We needed a microwave a year or two ago so of course I bought a 1250 watt microwave that can reheat a whole dinner in under a minute and has room to fit a turkey. If you’re asking yourself why I needed such a bear of a microwave, your BBC (Blood Bacon Content) is probably getting low.
My wife had a cow when she saw it and has always complained about how big it is. She also claims she can feel the radiation when it’s on. Several times I caught her pushing it against the wall to get it as far back on it’s shelf as possible. I insisted that if she kept doing that, the cord would break. This is probably why she kept doing it. A few days ago it got to the point where I was the only one that could wiggle the power cord the right way to make it work.
This is the section of wire getting mashed into the wall. I cut it out and tested the rest of the wire which checked out fine. This section included the built in stress relief that locked into the case, so I made my own later.
After soldering the wires back together and heat shrinking them I had to come up with a stress relief so my wife doesn’t pull the cord and yank the leads right off the terminals. After conferring with Matt, I zip tied the wires to the chassis.
I protected the portion of the cord at the opening of the case from abrasion with a thick layer of electrical tape. Lastly, I needed something to keep the cord from getting damaged when the microwave was shoved back against the wall in the future. I grabbed some aluminum flat stock, bent up a protective cage, and attached it to the case with sheetmetal screws.
Ready for action once again. If your work area isn’t at home, make sure your trunk is big enough to transport your microwave.
Disclaimer: I am not responsible for any new fights with your significant other that this thread may cause, damage to your microwave or other property, or yourself and others.
I haven’t devised a stage 2 protection package yet. We’ll have to see what new form of attack my wife comes up with and go from there. 
