We have a GE Advantium that is not heating consistently and want to fix it ourselves with new diode, capacitor and magnatron. Are the instructions you give for those replacement similar to an Advantium? We'd appreciate it to know it this is possible with your instructions for the replacements. Thanks!
Thanks. I need t troubleshoot on my unit and was curious the best way to discharge the capacitor. This looks like a great method even if my GE unit is slightly different.
My 3-1/2 year old GE (same model) stopped working last week. No power at all, not even the oven light. I changed the fuses and then the capacitor as shown in this video (I noticed your replacement capacitor had a two-prong connection on the top plug, whereas the original only had one, just as my replacement did). However after replacing it the oven was still dead. So maybe the circuit board? Door relay switch? Anyway, I had already bought a new one (Samsung) on sale and it’s installed. Their so cheap to replace the whole microwave not much point in investigating the broken one any further. But this video was helpful nonetheless! Thanks!
Hey I have Kenstar OM 20 DGQX when I powered it won't showing anything on display does this capacitor dead? if changed it will work back again? It's a old model
It's a good thing there's a second person there - to call the coroner afterwards. "Remember to unplug it first". Oh, yeah. If you have to be reminded of that ... oy.
I'm all for repair vs replace...when it's more cost effective. You lost me at :53...if the old microwave has to come down, a new microwave is going up. By the time you assess the exact cause of your problem, and pay for parts, it's often more cost effective to just put up a new microwave. Depends on the microwave, I suppose.
@Mos' Nefarious They can also be $150, for this size; especially a GE (mine was). And that capacitor charge is only if you know for sure that is the issue. When my GE failed early it its life, I took it down and and put up a Whirlpool. Haven't regretted it at all.
This is an excellent video. Easy to follow step-by-step instructions, excellent sound and video quality. On a question somewhat unrelated to capacitor replacement, is the magnetron the most likely cause of a noisy, buzzing microwave?
They're the same two terminals. It's just that the new one has extra prongs coming off each terminal instead of only two. So you'd reconnect the same and just ignore the extra prongs.
Holy shit that phillips head was way too big for those screw heads, he was stripping the hell outta them, and why not use impact or electric screwdriver, these are supposed to be professionals with proper tools
Thank you! My husband fixed our microwave using this video and it's back to zappin'!
Wish I had a husband...but I am a hetero geezer so I will l have to fix it myself !
Does it matter how you hook the wires up to the capacitor? Thank you so much. Neil
Does it matter the orientation of the capacitor? Is there a way to install it upside down?
We have a GE Advantium that is not heating consistently and want to fix it ourselves with new diode, capacitor and magnatron. Are the instructions you give for those replacement similar to an Advantium? We'd appreciate it to know it this is possible with your instructions for the replacements. Thanks!
Thanks. I need t troubleshoot on my unit and was curious the best way to discharge the capacitor. This looks like a great method even if my GE unit is slightly different.
@@repairclinic I agree. I fixed it a while back
@@repairclinic Wait..at :47 you say "Only experience professionals should access internal components".
My 3-1/2 year old GE (same model) stopped working last week. No power at all, not even the oven light. I changed the fuses and then the capacitor as shown in this video (I noticed your replacement capacitor had a two-prong connection on the top plug, whereas the original only had one, just as my replacement did). However after replacing it the oven was still dead. So maybe the circuit board? Door relay switch? Anyway, I had already bought a new one (Samsung) on sale and it’s installed. Their so cheap to replace the whole microwave not much point in investigating the broken one any further. But this video was helpful nonetheless! Thanks!
The capacitor terminal that is connected to the diode has burned a hole through the rubber wall surrounding the terminal.
What does this mean?
Hey I have Kenstar OM 20 DGQX when I powered it won't showing anything on display does this capacitor dead? if changed it will work back again?
It's a old model
NOT SAFE
don't discharge your capacitor like that.
They can hold more than 2kV.
Use a resistor.
It's a good thing there's a second person there - to call the coroner afterwards.
"Remember to unplug it first". Oh, yeah. If you have to be reminded of that ... oy.
An example of this at 7:27 of...... ruclips.net/video/5fOC3rDy8Rs/видео.html
Be very careful touching the ends of the capacitor. Oh yeah, if you don’t you are dead. No thanks.
Be safe
most of this video is removing and accessing the inside. no testing to determine if the cap is good/bad before replacing.
I'm all for repair vs replace...when it's more cost effective. You lost me at :53...if the old microwave has to come down, a new microwave is going up. By the time you assess the exact cause of your problem, and pay for parts, it's often more cost effective to just put up a new microwave. Depends on the microwave, I suppose.
@Mos' Nefarious They can also be $150, for this size; especially a GE (mine was). And that capacitor charge is only if you know for sure that is the issue. When my GE failed early it its life, I took it down and and put up a Whirlpool. Haven't regretted it at all.
This microwave is IDENTICAL to my samsung microwave
This is an excellent video. Easy to follow step-by-step instructions, excellent sound and video quality.
On a question somewhat unrelated to capacitor replacement, is the magnetron the most likely cause of a noisy, buzzing microwave?
Soo. he just changed a 3 prong capacitor with a 4 prong capacitor with no explanation??
They're the same two terminals. It's just that the new one has extra prongs coming off each terminal instead of only two. So you'd reconnect the same and just ignore the extra prongs.
Holy shit that phillips head was way too big for those screw heads, he was stripping the hell outta them, and why not use impact or electric screwdriver, these are supposed to be professionals with proper tools