Kenmore Appliance Parts
Welcome to Kenmore Microwave Parts Resource Center
- Kenmore Microwave Parts
- How Kenmore Microwave Works
- Magnetron
- Wave Guide and Stirrer Blade
- Why Some Foods Cook Better than Others
- Safe, Quick, and Inexpensive
- Maintenance Tips for Kenmore Microwave
Kenmore Microwave Parts
It's dinner time. You just got home with the kids - both of them had swimming lessons. You need to prepare some dinner quickly and then you'll take Kate to ballet while your husband takes Jack to soccer practice. You look in the refrigerator and there is the lovely bawl of pasta with tomato sauce from last night's dinner. You can warm it up quickly, make a salad, toast some garlic bread and you have a nice dinner. Everyone will be happy! Except - when you press the microwave button on, nothing happens. What now?
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How Kenmore Microwave Works
Microwaves have become ubiquitous in most modern households, college dorms, work places, etc. Microwaves provide a very fast, portable and convenient cooking source. Below is an overview of how microwaves function:
Magnetron
Magnetron is a transmitting antenna very similar to one a radio or TV station might use. Microwaves convert electricity from the household source into one of extremely high voltage. This feeds the magnetron and changes the high voltage into electromagnetic wave energy. This energy is stored in frequency band of radio waves.
- Radio waves are directed into the cooking area of the microwave oven.
- Radio waves cause molecules in food or liquid to resonate or vibrate.
- Friction is caused between vibrating molecules.
- Friction generates heat for cooking in the microwave oven.
Wave Guide and Stirrer Blade
Wave guide and stirrer blade work together so that energy can reach all parts of microwave interior.
Why Some Foods Cook Better than Others
The structure of foods (or the lack of it) has a lot to do with whether a food type is good for cooking in a microwave or will taste terrible.
- Baking bread? Not a good idea. Bread has a complicated internal structure of air pockets. When all of the molecules in the structure start vibrating at microwave frequency, the structures break down and bread becomes tough and inedible.
- Heating water? Water has no structure so when its molecules start vibrating, they rub against each other. This creates friction, then heats up. The reason foods with high water content heat well in the microwave is because they have no fragile structures to break down. Foods that heat up well in a microwave include: soups, vegetables, and foods high in fat and sugar.
Safe, Quick, and Inexpensive
Microwave ovens use radio waves rather than radiant heat to heat up the food. This is considered to be a safe and energy efficient process.
Maintenance Tips for Kenmore Microwave
Warning! Even when a unit is unplugged, one can still receive serious electrical shock from the different components of the microwave oven. Only a qualified repair technician should perform repair on a microwave.
Keep your Kenmore Microwave Working Longer
Always keep the inside of a microwave spotlessly clean. Food particles absorb some of the energy while the unit is operating; this may cause burns and damage to your microwave oven. Exterior trim pieces (like door hardware, touch pad controls, and others) should also be kept very clean. This will make them last longer.
Surge Protection
Because they have solid state circuitry on the inside, microwaves are susceptible to damage from voltage spikes caused by lightening, etc. . Experts recommend that you plug it into an appropriate surge suppressor to protect the circuitry.
Door Safety
Your microwave's door keeps the energy inside the unit and this is where you want it to stay. If the door is damaged, or if the seal doesn't fit correctly, the microwave should be checked by a qualified technician.
Running Empty
Microwave ovens heat food or liquids by bombarding them with super high frequency sound energy. If a microwave is empty, there is nothing to absorb the energy and this can feed the energy back to the microwave itself. Permanent damage can be caused to the internal antenna or magnetron.
Warning! A microwave oven should never be operated without food or liquid inside.
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