programcomputer
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Hello,
A very good freind of mine Ken, recently gave me a new MIB Amana Radarange. He knew that my old single dial JCPenney microwave was too small for many cooking bowls that I have, and that it was literally taking myself or Martin FOREVER to cook anything, especially when he comes to dinner, which is of late often...
Anyway's, he decided to give me the "other " Radarange that his parents never opened or used. It sat literally in a shelf in their basement since March 19,1985 according to the reciept.
They had bought two...one for their main home and one for the summer cottage that they have in the upper western part of the Michgan Mitten. They never took it there, for whatever reason...and apparantly promptly forgot about it...damned rich people...
It's not like we couldn't afford a new one. Quite the contrary. Marty and I have been shopping for a larger one and found one that would suit our needs, a Westinghouse badge engineered Salton Products design at my local Meijers for $89.95 for example.
However Ken was over and said that It would fit prefectly the "Retro" theme of my house...as my kitchen is decorated in 1970's colors and theme. The model # of my unit is located on a small silver sticker that denotes it as model
: RR-810.
On a much LARGER quality control sticker it's printed that it was also manufactured on
: June 9, 1984.
My question is to you out there that may have had experience with Radarange's....Do they have any major faults that could occur like radiation leaks? DO you think that after sitting all these years in a basement using it as much as I have in the last three days could do any damage? Did these earlier style microwaves draw huge power amounts, and if so could time and age, even tho just sitting in a dusty box get worse?
The box WAS open when he brought it to me, becasue the only thing that they ever apparantly wanted from it was the meat thermometer cord and probe thing. I would never cook a turkey in there let alone a roast, so I really don't need it anyways.
What are the experiences here from those whom know. I really would like to get a decent synopsis before I am really comfortable with not buying another "newer" one just in case. The old JCPenney went with Ken. He sent it to his son up in College..so I'm kinda caught now. It was what he wanted in trade for the nearly dead one...?
Anyway thanks guy's in advance...
Chad
A very good freind of mine Ken, recently gave me a new MIB Amana Radarange. He knew that my old single dial JCPenney microwave was too small for many cooking bowls that I have, and that it was literally taking myself or Martin FOREVER to cook anything, especially when he comes to dinner, which is of late often...
Anyway's, he decided to give me the "other " Radarange that his parents never opened or used. It sat literally in a shelf in their basement since March 19,1985 according to the reciept.
They had bought two...one for their main home and one for the summer cottage that they have in the upper western part of the Michgan Mitten. They never took it there, for whatever reason...and apparantly promptly forgot about it...damned rich people...
It's not like we couldn't afford a new one. Quite the contrary. Marty and I have been shopping for a larger one and found one that would suit our needs, a Westinghouse badge engineered Salton Products design at my local Meijers for $89.95 for example.
However Ken was over and said that It would fit prefectly the "Retro" theme of my house...as my kitchen is decorated in 1970's colors and theme. The model # of my unit is located on a small silver sticker that denotes it as model
: RR-810.
On a much LARGER quality control sticker it's printed that it was also manufactured on
: June 9, 1984.
My question is to you out there that may have had experience with Radarange's....Do they have any major faults that could occur like radiation leaks? DO you think that after sitting all these years in a basement using it as much as I have in the last three days could do any damage? Did these earlier style microwaves draw huge power amounts, and if so could time and age, even tho just sitting in a dusty box get worse?
The box WAS open when he brought it to me, becasue the only thing that they ever apparantly wanted from it was the meat thermometer cord and probe thing. I would never cook a turkey in there let alone a roast, so I really don't need it anyways.
What are the experiences here from those whom know. I really would like to get a decent synopsis before I am really comfortable with not buying another "newer" one just in case. The old JCPenney went with Ken. He sent it to his son up in College..so I'm kinda caught now. It was what he wanted in trade for the nearly dead one...?
Anyway thanks guy's in advance...
Chad
