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Questions and Answers Operation Question Answer Why is the oven light not on during cooking? Bulb may be burned out, requiring replacement. Is there a clock display? ts there no clock display? Set a cook time. Touch START. Check the house circuit safety device. Why does steam come out of the air exhaust vent? Will the microwave oven be damaged if it operates empty? Does microwave energy pass through the viewing screen in the door? Why does a tone sound when a pad on the control panel is touched? Steam is normally produced during cooking. The microwave oven has been designed to vent this steam. Yes. Never operate the oven empty or without the glass turntable. No. The metal screen bounces the energy back to the oven cavity. The holes (or ports) allow only light to pass through. They do not let microwave energy pass through. The tone tells you that the setting has been entered. Can the microwave oven be damaged if food is cooked for too long? Like any other cooking appliance, it is possible to overcook food to the point that the food creates smoke and even possibly fire and damage to the inside of the oven. It is always best to be near the oven while you are cooking. When the oven is plugged into the wall outlet for the first time, it doesn't work properly. What is wrong? Why is there light reflection around the outer case? The microcomputer controlling your oven may temporarily become scrambled and fail to function as programmed when you plug it in for the first time or when power resumes after a power interruption. Unplug the oven from the 120-volt household outlet and then plug it back in to reset the microcomputer by resetting the clock. This light is from the oven light which is located between the oven cavity and the outer wall of the oven. What are the various sounds heard when the microwave oven is operating? The clicking sound is caused by a mechanical switch turning the microwave oven's magnetron ON and OFR The heavy hum and clunk is from the change in power the magnetron draws as it is turned ON and OFF by a mechanical switch. The change in blower speed is from the change in line voltage caused by the magnetron being turned ON and OFF. 31

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Questions
and Answers
Operation
Question
Answer
Why is the oven light not on during
Bulb may be burned
out, requiring
replacement.
cooking?
Is there a clock
display?
Set a cook time. Touch START.
ts there no clock display?
Check the house circuit
safety device.
Why does steam come out of the air
Steam
is normally
produced
during cooking.
The microwave
oven
exhaust
vent?
has been designed
to vent this steam.
Will the microwave
oven be damaged
if it
Yes. Never operate the oven empty or without the glass turntable.
operates
empty?
Does microwave
energy pass through
the
No. The metal screen
bounces the energy back to the oven cavity.
viewing
screen in the door?
The holes (or ports) allow only light to pass through. They do not
let microwave
energy pass through.
Why does a tone sound when a pad on the
The tone tells you that the setting
has been entered.
control
panel is touched?
Can the microwave
oven be damaged
if
Like any other cooking
appliance,
it is possible to overcook
food
food is cooked for too long?
to the point that the food creates smoke and even possibly fire
and damage
to the inside of the oven. It is always best to be near
the oven while you are cooking.
When the oven is plugged
into the wall
The microcomputer
controlling
your oven may temporarily
become
outlet for the first time, it doesn't work
scrambled
and fail to function
as programmed
when
you plug it in
properly.
What is wrong?
for the first time or when
power resumes
after a power interruption.
Unplug the oven from the
120-volt household
outlet and then plug
it back in to reset the microcomputer
by resetting
the clock.
Why is there light reflection
around the
This light is from the oven light which is located
between the
outer case?
oven cavity and the outer wall of the oven.
What are the various
sounds heard when
the microwave
oven is operating?
The clicking
sound
is caused
by a mechanical
switch
turning the
microwave
oven's magnetron
ON and OFR
The heavy hum and clunk is from the change
in power the
magnetron
draws as it is turned ON and OFF by a mechanical
switch. The change
in blower speed is from the change in line
voltage
caused
by the magnetron
being turned
ON and OFF.
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