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How To Take Apart A Microwave

Step 11Cooling fan

You can use the fan to cool your self down on a hot day...

I used it as a ventilation fan for my workshop to get rid of all or the solder fumes and other smokes...

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4 comments

Sep 17, 2010. 6:37 PMJimmy Proton says:

i know of a guy who took the windings out of one of thoes and made a tesla coil with it.

Jan 1, 2009. 4:31 AMuberdum05 says:

Will this run on DC??

Mar 4, 2009. 7:20 PMMr. Smart Kid says:

Jan 1, 2009. 4:54 AM

Plasmana (author) says:

No, they need AC to run.

Jan 12, 2009. 12:08 PM

ReCreate says:

what the magnetron? Or the fan? or anything else?

Jan 14, 2009. 1:06 PM

Plasmana (author) says:

He is talking about the fan. But the magnetron runs on high voltage DC, that is why there is a high voltage diode and capacitor, to rectify the high voltage AC to DC.

Jan 15, 2009. 4:02 PM

ReCreate says:

well i have a motor from a vacum(no spell ckecker anymore) and it runs on dc also you could take the blades off of the fan and put it into your motor