This troubleshooting guide is for a Whirlpool Microwave Oven, Model # WMH53521H. This Over-the-Range Oven achieved an overall score of 83 and came in #1 in the 2020 Consumer Reports Buying Guide. Tools Needed Multimeter (How to use a multimeter) 9-Volt battery Insulated Needle Nose Pliers 2-Insulated Screwdrivers Nitrile gloves Safety Alert A microwave oven can produce powerful jolts of electricity …
Most washing machines and dryers are sold as two individual appliances, sometimes as a set but always possible to buy separately. If you have a standard sized laundry room or laundry nook, then side-by-side machines make sense. However, not every home or living situation has room for two full-sized appliances to accommodate at-home laundry. For tiny apartments, mobile accommodations, minimalist …
In terms of microwave malfunction, having the light go out inside the microwave cabinet is not exactly a huge problem. It doesn’t so much prevent you from using the appliance so much as it prevents you from covertly heating up a burrito at midnight in a dark house. Regardless, it is nice to be able to use your microwave without …
Ice makers are a part of the kitchen that we rarely think about until given a reason. When it happens, however, those reasons are hard to ignore. Ice that smells or tastes bad, for example, will quickly get your example. Ice that is clearly no longer clear, ice that has become cloudy or has flecks in it are also upsetting. …
Electric stoves are among the most common appliances found in modern homes. Every house needs a stove and gas stoves can only be installed in some homes. There are many variations of the electric stovetop design. Some have built-in ovens, some are built directly into the countertop. Some electric stoves have exposed element burners, some are glasstop with the burners …
Well, this is awkward. You expect that someday your dryer may manifest a problem that will prevent it from functioning at all, but what you didn’t expect was the dryer to just keep running. It keeps rotating, making heat, or just never stops until you physically cut the electricity to it or open the door and trigger the safety mechanism. …
Most people who currently have a gas stove did not choose to buy that stove. The stove came with the house. Over 80% of rental homes include whatever stove was installed by the last owner-resident or the original builders. Homes on the market sold as move-in-ready include all the essential appliances, including the stove, so even homeowners cook on the …
Whirlpool is a household brand in the home and while not every appliance you own may be a Whirlpool, you can trust you are getting a pretty good appliance when it is of that brand. Yet, any appliance, over time, will begin to wear down and manifest malfunctions. It is just something that will happen. If you are lucky, the …
Your microwave is one of the most encapsulated appliances in the home. For most appliances, you can see how the parts would come apart and go back together. Microwaves, however, are built in a way designed to disguise disassembly. This is one of the reasons why microwave repairs seem so daunting or don’t even occur to us at all, even …
The washer and dryer in your home are designed to work together. But in the balance of time, the dryer often takes longer than the washer when trying to move multiple loads of laundry through the machines. This is made all the more challenging if your dryer seems to have slowed down on how long it takes to dry clothes, …
