Microwave oven reliability

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@BrendanMays

how product design

It may not only be product design, but the general trend for a throw away society and the cost to repair like the example I raised here:

To repair or replace, that is the question

We try and repair. I hate throwing something out with a minor defect just because it is inconvenient/expensive to repair or there is a better one with more bells and whistles. Examples. Have changed power supplies in PCs etc. Easy to do if you have a bit of knowledge. The turntable in our Panasonic microwave stopped turning. After doing some research online, found out that it could either be one of two things…the synchronous motor or the controller circuitry. I rang up Panasonic to see th…