is off, the cooktop is locked out, and the surface cooking areas cannot be turned on by the cooktop touch controls.

Each power level gives the microwave energy for a certain percent of the time. Power level 7 is microwave energy 70% of the time. Power level 3 is energy 30% of the time. Most cooking will be done on High which gives you 100% power. To change the Power Level (on most models):