XPost: alt.home.repair, uk.d-i-y, alt.sci.physics   
   From: CFKinsey@military.org.jp   
      
   On Mon, 31 Dec 2018 07:18:44 -0000, Diesel  wrote:   
      
   > Arthur Conan Doyle    
   > news:n1ff2el7b5fc6megbeihv069t05gouso10@None Sat, 29 Dec 2018   
   > 18:27:21 GMT in alt.home.repair, wrote:   
   >   
   >> "William Gothberg"  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Why is it called an invertor?   
   >>   
   >> Typical microwaves use fixed AC power to drive the magnetron.   
   >> Inverter driven magnetrons use DC power, which can be variable.   
   >>   
   >   
   > Wrong.   
   >   
   > Both styles actually take AC incoming mains, raise it to 5k or so,   
   > and convert it with a single diode mind you, to DC to feed the   
   > magnetron. The filament is fed by low voltage AC. Neither of them can   
   > or do vary the voltage going to the magnetron. That's just not how it   
   > works. You can't lower the voltage to reduce microwave energy. And   
   > you can't raise it to get more microwave energy, either. The   
   > magnetron requires voltage within a certain range to function. More   
   > than that will burn the magnetron up. Less will prevent it from   
   > making viable microwaves.   
      
   So what we need is a bigger fucking magnetron.  More power!  Get one from   
   Binford!   
      
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