ᐅ Mysterious Issue with the Oven and Microwave

Hello everyone,

I came home from work today and noticed the following:

- The microwave is off and won’t turn on. When I open the microwave door, the turntable keeps spinning endlessly. Even when I close the door, it keeps spinning. So, I had to unplug the microwave from the outlet. Then I plugged it back in, opened the door, and the turntable started spinning again. This time, however, it stopped spinning when I closed the door. I also tried a different outlet, but unfortunately, the microwave still doesn’t work.

- The oven beneath the microwave is on, but it shows 12:00, which is typical when the oven has been switched off and on again. However, nobody was home today… Then I wanted to check if the oven works at all. Unfortunately, it doesn’t. No matter which mode I try, nothing happens inside, although the lights and the display clock are on. I also tried a different outlet with the oven—no success. Suddenly, I tried again, and it worked… but then it stopped working again.

The refrigerator is working fine.

All three appliances share a triple outlet in the kitchen…

Could it be that there was a power outage that somehow damaged the appliances?

I find that hard to believe since the refrigerator works and the other two devices were on but not used…

Does anyone have any idea what this might be?

Thanks

Power outage and either before or after a surge from the grid, or a lightning strike, or an excavator damaged a cable

Refrigerator, microwave, and oven plugged into the same outlet? That’s actually not advisable…

I thought a stove outlet needed to be protected by a circuit breaker.
I would say the microwave can be removed since it is quite old.
The oven timer should keep running after a power outage, right?

Malunga schrieb:

Fridge, microwave, and oven all on one outlet? That’s actually not correct…

It worked without any problems for 16 years.

karambol schrieb:

It worked without any problems for 16 years.

But the time has certainly come for even simple kitchen appliances to give up, for whatever specific reasons in your case. Just look forward to nice new appliances (a small consolation).