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Step 2Warning!
Yeah, thats right, taking apart microwave can be very dangerous if you do it improperly...
There is an high voltage capacitor in there that can be still charge and can give out an lethal shock.
There is an high voltage capacitor in there that can be still charge and can give out an lethal shock.
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Sep 23, 2009. 4:35 PMbobbyrae
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It is true that you could be killed or injured from the high voltage, but it is also true that if the oven is working correctly at the time, the capacitor will discharge in about a second after the magnetron shuts off and so there is no worry in that case. I firmly believe that if that ground wire (which should normally be connected to one side of the capacitor) is present AND the unit is plugged into the wall, this will also drain the capacitor pretty quickly. So a lot of these warnings are just CYA from the lawyers. It should also be noted that while the voltage in the magnetron can 2.5kV to 4KV, the voltage from the charged capacitor has nothing to do with that. It will just discharge.
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Apr 5, 2012. 8:01 AMjunior engineer
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is this all microwaves or just some because I'm the type of person how likes staying alive!!
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Apr 18, 2010. 5:18 PMtylervitale
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hey, better safe than sorry...
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