Time for a new Microwave

[DNK]

old school

speaking of appliance repaired, i am going through all my digital photos and reorganizing and ran across a couple pics of the bosch dishwasher that stopped heating and i was able to repair in house.

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new school

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[Popeye]

Ugh. I am struggling with our Bosch dishwasher today. 15 months old, and the upper arm stopped spinning. Should be an easy valve replace...ha! (Unfortunately my underwhelming brilliance does little to help )

 

[pdplot]

I see that green circuit board and get nauseous....

 

[Basil]

Well, got the new microwave installed! (Saved $100 doing it myself).

I will be very surprised if this one comes anywhere near lasting as long as the last on. Still need to rip about 3/4 inches off that bottom trim piece.

 

[NutmegCT]

Congrats on the victory!

That looks like a tight fit. Where is the ventilation output?

 

[DNK]

... Still need to rip about 3/4 inches off that bottom trim piece.

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I'd rip it off the top of the piece

 

[Basil]

I'd rip it off the top of the piece

Yep, that's the plan. Also sand and paint the part (I had a quart of this color mixed just for occasions like this.)

 

[PAUL161]

Really looks nice in your cabinetry! I like Samsung products, our refrigerator & washer/dryer combo are Samsung. Even have a couple Samsung VCRs, all work very well.

 

[Basil]

Really looks nice in your cabinetry! I like Samsung products, our refrigerator & washer/dryer combo are Samsung. Even have a couple Samsung VCRs, all work very well.

To be honest, we were basically looking for certain features and one that we thought looked good. Before I bought it I did a quick internet search to see how others rated it. We liked the streamline look of the front without an obvious handle.

 

[Basil]

Congrats on the victory!

That looks like a tight fit. Where is the ventilation output?

Hard to see but it's just aft of the door on top (just below of the cabinet doors but aimed outwards). It was configurable for top, rear or front venting. We had to go with front venting since we have no built in duct work. This is how our last MW was set up and it worked fine. When you have the fan on, the air is circulated through a charcoal filter then exits at top-front.

 

[DNK]

... We liked the streamline look of the front without an obvious handle.

You have to put fingerprints on it to open?

 

[GregW]

I'd rip it off the top of the piece

Jeez Don, if you do that there will be a gap at the top and you'll still have that section hanging down.