Mine quit; replaced fuse; ran fine.
Regular household breakers can go “soft” and cause problems; don’t know if microwave fuses could do the same.
Just a note: be careful, the retained charge can knock you on your ass.
Huh. What do you know. Well, being into vintage audio, I know old gear has loads of capacitors. Then with miniaturization, you end up losing them to chips. Is it the nature of the microwave engine power requirements that mandates a moderately sized electrolytic capacitor?
That statement comes off as condescending.
If you were to open your microwave oven, the innards would have these principal components:
There aren’t two ways about a voltage doubler at 2kV* – so yes, it is the nature of microwaves to have a bulky transformer and an electrolytic capacitor. (~1 µF - oil type)
- commercially viable for 1500W
I don’t think he ment to be condescending. I read it as more of a aha type response .
I think he was alluding to my previous builds regarding vintage components and meters.
Exactly. I was not being condescending at all. Language translation loss?