Trying to replace vent light, one broke off in socket. Seems this is a common flaw in GE microwaves, no? Nonetheless, now vent lights and vent fan will not work.
Please tell me what I need to do and the cost involved. I checked Tritonics (your link), and it is impossible to maneuver their site to see if they have a control panel/board.
Thank you for your help!
Happy holidays,
Nigel

Is this what you ended up doing with regard to your post here of a similar issue? I saw your post in perusing the threads in hopes of finding an answer. If you get this post, please do tell me what was done to solve your problem.
By the way, I got the broken bulb stem out of the socket. If nothing else was learned from this, I've learned to UNPLUG microwave before changing bulbs, something of which I was ignorant (no manual). :confused:
Thank you, badfish ... MERRY CHRISTMAS and happy new year.
Best regards,
Nigel

I think I posted this on the wrong thread, so I'll have another go at it here, hoping to get an answer from Abadfish66:

Hi, Abadfish69,
Tis I, Nigel. I hope you get this. I found the burnt trace on the reverse side of the circuit board. I have a great photo that I'd like to send, but don't know how to post it here. Nonetheless, you said to use (4) twisted pieces of 16G wire to repair this. 16G???? What is burned out looks like copper foil, about a 1/4" section on the 5-pin vent-blower connector, CON A; the dog-leg bend to the 2nd (or 4th, depending from what end one's counting) pin is burned out. What 16G wire means to me is something that looks like speaker wire. Don't I just need some foil kind of conductor; or might just solder work to bridge the burned-out gap between the existing foil traces in this particular circuit? I would much appreciate some more of your expert help here. Your previous answer was nearly the only answer here that did not advise "send it in," or "your control board is trashed, too bad." I respect that and thank you.
Best,
Nigel