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Norm:
Anyone have a Sharp microwave and the display fades away?
I have one that still works after 15? years .....3 or 4 yrs. ago
the display faded away learned how to get by without it mostly
reheat coffee....punch clear, hit beverage, count about 15 seconds
for 3/4 cup of cold coffee.
Baked potato....pretty much automatic.....press clear (beep), and
press baked potato.  Oatmeal  put in and watch till it rises and
almost runs over.

Pretty Basic!

Then along comes this power outage for 3 or 4 days....and when it
finally comes on  ....the Sharp display comes on bright and clear just
like when it was new  and displays....Sharp     still  the greatest
and gives me instructions on how to set the clock.....

nice ....works for a couple of days  but then I forget to press clear when I'm
thru using it a couple of times and I noticed it was fading again.....
tried unplugging it for a few hours.....but that didn't work......it's gone again

I can shine a flashlight on the display window at an angle and make out what
it's trying to display ......

any suggestions  or ideas how to bring the display back?   

if I get it back I could unplug it when not in use....but I'd probably get the
 nagging about resetting the clock.....
Norm :)

Wolvenar:
LCD? or other kind of display?

Tell you right now its not a repair for someone that doesn't like diving into electronics any which way.

Take a pic of the front I just *might* have a source for a working control / lcd

Norm:
Wolv....
  You mean the whole front of the Sharp?

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its like bright LEDs when it was working yet even without them lit I can shine a
flashlight at an angle and see partly the numbers that it should be displaying
but even that not as good as it used to do.....
don't know if the pic will do any good ...but....
Norm

Norm:
that's the best I can do with this camera could do better with the other camera but needs a battery
Norm

ghurd:
LCD is black numbers, like a new calculator.
They can show up sometimes with light at an angle.

Like Wolv said, not something for normal humans to tinker with.

At the most, I'd take it appart, remove and reconnect the
connectors to the back of the display and the other cable ends too.
If that doesn't fix it... I'd give up right then.

Your microwave situation is better than mine right now.
Push "power time 1 2 5 start" (thats 1 minute 25 seconds for a big mug).
About 75% of the time the display goes to '88:88',
and nothing happens.
Push 'stop / reset',
Push "power time 1 2 5 start",
repeat repeat repeat

I should not complain.  It worked perfect until about 3 months ago.
I think it is 24 years old.  Panasonic.
G-

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