Part
Black Sleeve Diode
Product Rating
Customer
MIKE from TX
Problem
Microwave stopped heating and made odd noise.
Tools
Nut driver, screwdriver, ohm meter (optional)
Repair & Advice
My Jenn-Air is a combo stacked with the oven. A new stack would have been $4500, so my girlfriend agreed to let me repair the microwave if I could. Based on Google search, I figured my magnetron had gone belly-up. YouTube videos show how to test it, and it tested bad. It was a simple part to access and I figured, while I was in the cabinet, I would also replace the inexpensive diode. When the parts arrived, I installed them in under 15 minutes and had the unit back in the wall cabinet within an hour. The time-consuming part, and more difficult part, of the job was pulling the oven/microwave unit out far enough to access the back to detach the microwave, and getting them back together in the wall cabinet again after the east repair. The microwave has been working fine again, so far. Parts were under $50.
Story submitted on January 11, 2023