--- Debra wrote: > I don't blame you for buying the cheap microwaves--I can't believe > you've had to buy that many!? But that sure was an impressive > storm--so weird how it seemed to be centered over Lancaster.? The > roads were completely dry on the other side of town. ********************** Lynn, Check out getting an outlet surge protector for the microwave. I have whole house surge protection plus I have the computer, tv's, printer, satelite and vcr's plugged into the multi-outlet surge protectors and put the phone on it's own single outlet s.p. I've had lightning come through the lines and blow out the line for the tv to satelite and lightning come in and knock out the ringer on the phone. Also check with your electric company and see if they offer any kind of surge protection. Maybe the wiring is bad in that outlet? tracy ____________________________________________________________________________________ Park yourself in front of a world of choices in alternative vehicles. Visit the Yahoo! Auto Green Center. http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center/

Hi Tracy, That's just it, we have everything on surge protectors for many, many, many years now, and still we lose microwaves? We've lost answering machines, all kinds of things, that I can't think of right now, and all were on the proper surge protectors :o) Lots of good surge protectors do for us. That's why, whenever a storm is near, if I can hear it coming, I shut down our WELL surge protected computers, and unplug everything, including the phone line coming into the surge protector for the computer. I'm going to unplug the microwave now, also, whenever a storm is headed our way. It's just that I rely on the clock on the microwave all the time :o) I'll have to make sure Big Ben is wound up, and correct in it's time, all the time. Oh, and that outlet is one of the ones we updated, too. I can't wait until we can update ALL the wiring in this house. Hopefully, when they are finished getting our house fixed from that storm, we will know where we stand as far as money, and we can get that done. That's one of the big things we are trying to get updated, but have had so many little things constantly eating up our budget over the years, that we've only been able to do it in bits and pieces. Welcoming more ideas, though :o) Thanks for trying :o) Lynn Tracy wrote: Lynn, Check out getting an outlet surge protector for the microwave. I have whole house surge protection plus I have the computer, tv's, printer, satelite and vcr's plugged into the multi-outlet surge protectors and put the phone on it's own single outlet s.p. I've had lightning come through the lines and blow out the line for the tv to satelite and lightning come in and knock out the ringer on the phone. Also check with your electric company and see if they offer any kind of surge protection. Maybe the wiring is bad in that outlet?