Swift Microwave BMSW20

I apologise for the length and detail here but feel it might help someone like me who's not a great DIYer but a tryer !!  We have a Swift Sundance 636L 2013 and the microwave failed as it kept turning off after 3 seconds and would not reset for 10 minutes so we felt it was time for a replacement but wanted to keep the nice fitted look.  Having seen all the chat on here and after a full week of research we couldn't find anything.  I rang Cookology about the BIM20LWG mentioned on here and even they did not have the actual microwave size without the surround.  Like Sandra on here my microwave on it's own was 47W x 28H x 33D - with the surround it was 54 wide.  Well I am glad to say I decided to buy direct from Cookology  as they offered free next day delivery and product return if it did not fit for the same price as B&Q and Amazon and they were very helpful.  So the BIM20LWG states 595 wide, but that's with their surround and you are using your surround.  To remove the old microwave you simple remove the screws from the surround and a bit of gentle teasing will remove it. Then there's a slide in ventilated wood shelf above your microwave - remove that and then unplug and gently lift and tease out microwave.  Carefully remove the feet from your old microwave, then on the new microwave it has a metal cage on the base covering the feet - you remove the 3 screws and take that off, then you replace the new big feet with your old smaller feet and that's it - it fits into the raised metal plates with holes in perfectly - we didn't need to drill anything, it just slotted in (not forgetting to put your plug through first) - then replace the ventilated wooden shelf .  Then you use your old surround not the new one and clip that back and screw in (you can get new ones on Ebay) - how simple it was but only because of helpful people on here.  I really hope this helps someone else as I was at my wits end - my husband uses the van for work and needs the microwave.  No divorce, no arguing, simple. We did choose to add extra neatly drilled 1cm holes for air circulation through the cupboard next door which look neat and original and he keeps that cupboard door open when microwaving.   A huge thank you to everyone on here.

Our 2015 Swift Escape’s microwave packed in, so browsing I found these posts. I did look at the Cookology BIM20LWG and the best current deal now seems to be around £190 including delivery. So quite an increase in price since the original post.

I’ve finished up buying the electriQ 20L 800W Built-In Digital Microwave with Grill - Stainless S EIQMOGBI20 on eBay for £136 including delivery.

it’s has slightly different controls to the Cookology unit and the original one fitted, but it fits perfectly into the space in our van once you remove and discard the bottom sheet metal cover and the bright trim surround and you swap the upper cover and the large plastic feet it comes with for the ones smaller feet from your old oven. The electicQ oven, like the Cookology oven, comes with a grill which the original oven doesn’t have. All in all a great alternative which I estimated saves around £54 and is it was easy to install.

Our 15 year old microwave gave up, and I found a similar sized replacement but with a grill which we don’t intend to use. After the first couple of uses we were convinced it was faulty as it “ran on” after switching off. 
Reading the accompanying multi language booklet I found on about page 52 after the “do not immerse in water etc” safety instructions the basic  note that this was an additional safety feature.

Problem Solved

Did your Russell Hobbs microwave come with the surround the same as in your link? Was it easy to remove? Looking for a replacement for ours but after researching that specific model, I have read that the surround can’t be removed from the microwave, Hoping you are going to tell me this is wrong & it’s a real simple fix 😀👍🏻

We took our microwave to a specialist microwave repair engineer after it failed. He replaced a capacitor and a fuse for £69, which has worked well ever since. No carpentry required, no I’ll fitting replacement and no excessive cost for a new unit.