"Brooklyn1" <Gravesend1> wrote in message
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> "Julie Bove" wrote:
>>
>>The new microwave is great! My only complaint is that the light does not
>>come on when you open the door. Only when you are cooking. Not such a big
>>complaint I guess.
>
> Why didn't you try the floor model at the store?
>
Uh... Wha? This was mail ordered and not available in any store.

> Which brand/model is it? My GE microwave is an under counter model
> but I use it on the counter... it's more than 3O years old. The light
> comes on when the door is opened and stays on during cooking. I wish
> it was a little larger inside, that it had more head room, some of my
> casseroles won't fit with the lid on as the knob is too high, so I
> either place the lid on upside down or use a piece of plastic wrap.
> Sometimes I wish it would finally die so I can get a larger one.
> What's odd is that I use it several times every day and in more than
> 30 years that original light bulb still works.

Magic Chef. I had a G.E. for several years and it was fine. Can't remember
what happened to it that caused me to replace it. I think it just quit
working. But... I also found out that we had not been using them right.
Apparently you are supposed to leave the door open after use to let it dry
out inside. We were not doing that. Another thing we did wrong was to open
the door in the middle of the cooking cycle. Apparently you are supposed to
hit "Stop" before you do that. With the subsequent models, I tried to do
right. Did mess up a bit. But daughter admitted that she wasn't leaving
the door open and I'm pretty sure that husband didn't pay attention to any
of this. From what I have read, if you don't hit "Stop", it shorts
something out. Odd because my previous models didn't even have this
function. There is also a "Pause" which I presume does the same thing.