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I hate the beep!! (reddthat.com)
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[–] 4 points 7 months ago* (10 children)

There are videos on how to disable it permanently

It does require a little disassembly. I have considered doing this but I use the timer on the microwave a lot when baking things.

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  • [–] 7 points 7 months ago (7 children)

    Mine has a setting for sound off, which is great because it is a horrific loud beep, three times that doesn’t stop even if you try to interrupt it with a button or by opening the door. Anytime we have a power outage, it resets and I turn that damn beep off before I even change the clock because it annoys me so much.

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago* (4 children)

    THIS NEEDS TO BE MAINSTREAM.

    There is very little reason that with the digital behemoths that microwaves are now, that a simple "sound off" setting can't be done.

    I would also love a "sound off for this cycle" option, but that might be being too needy

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

    Even an analog switch on the back would be simple and easy to add. I know a lot of them do have ways to turn sound off. But many don't. And a simple switch on the backside would make things so much easier.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    There is very little reason that with the digital behemoths that microwaves are now, that a simple “sound off” setting can’t be done.

    Most microwaves already have this feature, it's just not obvious how to use it. Read your microwave's user manual.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Anytime we have a power outage, it resets and I turn that damn beep off before I even change the clock because it annoys me so much.

    After a power outage, my microwave absolutely refuses to do anything until I set the time. As if it's a clock that also happens to have the ability to cook food, and not the other way around.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    mine is this way as well. it will count inputs as setting the clock and if you put an invalid time in has a hissy fit and isn't clear what it is asking of you. The amount of times my grandfather has tried to use it after losing power and got frusterated because he was trying to cook something and the clock wanted to set the time as something stupid like 30:22 or something like that is annoying.

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Never disassemble a microwave unless you know exactly what you're doing. Like a CRT monitor, the capacitors are big enough to kill you.

    Many microwaves have some sort of button combo that'll mute it.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    Yeah I should have mentioned that. Definitely watch YouTube videos and be super careful to follow safety precautions.

    Even unplugged capacitors can hurt you pretty bad and possibly kill you.

    It's easy to not injure yourself as long as you know about this and how to avoid it. But don't go in blind.

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