What's In YOUR Microwave?

fmdog44

fmdog44

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I bought a new microwave and so I had to tear the old one apart in order to scrap it. I owned it for about 6 years. Wow! After it was totally disassembled it was nasty to say the least behind the walls. I don't know how stuff gets where it was but if you have an old one you may want to scrap it out because there is stuff in it you don't know about and it might be coming to get you!:sour:
 

oooh yuk!!! My microwave is only about a year old and I do keep it as clean as possible inside so hopefully no nasties inside the walls..
 

I know what you mean fmdog44, mine sits on the counter top so I am able to move it and clean under and behind it but when we replaced our stove a few years back that was a different story. There was enough back there to make a casserole.
 
hollydolly said:
oooh yuk!!! My microwave is only about a year old and I do keep it as clean as possible inside so hopefully no nasties inside the walls..
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That was my surprise as I boil water in it to steam it and wipe everywhere but what I saw today showed me cleaning it is for what we can see but not what is there.
 
I'm skeered to look. :eek: I do clean mine by setting a pyrex bowl inside with lemon juice. Let that come to a boil @ 5 minutes then let set inside for another five minutes and wipe it all down. I will admit that in the past I have thrown out a microwave because it was sparking when I turned it on, and found out if something gets on that little panel (normally on the right side). It will spark and you just got to clean it. That was back when there were many people using it all the time.
 
These are awesome for covering a plate of food in the microwave. No splatters, come in different sizes, ventilated.

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fmdog44 said:
I bought a new microwave and so I had to tear the old one apart in order to scrap it. I owned it for about 6 years. Wow! After it was totally disassembled it was nasty to say the least behind the walls. I don't know how stuff gets where it was but if you have an old one you may want to scrap it out because there is stuff in it you don't know about and it might be coming to get you!:sour:
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I recently had to replace a microwave I had forever, but our recyclers take small appliances as-is. I'm think I'm grateful not to know what was inside those walls.
 
I try to keep my microwave pretty clean, only two of us using it. If I heat butter for crab legs, I'll cover the cup with a paper plate to prevent splattering. Never did look inside the walls of any of my microwaves.
 
I think what happens over the years is the oils and grease/butter, whatever heats and the fumes escape through crevices and form in to solids formally known as "icky-goo".
 
fmdog44 said:
I bought a new microwave and so I had to tear the old one apart in order to scrap it. I owned it for about 6 years. Wow! After it was totally disassembled it was nasty to say the least behind the walls. I don't know how stuff gets where it was but if you have an old one you may want to scrap it out because there is stuff in it you don't know about and it might be coming to get you!:sour:
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A microwave has dangerous parts inside. You should not take it apart.
 
I do not use my microwave a lot but it does have it's uses. Just use mine for stuff like melting butter or baked potatoes.

What I do use several times a week for cooking is a counter top convection oven. Works better than the big regular oven and easy on the hydro bill.
 
Camper6 said:
A microwave has dangerous parts inside. You should not take it apart.
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There are no dangerous parts inside a microwave . There are two types of radiation and microwaves emit nonionizing radiation and at a low enough level to be safe. The microwaves operate at about three gigahertz which is fairly low on the electromagnetic spectrum. The second type of radiation? The A-bomb.
 

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