Interesting. Rather than mess with it, I decided just to buy a new one. I think this one was 20 years old anyway. Found one on sale at Target for $75. So, probably simpler than trying to fix this old one. Guess I should delete this post now.

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Not with my model. I've lost power many times. Never had to reset the clock to get it to work. I haven't had the clock set in about a decade.

LOL

Yeah, exactamundo! :-)

I don't have a garage (apt). I just take it to my car and drive it to the dumpster. :-)

No, I would take the broken one to the dumpster and toss it! LOL Why would I keep it??

I don't have a wall-mounted one. The only one I have, the one that's non-functional, is a counter-top model.

Not sure I'm following you. In my case, I can't use my MW at all, so it's a high priority. If I had the one-minute thing that you have, then I'd probably do that as well.

LOL Great story! Sounds like what I would do.

Looked around at web sites. I see WalMart has a 1000W unit for $70. I think I'll probably just do that.

Thanks!

I've had power outages before and they worked again without resetting the clock. It would say "PF" on the screen, and then I'd press Clear, and everything would be fine.

Apparently (I've learned since posting this in several groups) there are two power sources: a high power source for the part that cooks, and a low power source, for everything else. So that explains why part of it works, but it doesn't cook.

Good to know. Thanks!

Thanks for the tip about not opening the microwave!

The MW makes a humming/vibration sound while it's operating. Sounds exactly like it always has.

Used a little shredded cheese on a plate as a test. :-)

Did you see my question about the fuse?

Yeah, it's very old. Gosh, I don't even know how old. 15 years? 20 years?

Never changed a fuse in a MW before. Is it plug and play, like with a car, or you do have to solder them in place?

It's a GE microwave, bought a long time ago. 1100 W.

On the plate on the back it says DE68-00307A

On the plate inside the unit it says DE68-03218B

Thanks!

Unplugging it didn't help and the breakers were fine. I'm going to try leaving it unplugged for a few hours and see if that helps. I know with my space heater, when it overheats, if I unplug and and wait a minute and plug it back in, it still doesn't work. But if I wait a long period of time, then it works again. So I'm going to try that.

Sounds good. I'll give it a try a bit later. This actually happens with my space heater. If something gets in front of it, it overheats and turns off and won't turn back on. I've almost thrown it away twice because of this, because even after waiting a while, it still didn't work. But I found if I unplug it, and then leave it unplugged for a while, then it works again. So I'll try that. Thanks!!