Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!rex!hoang
From: hoang@rex.cs.tulane.edu (Dzung Hoang)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Microwave problem diagnosed: NOT Magnetron
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Date: 21 Jun 89 02:37:17 GMT
Reply-To: hoang@rex.UUCP (Dzung Hoang)
Organization: Computer Science Dept., Tulane Univ., New Orleans, LA
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    Thanks to all who replied to my posting "Microwave Magnetron."

    Most of the replies I received indicated that the problem is likely
to be in the power supply circuit and not with the magnetron.  I tested the
components and found the HV capacitor to be shorted.  It's costing me $23
to replace, but that's better than the $70 or so if I had brought the
microwave to a repair shop.  Thanks again.

Dzung Hoang