Rules for installing a microwave oven: the neighborhood with other appliances

Before choosing a place to install a microwave oven, you need to know one basic rule: avoid blocking of ventilation openings. Installing the microwave close to kitchen cabinets or other appliances will lead to accumulation of dust, which can lead to fire. Let us consider in more detail the possible ways how to install a microwave.

Where better to put the microwave

Many housewives are confused when the question arises, where to place the microwave. On the one hand, it should be convenient for frequent use. On the other hand, dimensions impressive, and it takes up a lot of space in the kitchen. The desire to hide equipment favorably or fit into the overall interior of the kitchen leads to several installation options:

• place the equipment on the countertop;
• make a suspended microwave;
• put the stove on another equipment or under it (this method is used to save space in the presence of a small kitchen);
• integrate the microwave in the kitchen;
• on the windowsill, if its width permits.

All methods have the right to exist, but with certain criteria and rules of installation. However, it is also important to understand that not only the location of the furnace, but also its proximity to other electronics, as some techniques may be subject to its negative impact.

What not to put on the microwave

In order to save space, many people prefer to use the microwave as an extra shelf and put a teapot on it, without particularly wondering if this can be done. Some use it for bread bins, flowers and other items. This is fundamentally wrong, as there may be undesirable consequences. In many models of the stove on the top panel there is a ventilation strip; if water, crumbs and other solid small particles get in there, the equipment can burn out.

Above the microwave, on a separate shelf at a certain distance, you can install other furnishings.

Despite the fact that popular items that put on the microwave, are the kettle and flowers, there are many other nuances. The question of whether it is possible to put mobile phone on the microwave. The negative impact of devices on the work is not proven, but theoretically around a working furnace a magnetic field is formed, which affects the magnetic tape of the SIM card in the phone. It may also decrease its charge level faster. You should not conduct experiments: if you put the phone on a working microwave, and nothing happened, it does not mean that the contact of devices can be regular. In the end, the microwave can be very hot, but how hot the panel will affect the body of the phone - you can only guess. This rule also applies to its location. laptop. Surely the zone of influence of the phone, portable devices and the furnace is difficult to determine, let alone prove.

In the presence of a large window with large window-sills, many housewives begin to use them not only for flowers, but also as an additional surface for technology.

To be clear where to put the microwave, it is necessary to divide the kitchen zone into several parts and define the concepts: the ideal place according to technical standards, it is strictly forbidden and what unwanted zones.

How to put a microwave

Given the need to provide ventilation during the operation of the microwave, you can identify the most suitable places. The distance between the rear panel and the wall must be at least 15 cm. Based on this criterion, we will analyze the possible positions where you can put a microwave.

When installing Microwave on the tabletop, its placement in the corner kitchen wall is very convenient. It can also be put on a low cabinet. In this position, it does not occupy a convenient space for cooking and technical standards are observed.

Fix the microwave on the wall necessary on special brackets or stand. This method will allow you to find the most convenient place in the kitchen:

• hang above the desk if there are no hanging cabinets in the vicinity;
• attach near the dining table or other options.

It is undesirable, but acceptable in some models, to make the microwave element built-in kitchen. In this case, the furnace can be located either in a hanging cabinet or adjacent one side close to the cabinet wall (depending on the design of the ventilation outlets and the density of the metal frame of the equipment). In this case, for ease of use, it is necessary to consider the location of the oven door and cabinets.

Often in the kitchen there is a technique that is not directly related to cooking - this is a TV and a gas boiler. In principle, these elements can be next to each other while observing safety standards.

If the microwave is located near the installed gas boiler, it is important that the column is closed: it is dangerous to allow the connection of steam and an open burner.

Possible option and installation Microwave near the TV. Modern plasma models are placed for maximum convenience and visibility, as a rule, high on the wall. Thus, the operation of the microwave is unlikely to affect the functioning of the TV, if there are no such restrictions in the instructions. Another thing if a thought arises put on the microwave - such a combination is hardly possible. With prolonged operation of the furnace, the heating panel can melt the plastic footboard of the TV, and the release of hot air will affect the screen.

Unfavorable Neighborhood

If we take into account that the kitchen is a place of concentration of the maximum number of household appliances and electronic equipment, there are incompatible combinations of them. Especially devices that produce steam, heat. So, we define the main prohibited places.

1. When using heating radiators and other heating elements, the location near the microwave is unacceptable.
2. Restrictions are on the location of the furnace near the instruments with electronic control. The allowable distance should be not less than 2 m. In the absence of sufficient space, it is necessary to look for other options.
3. Installation microwave above the slow cooker It is also dangerous, as steam may damage the microwave. This reason is a limitation for the neighborhood with a double boiler. An exception may be the installation of a multicooker on a microwave, but at the same time prevent the work of two types of equipment at the same time.
4. On refrigerators and freezers It is dangerous to install microwave, especially the problem may occur with combination ovens. In operation mode convection or grill elements of the furnace become very hot. Because of the high temperature, the body of the refrigerator will get very warm,that hello to a disruption of work or completely disable it (for more details, see the articlecan I put a microwave on the fridge).

Considering all the moments of location in the kitchen of a microwave oven, we can conclude that there are many installation options. For safe use, it is important to take into account the technical specifications and limitations of the manufacturer. And in view of regular use, you should make sure that the operation will be comfortable and will not create cause for concern.

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