Helped Needed for Getting Rid of a Cockroach in The Oven Screen!

LYaren24 on 04/11/2018 - 19:35

Hi all,

This is not a common topic and I am not sure if I should post it here, I am seeking help from any of you who experience similar situations.

So… I just found a cockroach stuck in my Breville portable oven's LCD screen.

Here is the photo:

https://imgur.com/a/MVfm2a7

I have tried a lot of methods to take out that roach, but it is still alive and the gap is too small to use anything apart from squeezing the cockroach out or I have to pull the whole oven apart, which can be difficult to assemble back.

Can anyone provide advice, please?

Much Appreciated

Home & Garden Breville Oven

Comments

  • pegaxs on 04/11/2018 - 19:48
    +4

    Wow, I had a similar thing happen to my oven clock years ago, but with a spider.

    If the roach is still alive and moving around and can get out of the display, you could try turning the light source off and putting a roach bait near the machine.

    If the roach is stuck, you may be able to use something like a compressed air can like they use for computer keyboards. See if you can get it in or around the edge of the screen and give it a blast.

    You could also try gently picking the front up about an inch off the table and letting it bang down. It may help dislodge the roach so he can escape. Or, with an open hand, slap down on top of the unit right above the screen.

    Lastly, and what I ended up having to do was to pull the front off my oven. I do not recommend this on electronic items if you don’t know what you are doing. There is a real risk of electric shocks/death.

    Or, my recommendation, it’s a roach! In your cooker! I would take it outside and set fire to it! :D

    • try2bhelpful on 04/11/2018 - 20:31

      If you do get it out, not a story to tell your friends before asking them if they want something heated up in the microwave. Is there any gap at the edge you could get a fine piece of wire to push/drag it out.

      • Scrooge McDuck on 04/11/2018 - 21:24
        +3

        Please don't go poking around your appliances with a wire, capacitors can hold charge even when an appliance is disconnected from power.

        Even a lowly camera flash capacitor has enough charge to spot weld a misplaced screwdriver shaft to the terminals!

        • pegaxs on 04/11/2018 - 21:56

          Exactly, Scrooge. Simply unplugging the appliance is not enough.

  • ChillBro on 04/11/2018 - 19:51
    +13

    Have you considered buying a new oven?

    • pinnacle on 05/11/2018 - 15:30

      Unfortunately this is what I did after I found a roach in the LCD panel of a perfectly working Microwave and it decided to stay there forever..

  • spackbace on 04/11/2018 - 19:56

    😂

  • Richardc on 04/11/2018 - 19:57
    +7

    Put this up on your facebook timeline and ask Breville?

    • Scrooge McDuck on 04/11/2018 - 21:28

      Definitely a design flaw. Who would've thought creepy crawlies would be attracted to a warm, crumb abundant appliance full of hidey places??

      • try2bhelpful on 05/11/2018 - 15:31

        hmmm, thinks better check the toaster tray.

  • Presence on 04/11/2018 - 20:07

    Do not kill it. I'd just wait for it to escape. I doubt it's actually stuck if it's alive.

    • Scrooge McDuck on 04/11/2018 - 21:30

      Yeah man, it's just hanging out for a bit. Cockroaches love the light.

  • [Deactivated] on 04/11/2018 - 20:09
    +3

    Post it on reddit, not sure which subreddit though. You probably won't get an answer but the comments will be hilarious.

  • Yaren24 on 04/11/2018 - 20:26

    Thanks guys, the cockroach just disappeared, I would assume it went to the bottom of the screen where I couldn't see it….

    • Scrooge McDuck on 04/11/2018 - 21:20
      +3

      You should've chucked it while it was trapped. Who knows where it is now!

      For every one you can see there might be many more you can't. I've heard horror stories of whole cockroach nests inside microwaves.

