Hi Matt.

21-Oct-03 03:15:08, Matt Mc_Carthy wrote to JIM HOLSONBACK


 MM> 19 Oct 2003, 21:41, JIM HOLSONBACK (1:123/140), wrote to ALL:

 MM> Hi JIM.

 MM> I did repair several over the years, not too much problem, most of
 MM> the older ones are pretty simple.  My Daughter's old one died this
 MM> summer, but having a rusted out base on the cabinet, I told her to
 MM> just trash it.  She got a cute little $49 one that suits her needs

 MM> My brother-in-law gave her an old working Amana a year or two ago,
 MM> and it lasted two more weeks.  I looked in it, and there were
 MM> circuit boards all over the place, and parts I couldn't even
 MM> recognize or identify, so we junked that one also

 MM> The old ones generally have a BIG XFmr, a BIG capacitor with a
 MM> bleed resistor across it, the magnetron, and a HV diode.  I don't
 MM> think the XFmr in those would ever die, wiring is monstrous!  [New
 MM> machines use switching PSs, no XFmr]. Never saw a capacitor go
 MM> either.  One of my old Littons had a dead diode, the other cooked
 MM> a magnetron.

whaty do you reckon would cause one to loose power ... it takes about three
minutes to boil a glass of water that seems a little longer than it should
be... do magnetrons fade? or could it be the capacitor?

 -=> Bye <=-

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