Folk wisdom convinces us that the plates are beating happily. But in the case of a microwave oven, fragments on the floor portend trouble, and sometimes quite long. After all, as it turns out, pick up a plate for a microwave - it's not five minutes, and without any preliminary preparation here can not do. But with the advice from our article, it will be much faster.
What is the name of the plate in the microwave?
To start a little theory. Coming to the search for a much needed accessory for a microwave oven, many are experiencing difficulties, not knowing how to correctly formulate a search query on the Internet. What is the correct name for a dish for a microwave oven? At special forums, you can find several notations: microwave dish, tray and dish. All of them have the full right to exist, after all, in essence they mean the same thing: a movable removable table, on which dishes with food are installed.
How to choose a dish for a microwave?
At first glance it seems that all the plates in all microwave ovens are the same: round and glass. But this is a deeply erroneous opinion - despite the external similarity, pallets for microwave ovens are unified products, and each other can not be replaced. Differences in weight: this is the diameter (agree that a plate with a diameter of 284 mm is hardly suitable for a microwave designed for 245 mm), and the bottom relief. Therefore, buying them "by eye" - an extremely imprudent waste of money. At best, the plate just will not get right, but at worst it will lead to a breakdown of the rotating mechanism. So, what you need to know in order to choose the right tray plate:
- Microwave oven brand . If the plate is broken what is called "into dust" and to study its features for the fragments is not possible, it is necessary to remove the "readings" directly from the microwave: write down the name of the manufacturer and model number. This information is also useful when formulating requests on the Internet, and when communicating with sales consultants in offline stores. It will not be superfluous to grab the store and the stand on which the plate is installed in the oven - it will help to avoid possible mistakes.
- Diameter of the plate . It can be measured by splinters or calculated by taking measurements from the inner chamber of the furnace - the diameter will be equal to the distance from the center of the chamber to the back wall, multiplied by 2, minus 10-15 mm for freedom of rotation.
- The relief of the bottom . As already mentioned above, the plates for microwave ovens from different manufacturers differ from each other in different sizes of protuberances for fastening on the rotating clutch (coupler). So, the plates for LG microwave ovens have a smooth smooth bottom without the slightest unevenness. The plates for the Panasonic furnaces in the center are equipped with three ledges. A dish in the oven firm "Samsung" plate should have a special groove and three legs.
How can I replace a plate in a microwave oven?
If you own a very old or very rare microwave oven, selecting a dish for it can cause certain difficulties. But in this case despair and send the stove to a landfill is not worth it - you can make a replacement for it yourself. To do this, take any suitable in shape (low and with small sides) and size glass dish and a small piece of sandpaper. Sauté the dish from below and glue in the center a circle of sandpaper. We give our "artwork" a good dry and install it in the oven. Thanks to two forces - friction and heaviness, our homemade design will be a successful replacement for the original microwave dish.