My new Radarange!

[swestoyz]

I also believe the foot on the back of the unit also acted as a spacer to ensure the air port on the back was not blocked from air flow. Air also exhausts out of a vent below the controls on the bottom of the unit. Later units (starting with the 4 series) had the vent built into the top of the control panel.

Ben

 

[philr]

I guess these changes happened at the same time they covered the grille in the door and they changed from a motor-driven stirrer to an air-driven stirrer. 

 

[philr]

I just ordered a glass tray for it on eBay. With the shipping, it will cost more than the MW itself... But it won't cost more than visiting all the thrift stores in the region again for one of these (I already did it!). 

 

I just hope it will get here in one piece!

 

[jakins]

Loved this when i had my Radarange

helped a lot with the older micros

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[philr]

The only microwave oven I ever had with a turntable is the Hitachi in the picture above (which I don't use much). All the others had none and I never had an issue with that. 

 

The only problem I had was with blocked stirrers in the "newer" Amanas with an air driven stirrer which caused hot spots. Once repaired, they heat more evenly.  To anyone who still uses their RR4 or newer Amanas and that noticed it cooks very unevenly, I'd suggest to look at the stirrer to see if it moves while the MW is operating. You don't see the stirrer itself but you can see it's shadow moving on the white splatter shield when the light is on. If it doesn't, chances are it's blocked by the splatter shield that has distorted. To easily fix that, simply remove the shield and cut about ¼" of the aluminum blade where it contacts the shield (that should happen on the part of the shield that goes up near the light bulb at the back of the oven.

 

 

 

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[michaelman2]

Sorry for the delete...I had found a tray on eBay and posted it...then realized that you had already located one...good news!

 

[philr]

There were quite a few on eBay when I checked but none available to Canada... I emailed one of the sellers who accepted to ship it here. If you still have the link, you can still post it! It might serve other members or even myself if it's cheap (I have 3 ovens that use these so having a spare isn't a bad idea!). 

 

[jetcone]

My RR-2 has an end of cycle buzzer

the one Greg is lusting after. Its a small switch located at the very bottom of the machine under the control panel. It has a nasty sound!

I always leave it off.

 

[philr]

Really?

 

Can you post a picture of it and of the serial number? It would be interesting to know when they started to add that!

 

Is the control panel on yours painted in the same gray as mine or is it darker? I have seen some ads featuring RR-2s that seemed to have a darker panel. Maybe it's just in ads...

 

 

 

[philr]

Differences between my RCM-10 and RR-2

 

[philr]

RCM-10 with air-driven stirrer.

 

[philr]

RR-2 with motor-driven stirrer. The shield in this one is semi-transparent rather than more opaque white and there are no vent holes in it. It's also held by 7 screws instead of 4. 

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[philr]

I'm still waiting for the glass tray for the RR-2 but this weekend, I decided to follow the repair procedure on Cory's website for one of my other microwaves. My Frigidaire RCM-10 microwaves are almost identical to an Amana RR-9T (or RRL-9TA) and the touchpads and digital displays on both of them were a bit erratic. One of them became worse this week as it was constantly displaying "4"s even if I didn't touch the touchpad (the other does the same if it gets very humid inside). I bought 2 of the 3 capacitors that often fail in these this morning and I replaced them. The touchpad works nicely again! Now, I need to find the other capacitor and I'll replace it too as well as the 3 capacitors in my other RCM-10 oven.   Thanks to Cory's detailed explanations, it was an easy job!

 

 

 

[jetcone]

Here;s the

buzzer shot, havent' got behind yet to see the serial number, its an RR2 .

 

[jetcone]

new dial installed

nice lite!

 

[philr]

Hi Jon,
The model and serial number tag should be under it! I would be curious to see the serial number and as many details as you could provide!
Please send more pics!

Here's the sticker where yours has a buzzer switch on mine.

 

[philr]

I also took one of the RCM-10 at the same time.

 

[cadman]

Phil, glad the cap replacement was successful! Stunning machines!

Regarding the buzzer switch...I should check my RR-2, but I don't think I've seen one without it. My RR-8A still has the cutout for the switch but that model uses a bell. However my 6W (the first digital machine) uses that switch even though the 'buzzer' is a much nicer electronic beep (quieter than the later ones) that times out after a few seconds. The switch completely disables it. Odd really. -Cory

 

[jetcone]

Its a nasty little

buzzer- makes you get right over to the machine. I rarely use it!
I'll check for Ser#