16-07-2023, 10:03 AM
(This post was last modified: 16-07-2023, 10:13 AM by Mike Watterson.)
(16-07-2023, 09:53 AM)boater sam Wrote: The diode and capacitor are a doubler. I have never seen a microwave without, perhaps the diode was in the cap can. The idea of the doubler circuit is to save on transformer insulation and to reduce fault current on mag flash over I believe.
I shall investigate the cap and transformer. Certainly I expected a diode, though I think operation is possible without one.
I wonder what I could use the transformer for? A 500W Valve transmitter?
I'm sure a previous one I scrapped years earlier had the EHT rectifier.
