Ant > wrote in
:

> Hi! I hope these are the correct newsgroups to talk about
> microwaves (not ovens).



http://www.bringgoodthingstolife.org/contactus.htm

Contact GE

"Since 2002, the Consumer Product Safety Commission reports 35
incidents of microwave glass spontaneously exploding, "

" GE representatives say the microwave was manufactured by LG
electronics for General Electric "
http://kdka.com/watercooler/explodin....2.285591.html

> This morning, I found out that the kitchen's microwave's door
> glass shattered overnight (there's a hole on the glass and
> some shattered pieces on the floor). It wasn't used/on
> overnight and was used yesterday for dinner.
>
> Does anyone know what the heck happened? I did a quick Google
> search and found out this is not so rare since GE's microwaves
> does it too. I can't seem to find anything on Sanyo's
> microwaves' glass shatterings. I did find
> http://bringgoodthingstolife.org/ (6/28/2007) with a video of
> a news report. The microwave is a few years old (don't
> remember the exact year).
>
> No one is hurt though, but that was scary. I am never going to
> be in front of a microwave! I did notice one of the fire alarm
> was beeping every five minutes, but I don't know if that was
> related or if it just whining about low batteries. Also, the
> weather has been a lot warmer during the daytime 90+
> degrees(F) and 50s at night (maybe temperature related to
> explode the glass?).
>
> Thank you in advance.