Sears Microwave Oven - Manual (Page 20)

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
OPERATION
Q. What is wrong when the oven light will not glow during cooking or when the oven door is open?
A.
There may be several reasons why the oven light will not glow. Perhaps:
• Door is not closed and locked. Push door firmly to be sure that door is locked properly.
• The light bulb has burned out.
Q. Why does steam come out of the air exhaust vent?
A. Steam is normally produced during cooking. The microwave!convection oven has been designed to vent this steam
out of the top vent.
Q. Why does the oven not work or stop during cooking?
A. Objects that block the exhaust vents cause the oven thermostat to shut off the oven power until the interior compo­
nents have cooled.
DO NOT PLACE ANY OBJECTS SUCH AS BOOKS, PAPER, OR COOKING ACCESSORIES OVER THE TOP
OF THE EXHAUST VENTS.
Q. Will the microwave oven be damaged if it operates empty?
A. Yes. Never run it empty or without the metal turntable for microwave or micro/convection combination cooking.
Q. Does microwave energy pass through the viewing screen in the door? -
A. No. The metal screen bounces the energy back into the oven cavity. The holes (or ports) are made to allow light to
pass through. They do not let microwave energy pass through.
Q. Why does smoke come out of the exhaust vent at the top of the oven?
A. It is normal for smoke to come out of the vent during convection cooking.
Also smoke can be produced when food is over-cooked. The smoke will then come out through the vent.
Keeping the oven clean will reduce smoking during convection cooking.
Q. Why does it sometimes take so long to preheat?
A. When the oven door is opened during preheating, hot air will escape from the oven and the oven temperature will
drop, making the preheating time longer. Avoid opening the oven door during preheating, convection cooking or
micro/convection combination cooking, whenever possible.
Q. Is the moisture accumulation on the top and/or sides of the oven door normal when cooking using the micro/
convection combination method?
A. Yes, when foods with high moisture content are cooked, water beads may form on the top and/or sides of the oven
door, but will dissipate after use.
Q. Why does my oven show time counting down in the display window but no cooking is occurring?
A. The microcomputer in your oven has caused this. Simply unplug the oven and then plug it back in.
Q. When the oven is plugged into a wall outlet for the first time, it might not work properly. What is wrong?
A. Only when the oven is plugged in for the first time or when power resumes after a power interruption, the microcom­
puter used in the oven control assembly may temporarily become scrambled and fail to function as programmed.
Unplug the oven from the 120-volt household outlet and then plug it back in. The microcomputer will be reset for
proper function thereafter.
Q. Why does the turntable sometimes rotate clockwise or counterclockwise?
A.
The turntable will rotate clockwise or counterclockwise. This is normal.
If the food or utensil on the turntable touches oven walls, causing the turntable to stop moving, the turntable will
automatically rotate in opposite direction.
Q Why is there noise coming from the turntable when the oven is turned on?
A.
This noise occurs when the roller rest and oven bottom are dirty.
Frequent cleaning of these parts should eliminate or reduce the noise.
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