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Question About Emerson Microwave Oven MW8119SB
Only works when shaken...

Wasn't even a month old an it stopped working. It would spark to life when shaken so that got me thinking a loose wire. I took the top off to look inside an found a something that has 2 wires hooked to it that was causing it to not work. One wire leading out was visible burnt but when moved the microwave would power up, I think its a diode, 2 screws holing it in place an a part #KSD1 180. Not sure where to find a placement part but am looking. Also it would be nice to know why this happened on such a new micowave.

Asked by dustyboots on 02/03/2009 11  Answers

ManualsOnline posted an answer 15 years, 8 months ago

The ManualsOnline team has found the manual for this product! We hope it helps solve your problem. Get the Manual Here

ad posted an answer 15 years, 3 months ago

5 Good luck finding a replacement! This part has been discontinued because of it's high failure rate: http://www.repairclinic.com/SSPartDetail.aspx?s=b162a6i1057439&PartID=1057439 Mine blew up after 3 years of operation. I have ordered a used replacement part from ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120393912505&ssPageName=ADME:B:EOIBSA:US:1123 I will throw away this cheap oven when this part fails again. BTW this microwave has a one year warranty so you should return it if you can.
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Adam posted an answer 13 years, 2 months ago

5 Be very careful cause even unplugged capacitor has voltage. It looks to discharge after awhile though. Its a thermal safety component, it bypassed to another thermal safety component that was put in the circuit along side it.
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Adam posted an answer 13 years, 2 months ago

4 I took the part off and bypassed it with electrical tape.
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dustyboots posted an answer 15 years, 8 months ago

3 That part thats bad might also be called a power relay..
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ad posted an answer 15 years, 3 months ago

3 The Emerson Microwave part KSD1 180 is a thermal circuit protection device. It is rated for 180 degrees (220VAC @ 10A). Having burnt wires/connectors attached to this part is a very common problem with this brand of microwaves. I guess you get what you pay for...
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dustyboots posted an answer 15 years, 3 months ago

3 Thank you for your response, I checked several repair shops but have been unable to find a replacement part. I however have not tried contacting Emerson yet I was hoping to find something locale or online. Would that be something you could help me with?
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dustyboots posted an answer 15 years, 3 months ago

0 Thank you for your response (again) I have done some web searching an found that the part has been discontinued. Thanks also for the link an as for the warranty Ill see about that also. The micowave was a present for my mom last year an I'm from out of state, so her not wanting to hurt my feeling she didn't tell me it stopped working after the first month till I saw her again several months later (like about 5 or 6)..An of crouse lost the manual also.. Hey thank you again for your help an info..
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Adam posted an answer 13 years, 2 months ago

0 One more thing...these seem to cutoff microwave when overcooking something so be more careful.
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Adam posted an answer 13 years, 2 months ago

0 I read elsewhere that the contacts were lose to the piece to cause problems, which makes sense cause I burned food in mine before it had problems.
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Pete posted an answer 12 years, 8 months ago

0 This part is a thermostat, on the bottom is the temperature rating, such as 140 or 180. The device might have KSD1 on the bottom also. I am searching for a KSD1-180 haven't located one yet.
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