28 Sep
2012
28 Sep
'12
1:48 a.m.
On 28 September 2012 08:28, Mouse <mouse at rodents-montreal.org> wrote:
Many years ago, I actually had a microwave intermittently turn on by
itself... We (usually) took to leaving a jug of water in it while
quickly sourcing a replacement. I couldn't easily power it off when
not in use as the socket was behind it in a non-spouse friendly spot.
I'd be happy to leave the current one with the door open when not in
use, but it has an internal lamp that comes on when the door is open,
which gets irritating and a waste of energy. At least this time I
have an external isolation switch so I can switch it off if I need to
(although then I upset the clock display..)
Rob
Every
microwave oven I've seen over here has a quite complex
interlock on the door that it independant of the microcontroller
syustem. No matter what the latter does, the magnetron cannot be
powered up.
So did this one. But we were often, perhaps even usually, leaving the
door closed when it was not in use, and was unwilling to count on our
breaking that habit as the only defense against the potential bad
consequences