My GE Profile Spacemaker 2.0 over stove microwave shuts off (everything - as if it is unplugged) when cooking over a stove heating steaming food. Then, about 5 minutes later, it starts back up again. It also will shut itself off mid cycle if we have used one of the sensor cooking settings to heat something requiring more than one cooking cycle. Again, it will turn itself back on eventually.
If you just put the fan blade back on, it will almost certainly fall off again.
The best bet is to slightly rough up the contact area of the shaft with sandpaper and use a little super glue to hold the blade assembly on the shaft, and let it set a few minutes before using it.
I always recommend that you use the hood vent exhaust fan when cooking on the stove top to keep heat, steam, and
grease out of the controls.
There
should be a "mini-manual" (tech sheet) hidden inside the unit
behind the
control panel or hidden on the left side behind the grille, which is
very helpful when troubleshooting, testing, and locating components.
At
our Web site, we have a video
available showing how to remove a typical
over the range control panel assembly in under 5 minutes.
You can find
helpful exploded view diagrams and order parts by entering your full
model number from the tag on the oven here.
Feel free to contact me directly (and please remind me of your
full model number from the tag on the unit) for more information & help.
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My GE Profile Microwave is a JVM2070CH02. I found that the fan had literally fallen off the motor's rotor. I replaced it, but alas, it still stops after heating food for a while. The sound is similar to what you sent. I do believe that the thermostat is the issue as you suggest. Is it the sensor placed on the bottom of the inside of the cabinet right behind the LED panel? -- or is it somewhere else?
Thanks for your help!
Dutch
The magnetron is probably overheating, tripping the magnetron thermostat, which kills the power.
Then when it cools, the thermostat closes and power is restored again.
This can happen if the vents are blocked, if the magnetron is failing, or if the internal cooling fan is not running.
When I say internal
cooling fan, I do not mean the hood vent exhaust fan which you can turn
on and off manually.
I'm instead talking
about the internal fan which comes on automatically whenever you
microwave.
We have a sound clip of what a microwave should sound like when the cooling fan and high voltage section are operating here.
It is vital that the
cooling fan runs, or the magnetron will be destroyed.
Is that fan running when you try to microwave?
Also, please reply back with your model number so we can help you.
I am encountering the same problem but my microwave is a free standing counter unit. Can I fix this myself or do I just buy a new microwave?
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