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Oculus Spirit [97731]
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Dec 3, 2020, 12:51 PM
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Any Juan ever done it? How big a PITA is it? Having installed toilets, dish washers, garbage disposals, washing machines, dryers, etc......this will be a first microwave.
Any tips, pointers, suck jestions?
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Just make sure alignment is correct on the
Dec 3, 2020, 12:56 PM
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3 pronged plug. Otherwise you can't get it plugged in and as a result won't get power.
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Oculus Spirit [79260]
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This had me laughign way harder than I should have
Dec 3, 2020, 1:03 PM
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Oculus Spirit [78892]
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even with that laugh
Dec 3, 2020, 1:10 PM
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still wood
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Oculus Spirit [79260]
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No eye deer hoo she is butt TRDJ probably understands her
Dec 3, 2020, 1:21 PM
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Seems like some sort of spanish survivor show.
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Use the paper template. If it is under cabinet, hopefully
Dec 3, 2020, 12:59 PM
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it either uses the existing screw holes OR is far enough away from the existing ones where reaming out a new hole isn't a problem. Using the existing back bracket is primo as well, otherwise you need a new one of those (should be included).
I've installed 2, but one of them like 3 times due to fvckups and a bracket messing up.
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YOU GRINGOS TRIP ME OUT!
Dec 3, 2020, 1:01 PM
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You actually mount your microwave?
How do you take it to job sites to reheat last night's fiesta?
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Fresh asphalt is GREAT for heating a leftover
Dec 3, 2020, 1:24 PM
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quesadilla. Just keep it wrapped in tin foil, or not.
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Re: Fresh asphalt is GREAT for heating a leftover
Dec 3, 2020, 1:33 PM
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When you get to the job sight just put your food under the hood and it will be ready @ lunch time.
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Oculus Spirit [97731]
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Yeah. Turned out all that bad stuff then some.
Dec 3, 2020, 8:45 PM
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Old one had 2x4 spacers behind it. After doing some more measuring top cabinet sticks out further than side cabinets so the spacer on the wall is needed for the vent. Had to lower the bottom 2x4 and then use the new bracket as old one doesn't work. Had to drill 3 new holes up top too. They lined up luckily. Bracket behind didn't line up first time. Had to redo the bracket and 2x4.
5 minutes to uninstall the old one. 1 hour to install the new one.
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Oculus Spirit [78892]
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take the current one
Dec 3, 2020, 1:02 PM
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off the counter and take the new one and put it in the same spot
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You engineers are wizards.***
Dec 3, 2020, 1:04 PM
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never said I was a microwave engineer***
Dec 3, 2020, 1:25 PM
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I have to find a microwave handle for an out of production
Dec 3, 2020, 1:04 PM
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microwave. I do not want to be buying a new microwave.
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If it's an over the oven version that recircs/vents inside
Dec 3, 2020, 1:06 PM
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throw it out until you can make it where you can vent it outside.
Venting food smells through a grease filter then back inside the house is pretty useless.
That's like number 3 or 4 on things "I'll never own again".
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My parents recently did that, after using a
Dec 3, 2020, 1:17 PM
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wide gift ribbon tied around the microwave door for....years
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totes DGUAR'd this...but thanks for the TU, IE***
Dec 3, 2020, 1:20 PM
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Oculus Spirit [81076]
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I thought I understood what you meant
Dec 3, 2020, 1:24 PM
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So yeah
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Oculus Spirit [97731]
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The house I just sold was well insulated.
Dec 3, 2020, 1:21 PM
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Which was great on the THIRD day after my wife cooked brussel sprouts. The stairway would hold a fart for 3 days.
And having a two story house is #1 on the list of things "I'll never own again".
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stop being poor and hire someone***
Dec 3, 2020, 1:17 PM
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Oculus Spirit [97731]
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Re: stop being dumb and do it yourself
Dec 3, 2020, 1:22 PM
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Take what you save paying someone to install it, and sink that into buying a better product to begin with. Then it lasts longer, works better, and you pay someone else less over the years to come out and fix it all the time because you bought a crap appliance with the "free" installation. And you end up using it longer before having to replace it.
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Oculus Spirit [81076]
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Its actually the opposite of that.
Dec 3, 2020, 1:32 PM
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The better kitchen appliances are the cheaper ones now. They have less features that will break.
Don't believe me? Look at a $400 Westinghouse refrigerator vs a $1800 Samsung refrigerator with two ice makers in it and a camera so I can see what in it without opening the door.
Or a $2500 LG front loader clothes washer vs a Roper $450 top loader. Sure, with the LG I can put an IP address on it and in 3 years the Chinese will hacking the NSA with all the bots that are running on it, but the timer, self cleaner and steam wrinkle remove probably won't be working.
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Oculus Spirit [79260]
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Brah...a samsung like that cost way more than 1800
Dec 3, 2020, 1:38 PM
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Won't matter anyways right now because you'll take what you can get as far as appliances go. Big time shortage on all of them.
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Re: Its actually the opposite of that.
Dec 3, 2020, 1:39 PM
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You might be on to something there sparky. The wife had to have this $5000 refrig. I have had to fix it twice and the service man once. I hate to call the service guy tho.
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Re: Its actually the opposite of that.
Dec 3, 2020, 1:52 PM
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The service guy did not even troubleshoot the problem. He just called the factory rep. and the rep. told him to look @ the circuit board for the meat drawer. That was it the cable had broken and shorted out the board drawing all the DC voltage down. The board was going to cost $500 so I ask the service guy to unplug the board. When he did everything started working. We don't need a sperate cooling control for the meat drawer. I wrapped up the place where it was broken with electrical tape. Works just fine.
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Oculus Spirit [97731]
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This is a lateral upgrade with one big difference
Dec 3, 2020, 4:30 PM
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This one is a convection oven too. Solves wife's complaining about no double oven. That saves several grand in buying a double oven and more thousands not having to remodel the cabinets.
Also old microwave had broken lights, fan doesn't work, and it doesn't keep time. Otherwise it cooks fine. Only thing it does fine.
This is a joint Christmas present. She gets two ovens and I get to not hear her complain about only having one oven.
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Re: This is a lateral upgrade with one big difference
Dec 3, 2020, 8:43 PM
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I love our double oven. It comes in handy around the holidays.
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EASY!!! Plug it in and set it on the top of the portable dishwasher.***
Dec 3, 2020, 1:19 PM
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I’ve done it twice now
Dec 3, 2020, 1:22 PM
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If I can, literally anyone can
Much easier than a disposal
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Re: I’ve done it twice now
Dec 3, 2020, 2:34 PM
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I had to replace the motor on my disposal a few months back it was not that bad.
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I've done it twice, not a big deal.
Dec 3, 2020, 2:05 PM
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The first time I replaced a stove hood and I had to rewire and install a plug above the stove. I reinforced the cabinet a bit to insure it would hold. The 2nd time was a replacement and luckily the hardware was similar enough to be really easy.
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Build a shelf in the island
Dec 3, 2020, 3:32 PM
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Pull out old one. Replace with new one. So easy.
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If you have an engineering degree it will take 2 hours.
Dec 3, 2020, 4:23 PM
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Anyone else 15 minutes.
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Sounds like you got 'er done! Congrats
Dec 3, 2020, 8:49 PM
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the first one I did, I had to redo our cabinets (too low) over the stove, so it was a major project, the others were easy peasy if you have someone help hold it up.
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