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Article #3065Re: Microwave Oven Repair
From: Terry Ingoldsby
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 1989 18:45
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 1989 18:45
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In article <10931@fluke.COM>, inc@tc.fluke.COM (Gary Benson) writes:
> Last night my 4-year old Tappan microwave oven chattered, buzzed, and died
> in the middle of baking some potatoes. Removing it from the counter, I heard
> some rattling noises inside, so down on the floor, I kind of jiggled it, and
> confirmed that yup, something was in there. Continued jiggling resulted in
> half a rather large diode dropping out onto the rug.
It sounds like the stack diode is gone (stack diode = a bunch of diodes in
series to give a very high voltage rating). You should be able to solder
a new one in place without disturbing any of the microwave producing
components. I believe there is a SAMS book on microwave repair you might
want to consult.
--
Terry Ingoldsby ctycal!ingoldsb@calgary.UUCP
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The City of Calgary ...{alberta,ubc-cs,utai}!calgary!ctycal!ingoldsb
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cornell!uw-beaver!ubc-cs!alberta!calgary!ctycal!ingoldsb From: ingoldsb@ctycal.COM (Terry Ingoldsby) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Microwave Oven Repair Summary: Stack diodes Message-ID: <460@ctycal.UUCP> Date: 14 Sep 89 18:45:17 GMT References: <10931@fluke.COM> Organization: The City of Calgary, Ab Lines: 17