2012-06-02 Microwave Oven Schematic

This is a schematic of the electrical system of a microwave oven that uses a mechanical timer.  It is so simple that hesitate to use the term electronic, because there are really only two components that are more than electrical: the magnetron and the high voltage rectifier diode.  The capacitor is a high voltage capacitor, and could be found in an electrical system.  Here it is used, along with the rectifier and magnetron, as a half wave voltage doubler, with the actual load being the magnetron, which acts as both a rectifier and load resistance.  The rest of the circuitry is simply electrical.  This makes it very easy to understand.

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