Maybe take the collar off the cat before you stick him in? Seriously, I've never had a microwave rust or fail, apart from the odd door switch, and I'm 65! I've fixed plenty that needed anything from a maggie to a cap or diode, though... (and for the record, I've never tried to microwave a live critter!) The stainless used on most appliances is a pretty low grade, magnetic and easily corroded.
My present oven is a "Kitchenaid" OTR combo that matches the rest of my stuff, just a glorified Whirlpool probably built in China. I got so tired of needing to turn up the TV every time it ran, that I installed a pair of flat squirrel cage fans to cool the magnetron, then added a relay and some wiring to let it run only when the magnetron transformer is powered. The rocket scientists that designed it saved a buck or so on a separate fan, using one side of the vent blower to cool it. I guess the plastic duct was cheaper than the old blowers cost. Quite literally, you couldn't hear yourself think while it was running, and you were blowing air out of the house the whole time, the vent had roughly half it's original capacity, plus the added benefit of sucking greasy air into the electronics any time you used the vent...
My present oven is a "Kitchenaid" OTR combo that matches the rest of my stuff, just a glorified Whirlpool probably built in China. I got so tired of needing to turn up the TV every time it ran, that I installed a pair of flat squirrel cage fans to cool the magnetron, then added a relay and some wiring to let it run only when the magnetron transformer is powered. The rocket scientists that designed it saved a buck or so on a separate fan, using one side of the vent blower to cool it. I guess the plastic duct was cheaper than the old blowers cost. Quite literally, you couldn't hear yourself think while it was running, and you were blowing air out of the house the whole time, the vent had roughly half it's original capacity, plus the added benefit of sucking greasy air into the electronics any time you used the vent...
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