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Caring for your microwave oven

Cleaning: the microwave oven

Wipe often

with

warm

For stubborn soil, boil

sudsy water

and

a

a cup

of water in the

sofl cloth or sponge.

oven

for 2 or 3 minutes.

 

 

 

Steam will soften the

 

 

 

soil.

 

CAUTION: Abrasive cleansers, steel wool pads, gritty wash cloths, etc., can damage the control panel, and the interlor and exterior oven surfaces. Use a soti cloth or a sponge with a mild detergent or spray glass cleaner.

Be sure to clean the areas where the door and oven frame touch when closed. When cleaning surfaces of door and oven that come together on clos- ing the door, use only mild, non-abrasive soaps or detergents applied with a sponge or soft cloth. Rinse well.

Replacing the light bulb

The microwave oven light should come on whenever the door is opened or the oven is operating.

To replace:

 

 

 

1. Unplug,

or turn off at fuse box

light Bulb

Mode Mixer Cover

or circuit

breaker.

 

 

2. Open the oven door.

3. Remove the 3 screws from the front of the cover.

4. Pull down the front portion of the cover. (It is creased across its width to form a hinge.]

5. Remove and replace the 25- watt candelabra-base bulb (Part No. 313969). Obtain bulb from your authorized Whirlpool dealer.

6. Close the cover and replace the screws.

7. Plug in, or turn on the main power supply.

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Whirlpool RM978BXS, RM973BXS manual Caring for your microwave oven, Cleaning the microwave oven, Replacing the light bulb
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