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   Tzortzakakis Dimitrios    
   news:oc88v5$8p2$1@dont-email.me Fri, 07 Apr 2017 14:53:06 GMT in   
   alt.engineering.electrical, wrote:   
      
   > A client left a faulty microwave oven at my friend's shop, I   
   > opened it up and first thing I checked was, of course the HV fuse.   
   > It was open so a new one. Nothing. Checked with my HV probe, at   
   > the transformator secondary 3.5 kV(AC). At the magnetron nothing,   
   > no DC at all. Thought it was the HV capacitor or the HV diode.Took   
   > them home, measured the capacitor with my capacitance meter, 1 μF   
   > ok. Checked with my insulation tester that can put up to 1000   
   > volts, the diode, forward bias 0 Ω, reverse bias >10 ΜΩ ok.Of   
   > course I didn't do anything as when you repair household   
   > appliances you must be absolutely sure you'll repair it, there's   
   > no room for experiments.Anyone with a brainwave? Again, the trafo   
   > AC ok, DC nothing-something wrong with the magnetron?   
      
   What is the make/model of the meter you've mated the HV probe with to   
   test the voltage coming off the transformer?   
      
      
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