This microwave oven was sent to me by a neighbour with complaints of not heating, but turntable rotating. I check it by oning it, it powered and almost immediately it went dead. I opened the cover case and to my surprise, both the psb and high voltage fuses were bridged with thick wires, which both didn’t break. I checked on hv components- primary winding of hv transformer was dark or should I say burnt?, see pictures below:
Hv cap was open(uf and built-in resistor open, but not shorted to body case), Hv diode tested ok, Hv magnetron tested with continuity test ok, but can’t be rely on.
Now I checked Hv Transformer (tx) with AMM, DMM and also suggested methods of Mr Parasuraman.S of article 24/2/2020 and of 15/7/2016, tx passed all these tests, however I was skeptical on these results: See pictures below:
When I connected 150ohms resistor as load and power on, resistor did not get hot, burnt, open nor damage, still intact. But when I connected a thin wire across the secondary pins and switch on, the wire burnt off. Does this suggest tx is Ok with output voltage? Puzzle!!. Well I decided to use another tx for the repair.
So I first replaced all defective components except magnetron and powered on with a cup of water inside oven, it power on, but water didn’t get hot, and oven went dead again. Checked components again–ok, psb ok. Then I suspected front control board. Pull it out and did random tests on components, detected a red small diode open and two e-capacitors’ esr on edge, see picture below:
replace these bad components and also replace magnetron. Fix everything back and put a cup of water inside oven and powered on for 1min, Wow water got hot. This is the finished repaired work.
All have a nice day.
This article was prepared for you by Imoudu Onwumah from Nigeria. He is 62 years old and has just 3 years experience in electronics repairs. I started career in hotel industry as a chef, but then I was doing repairs only in electrical repairs as a hobbyist. In 2018, I decided to learn about electronics which through Jestine’s electronics e-books and holding my hand, am an electronics techie today
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Very good job Imoudu! When so many parts were bad and even fuses were tampered with it is a small but timeconsuming risk you took. Which could have meant replacing parts costing almost as much as buying a new microwave oven. Where only a new oven still gives a secure new warranty and operating time.
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Albert van Bemmelen
November 17, 2022 at 5:57 pm
Very good job Imoudu! When so many parts were bad and even fuses were tampered with it is a small but timeconsuming risk you took. Which could have meant replacing parts costing almost as much as buying a new microwave oven. Where only a new oven still gives a secure new warranty and operating time.
Justice Cele
November 17, 2022 at 8:55 pm
Thanks brother Imoudu great job.
Parasuraman S
November 17, 2022 at 10:40 pm
Great job and experience shared!
Imoudu.O
November 18, 2022 at 5:08 am
Mr Albert,
It cost less to repair such oven than to purchase a new one in my country,thanks for your comments.
Imoudu.O
November 18, 2022 at 5:11 am
Brother Justice,
Thanks for your comments
Yogesh Panchal
November 24, 2022 at 10:36 pm
Imoudu.O,
Nice Fix! in a professional way.