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[Webby the Bear]

forget getting a new microwave; simply make sure you have all the take away menus for your area 

[Marks DTM Calib]

I must be braver than you as well then  I've had mine in bits several times......all perfectly safe if its not plugged in! 

Not like CRTs, then.. every belt I've had from them, they've been unplugged (sometimes for a while)

So they can give you a pisser even when disconnected?.....

You can get a much bigger belt off an unplugged microwave.

But, to be quite honest, if the microwave bit has not been used for a while it will be ok.

You will find inside a diode, a large metal capacitor and potentialy also a HT fuse.

A visual inspection is a good start, just visualy look at the cap and see if there are any bulges, dents or splits.

[Mr Skrunts]

You tight wad, nothing has changed has it, 10 years use of you being poorly misused by the gorgeous mrs opti just cos you have to cook your own ding ding meals 3 times a day. 

I remeber the days when you made mrs opti go with out a new washing machine,  . . . . . I really thought you had changed. 


ps, if you are a bit short and they have a whip round for you then I have a bit of shrapnel I am willing to throw in. 

[Rods2]

Almost Christmas, so put it at the top of Mrs Opti's Christmas presents list and then make a hasty retreat. 

[Mr Skrunts]

Almost Christmas, so put it at the top of Mrs Opti's Christmas presents list and then make a hasty retreat. 

or even a tasty reheat.

[Rods2]

 

[Rods2]

Opti, safety first, when working on HT electronics ALWAYS only use one hand, best to put the other in your pocket as a few kV, hand to hand via the heart is very bad news. 

During my electronics apprenticeship I never had to touch HT equipment but a friend who worked in a TV shop said that was how they were taught to repair TV's, because of the dangers of charged HT capacitors.

[Kevin Wood]

Opti, safety first, when working on HT electronics ALWAYS only use one hand, best to put the other in your pocket as a few kV, hand to hand via the heart is very bad news. 

During my electronics apprenticeship I never had to touch HT equipment but a friend who worked in a TV shop said that was how they were taught to repair TV's, because of the dangers of charged HT capacitors.

A TV HT supply will make you jump,but can't deliver lethal current.

TBH, with this sort of device, it's a case of never operating it without the case on, and discharging the capacitor before you touch anything. To be frank, a shock from this will kill you, 100% certainty, hand in pocket or not.

It's a very simple circuit. All components can be tested and the fault found without working on it powered-up so it's simply not worth the risk of doing so.

Kevin

[Debs.]

Forget the ping meals......

.....do something REALLY fun with that old radar-oven!

http://www.capturedlightning.org/hot-streamer/lulabs/Tesla.html

[Kevin Wood]

Forget the ping meals......

.....do something REALLY fun with that old radar-oven!

http://www.capturedlightning.org/hot-streamer/lulabs/Tesla.html

Ummm.

[aaronjb]

Ummm.

You've got one at home, haven't you...

[Kevin Wood]

Ummm.

You've got one at home, haven't you...

I'd be lying if I said the though hadn't crossed my mind but, alas, no.

[Sir Tigger KC]

Opti, safety first, when working on HT electronics ALWAYS only use one hand, best to put the other in your pocket as a few kV, hand to hand via the heart is very bad news. 

During my electronics apprenticeship I never had to touch HT equipment but a friend who worked in a TV shop said that was how they were taught to repair TV's, because of the dangers of charged HT capacitors.

Better than Viagra so I've heard!