      • follow on 05/11/2018 - 02:40

        Also check your dishwashers

  • jasong on 04/11/2018 - 20:26
    +1

    Is it possible this means there are more cockroaches inside the oven? :\
    Hopefully it's a just random roach that ventured too far

  • elgrande on 04/11/2018 - 20:27
    +1

    I had this happen on my microwave clock back in the early 00's.

    Had to get a new microwave.

    Chances are there is more than one roach in the back of that breville.

  • elgrande on 04/11/2018 - 20:33
    +2
    1. Drill 4mm hole in display plastic.
    2. Insert straw
    3. Spray roach killer in straw
    4. Wait 3 mins
    5. Insert compressed air in hole and spray away remains
    6. Sticky tape hole
    7. Rinse of straw under running water and insert back in kitchen draw for unsuspecting house mate
    • pegaxs on 04/11/2018 - 21:04
      +9

      I was waiting for..

      3: Suck the roach out via straw…

      • elgrande on 04/11/2018 - 21:50

        Hehe yes much better approach!

  • Desert Rainbow on 04/11/2018 - 20:38
    +1

    Kill it with fire…

    • Scrooge McDuck on 04/11/2018 - 21:33

      This one has already survived being nuked. I say we take it into space and blow it out the airlock!

  • [Deactivated] on 04/11/2018 - 20:47
    +1

    Avoid raisin toast for a few days.

    Realistically you could try using your vacuum cleaner and blocking most of the other holes except the other end.

  • jjjaar on 04/11/2018 - 21:11

    I had this in my microwave. Turns out there were lots of forums about it. Nothing really worked though. One day I just found it on the kitchen floor and killed is ASAP.

  • robbyjones on 04/11/2018 - 21:24
    +4

    Forget the oven, torch the whole kitchen, only way to get rid of them for sure, well maybe not even then. Sell your house!

    • [Deactivated] on 04/11/2018 - 21:39

      You missed the opportunity to say "nuke them for morbid/nuke them from orbit".

      OP maybe you could try a bigass LED torch as they like darkness. Give them a dark place to go and then unleash brightness.

      • try2bhelpful on 04/11/2018 - 22:22

        Nuking them won't help, they will survive when we are all crispy.

  • Godric on 04/11/2018 - 21:47

    Ew.. FIRE, SEND IT TO HELL..

  • Donaldhump on 04/11/2018 - 21:51

    I’d be more worried about the eggs in it.

  • serpserpserp on 04/11/2018 - 22:18
    -1

    Bikies.

  • Yaren24 on 04/11/2018 - 22:24

    Thanks for all the advice, I will give a good clean tomorrow after work, currently can't see anything. Have a good night

  • endotherm on 04/11/2018 - 22:30
    +8

    Looks like a bug in the system. Tried rebooting it?

  • DarkOz on 04/11/2018 - 22:32

    I would leave it there to die and dry out. It's a unique feature and best of all it's free!

  • ozb10 on 04/11/2018 - 23:05

    Try using a strong vacuum cleaner, or slip a straw in an suck it out..

  • Stegasaurusnext on 05/11/2018 - 07:53

    Just a word of warning to anyone pulling apart electrics. Power completely off, I got a very nasty shock from an oven removing the clock. Capacitors and stuff.

  • Archi on 05/11/2018 - 10:20

    had the same thing except in the microwave clock..

    took the appliance outside and eventually it came out by itself.

  • try2bhelpful on 05/11/2018 - 16:34

    Dependent on the age of the microwave I would be tempted to send the picture to Breville and tell them you have found a "bug" in their system - or at least a design flaw. The system shouldn't allow the cockroach to be there in the first place - they may cough up for a replacement - or at least give you a significant discount on a new one.

    • Yaren24 on 05/11/2018 - 17:32

      I had it for less than 3 years.

  • Yaren24 on 05/11/2018 - 20:47

    HI guys, I just cleaned the oven, I am thinking to leave the oven out of the sun for 2 days of exposure, not sure if that is a wise move.

  • CH on 01/01/2019 - 17:09

    And turn the clock OFF, they're attracted to the warm LED's.

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