A microwave plate is the part that spins during heating. It can be removed so it’s easier to clean. Removing it means that food will potentially heat unevenly and there’s usually a gear that the plate attaches to sticking out of the floor like a wart. Anything being heated will have to balance or lean on a slowly spinning gear which will potentially cause other problems.
You reminded me that some have a full bladed structure on wheels attached to that gear as a means of spinning the plate. Pulling this prank on one of those models would be even more diabolical.
The joke is that you can’t just buy the plate > in a quick manner and must order the replacement and will have to just…suck it up. And the absurdity of what such a theft entails.AFAIK the plates are not standard (probably proprietary to that model/brand) so by taking it you probably have to get a whole new microwave if you want it back.
E:thank you for the numerous replies saying they are standardized and replaceable.
They have become fairly standard due to consolidation of global manufacturing. I’ve taken apart a half dozen over the last decade and they all had the same slow mains motor and 3 wing drive mechanism. There are probably lots of exceptions, but the parts inside are pretty simple.
A microwave plate is the part that spins during heating. It can be removed so it’s easier to clean. Removing it means that food will potentially heat unevenly and there’s usually a gear that the plate attaches to sticking out of the floor like a wart. Anything being heated will have to balance or lean on a slowly spinning gear which will potentially cause other problems.
You reminded me that some have a full bladed structure on wheels attached to that gear as a means of spinning the plate. Pulling this prank on one of those models would be even more diabolical.
That’s the joke?
The joke is that you can’t just buy the plate > in a quick manner and must order the replacement and will have to just…suck it up. And the absurdity of what such a theft entails.
AFAIK the plates are not standard (probably proprietary to that model/brand) so by taking it you probably have to get a whole new microwave if you want it back.E:thank you for the numerous replies saying they are standardized and replaceable.
They have become fairly standard due to consolidation of global manufacturing. I’ve taken apart a half dozen over the last decade and they all had the same slow mains motor and 3 wing drive mechanism. There are probably lots of exceptions, but the parts inside are pretty simple.