Hello:
Have a Panasonic Microwave purchased in '98.
Model is MMN-S768.
Lately, it won't heat anymore, usually, and what I guess is a code appears on the display: "H98"
About 25 % of the time, though, it does work.
Any idea what this code signifies ?
What's a typical lifetime for something like this ?
Any thoughts would be most appreciated.
Thanks, Bob
Everything is possible, but the first thing I would guess is a fault in the control circuitry, but can't say where there.. :-| But the first thing I would suspect are electrolytic capacitors. If u have an ESR-meter, measure the ESR's of those el.caps.
Hmm...I've found Panasonic pretty high quality microwave.. As although the quality has decreased a lot on most electronic devices within the past 15 years, my friend has an about 5 years old Panasonic microwave with no problems, and that seems to be pretty durable microwave. And I have a Panasonic microwave too, made in the 80's, I got it a few years ago freely, as broken. I repaired it, there were just a shorted resonance capacitor and a blown main fuse due to it. It also seems to be very durable and high-quality device. So I would think that yours is worth repairing.
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