Ikea microwave problem

davidmcn

paul2louise said:

Reading the manual it says not to try and repair any part not explained in the manual yet it says bulbs are not covered by warranty. So what to do. So if you repair it then you invalidate your warranty. 

It won't affect your statutory rights though.

MattMattMattUK

paul2louise said:

Reading the manual it says not to try and repair any part not explained in the manual yet it says bulbs are not covered by warranty. So what to do. So if you repair it then you invalidate your warranty. 

Changing a bulb is not classed as a repair. 
The bulb is behind the small panel, inside the cooking compartment on the right hand side, the "cavity lamp". If you unscrew the panel and remove the bulb you can then see which one it is and order a new one online. Do not operate the microwave without the panel in place as you risk shorting if something splashed on the connector. The bulb will cost a few pounds at most and take about thirty seconds to remove and refit.

paul2louise

Aylesbury_Duck said:

paul2louise said:

Reading the manual it says not to try and repair any part not explained in the manual yet it says bulbs are not covered by warranty. So what to do. So if you repair it then you invalidate your warranty. 

Is the light essential to its use?

No I have been using it for a few weeks while waiting for a reply from IKEA but I can't see what I am cooking and that means I am having things boil over quite a bit. 

paul2louise

I contacted a spairs company and they don't recognise the model so couldn't help

paul2louise

MattMattMattUK said:

paul2louise said:

Reading the manual it says not to try and repair any part not explained in the manual yet it says bulbs are not covered by warranty. So what to do. So if you repair it then you invalidate your warranty. 

Changing a bulb is not classed as a repair. 
The bulb is behind the small panel, inside the cooking compartment on the right hand side, the "cavity lamp". If you unscrew the panel and remove the bulb you can then see which one it is and order a new one online. Do not operate the microwave without the panel in place as you risk shorting if something splashed on the connector. The bulb will cost a few pounds at most and take about thirty seconds to remove and refit.

I can't unscrew the panel. There are no screws. So unless I can get to it from the outside of the microwave. This means I need to remove the casing holding it in the integration

Aylesbury_Duck

paul2louise said:

MattMattMattUK said:

paul2louise said:

Reading the manual it says not to try and repair any part not explained in the manual yet it says bulbs are not covered by warranty. So what to do. So if you repair it then you invalidate your warranty. 

Changing a bulb is not classed as a repair. 
The bulb is behind the small panel, inside the cooking compartment on the right hand side, the "cavity lamp". If you unscrew the panel and remove the bulb you can then see which one it is and order a new one online. Do not operate the microwave without the panel in place as you risk shorting if something splashed on the connector. The bulb will cost a few pounds at most and take about thirty seconds to remove and refit.

I can't unscrew the panel. There are no screws. So unless I can get to it from the outside of the microwave. This means I need to remove the casing holding it in the integration

I'd leave it, then, unless you're confident with that sort of DIY.  You risk damaging it or worse, yourself.

JJ_Egan

Last time i had the problem i just googled until i found the bulb .

paul2louise

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paul2louise

I can remove the screws on black housing

Aylesbury_Duck

Only start doing that if you are absolutely sure it's not live.  Integrated appliances are sometimes wired straight into a circuit so if you can't unplug it, don't start fiddling around.