In a message dated 4/7/2005 10:53:18 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
tower.op@... writes:
Might this be something that one would be advised to NOT dismantle, fire
up on a breadboard, and see what happens???
Steve: If dismantled for parts, HOW would it be dangerous? Loose
components and cords that once comprised a microwave oven are NOT evil radiators of
deadly energy as certain evangelicals have tried to imply! I have a pair of
magnet-rings from our old dead microwave on a spindle, like-poles facing, so
one is held "up in the air" ("levitation") on our coffee-table. More than ONE
person has picked this up, fiddled with it a bit, looked FRUSTRATEDLY
confused and put it down, again without saying a word. Guess they don't want to
expose their failure in ninth-grade general science!
The transformer was BOBBIN-WOUND and the E-I core NOT soaked in Formvar, so
customizing that big ol' transformer was straightforward! Such a "new one"
would have cost at least $30! Jan Rowland
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