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Think I broke the microwave

nuttynutskin

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I accidentally ran it for about 4 mins without anything in it and now it won't heat the pot pie I was trying to have. :mad:
 
Damn... that does sound broken. I always wondered what would happen if you did that.

Just googled it and it damages the magnetron which means it can't heat effectively. Sorry man. :\

You can use your regular oven, it takes longer, but it also is way better, microwaves give things weird textures.
 
Goddamn it! Yeah, I ended up using the oven which also has something wrong with it. I swear everything's falling apart here and no one seems to care. :mad:
 
I've done that for at least 10 minutes and not broken the microwave.

They have a safety cutoff mechanism to prevent this kind of damage (unless it's a shit microwave)

Unplug it, then leave for 24 hours and try again.


(Perhaps this is only true of products covered by EU regulations - which a pathetic majority of my countrymen seem to have a problem with...)
 
I accidentally ran it for about 4 mins without anything in it and now it won't heat the pot pie I was trying to have. :mad:
Yeah you fucked it up, microwaves are tolerant of about 30 secs but that's it and over and out.


Me mum did the same thing to hers and kept a cup of water in hers when we were kids just in case we fucked around with it.

She took mine to use so I lost mine too. :(
 
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