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Old 05-29-2008, 06:45 AM   #1
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Display Panel on Microwave - Convection Oven

The display panel on my Sharp Microwave/Convection Oven is unreadable. Has anyone replaced the display panel on their oven? Is this a DIY job?

The oven still works, we just have to use the owners manual and follow the cooking instructions in the manual. Oh but what a pain.
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Old 05-29-2008, 08:13 AM   #2
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That sure sounds hard to put up with! I'll bump this thread. What do you think of running it by a small appliance repair shop and seeing if it's even possible?
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Old 05-29-2008, 01:11 PM   #3
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Try leaving the trailer plugged in to shore power for several days. You may find that the panel corrects itself.
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Old 05-29-2008, 04:07 PM   #4
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The display panel on my Sharp Microwave/Convection Oven is unreadable. Has anyone replaced the display panel on their oven? Is this a DIY job?

The oven still works, we just have to use the owners manual and follow the cooking instructions in the manual. Oh but what a pain.
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Sharp has had a problem with them. I know lots of airstreamers that have the same thing happen to them . I would take up MicroWaveSvc on there offer . $40.00 seams like a good deal to fix a good microwave.
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Old 05-29-2008, 07:13 PM   #6
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Thanks for a solution. $40 sounds real hard to beat.

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Just a reminder to people browsing this thread "after the fact", many prices will be subject to change. When the "price of gas" thread was started, gas was hovering around $2 a gallon, currently is is flirting with $4.
So, if you ask the above people for a price to repair, and it's a lot more than the above quote, remember to factor time and inflation to it, to avoid sticker shock.
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Old 08-27-2008, 07:48 PM   #8
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Received my display panel back from MicrowaveDisplay.com today. Reinstalled the display and it works wonderfully. Cooked my dinner using the microwave and it worked. Cost was the advertised $39.95. There was about a two week turn around time. The display was packed in bubble wrap that was surrounded with styroform. I had a positive experience with this company. Thanks for a great job.

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Great information.. I just sent mine out today. I had the same display problem. Looking forward to the same great results.

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Old 10-12-2008, 06:14 PM   #10
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Great Information! My display finally refused to restore itself completely over the past weekend - so out it comes tommorrow and off to the repair shop!
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Its interesting that we all have about the same vintage trailer. Mine was the Sharp carosal convection oven. Is the display on that what failed for you too? Must just have a built in life expectancy..

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Yep! That's the critter. It probably started failing several years ago but, as I mentioned in an earlier reply herein, it would correct itself after shore power was restored for an hour or so.
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I just bought this trailer and have been working on it in my garage. I hadnt tried the convection oven until yesterday and it didnt have any power. I slid it out from its cabinent and found that it was only partially plugged in. I was all excited that it would be an easy fix and then this. Oh well. Im sure when i get it back it will work perfect. Till then i put the covection oven in our kitchen of our home and my wife wants to practice cooking with it before i reinstall it in the trailer. Funny thing is that once you remove the shroud that mounts it its just a free standing oven that looks like it could be sold for your house. Im sure others did just that and bought something new. But it still looks new and im sure it has alot of life still in it.

Glad i found this post so it could be repaired.

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It works! Just got the panel back from repair and the convection oven works! Thanks for the tip..
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Old 11-08-2008, 05:38 PM   #15
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I reinstalled the repaired panel last Saturday and it works perfectly! One of the things I'm doing now, to prolong the life of the display, is that I switch the breaker for the Microwave off when the trailer is stored. Before, I would periodically plug the trailer in during the winter to charge the batteries and the microwave display would try to come on with the temperature below zero. From what I've read, that's not good for the display. It's best to have the trailer up to a reasonable interior temperature before firing it up.
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Mmmm. My wife is practicing with it as i have it in the house for a few weeks so we can figure it out before we install it back in the trailer. I smell pork chops.. then roasted potatoes.. working perfectly
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