Whirlpool RM973PXL, RM975PXL warranty HOW MICROWaVE Ovens Work, Microwave Oven Light

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HOW MICROWaVE OVENS WORK

Microwave

ovens

are

safe.

Microwave

energy

IS not hot It causes

food to

make

its own

heat,

and

It’s this

heat that

cooks

the food

 

Mod:Mixer Mag;etron Bottom

Microwaves are like TV waves or light waves You can’t see them but you can see what thev do

MIcrowaves pass through glass, paper and plastic without heating them so food

absorbs the energy Micro-

waves bounce off metal pans so food does not absorb the energy

Oven Cavity

A magnetron produces

microwaves The microwaves move into the oven where

they are scattered around by a stirrer (like a fan)

MIcrowaves bounce off metal oven walls and are

absorbed by food

Microwaves may not reach the center of a roast The heat around the outside is what cooks the roast all the way

through This is one of the reasons for letting some foods [roasts, baked pota- toes) stand for a while after

cooking, or for stirring some foods during the cooking time

Metal Floor

The bottom of your micro- wave oven lets micro-

waves through. Then they

bounce off the metal

floor, back through the bottom, and are ab-

sorbed by the food

The

mlcrowaves

disturb

 

water

 

molecules

In

the

food

As the

molecules

bounce

 

around

bumplng

Into each

other,

 

heat

IS made,

llke

rub-

btng

 

your

hands

together

 

This

IS the

heat

that

cooks

THE MICROWAVE OVEN LIGHT

The light in the microwave oven comes on when the door is open, when a cooking

time is set, when the oven is on, and when the temperature probe is plugged into Its socket.

lo replace the light bulb:

1.Move range away from the wall. Be very careful. It is heavy.

2.Unplug the power cord.

3.Remove holding screw on access panel.

4.Remove the cardboard baffle from the bulb.

5.Replace the bulb with a 40-watt appliance bulb.

6.Replace the cardboard baffle and the ac- cess panel.

7.Plug in the power cord and move the range

back

into position.

Screw

 

 

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