Our 5th Wheel has an Apollo 1/2 time microwave/convection oven installed over the stove. Last night Rudee had set out some leftovers to reheat and wrapped some potatoes to bake. We both were working here in the campground until 8pm so during my rounds escorting, delivering firewood etc. I was supposed to stop at our camper at 7pm and turn the convection oven on to bake the taters.

I did exactly as I was told (or so I thought), and since the potatoes were already in the oven I just set the timer on 60 minutes, hit start and headed back out the door ........ wrong! I had it set on microwave and not on the convection oven! Needless to say an hour of microwaving aluminum foil wrapped potatoes didn't do the oven any good! When we got off work there was no lights on and apparently no power to the microwave at all. I checked the breaker and it was fine so I did some research on line and found that there is a fuse located somewhere in the guts of the thing.

This morning I decided to take it out of the cabinet and tear it apart figuring I couldn't hurt it any worse. They put these things together with enough tiny brass screws to choke a horse and it took me about 30 minutes to get the outer sheet metal off and get it torn apart enough to access the insides. The fuse is shaped like the older automotive fuses and about the same size but are ceramic. Our's was a 20 amp and is rated for up to 240V. I found the replacement at Lowes for under $8.00. The fuse was an easy replace and then another 30 minutes putting the oven back together, plugged it back in and "voila" we had power again!

Rudee loves her convection oven and I was feeling pretty low that I had "fried" it. Thankfully it turned out to be an easy fix, even for a guy that is all thumbs. $8.00 for a fuse sure beats at least $250 for a new oven!

Phil