Guess school paid off...

[Mugen910]

Originally Posted by Mugen910

Is it jury-rigged? I thought it was jerry-rigged?

Originally Posted by Neuromancer

Caught me...

i wasn't trying to catch you..I just wasn't sure.

Originally Posted by Neuromancer

No intention to burst your bubble, and my info my be out of date, but I used to hold a FCC General Radiotelephone License with a Ship's Radar Endorsement...unless they made changes I don't know about don't you need to hold a class II technician's license to repair microwave ovens? Furthermore do you have a meter that checks for microwave leakage? Given the fact that you jury-rigged the door locking mechanism if the seal is not good you may be leaking microwave energy and that's not good at all...dunno what type of computer engineering schooling you're referring to, so if you already know all of this please feel free to ignore me...

I would have to say that as long as he replaced the component with a similar component he should be fine. As far as the door goes, the latch shouldn't effect the ability of the door to block the energy from escaping unless it didn't close all the way and left a large gap. Microwaves are built with shielding and unless he cut into or damaged the shielding the microwave would still be good.

I wouldn't recommend anyone without experience attemp to fix the shielding in a microwave or the actual "microwave" circuitry. Sounds like his problem was a power supply issue and not a "microwave" issue.

Take this for what it's worth... For the record I'm an electronics tech with a background in everything from radar and HF transmission to avionic electronics including IFF and navigation.

[Mugen910]

Originally Posted by coastietech

Take this for what it's worth... For the record I'm an electronics tech with a background in everything from radar and HF transmission to avionic electronics including IFF and navigation.

So does this mean I can send you my 6 disc car radio and you can fix it for me Joe? I hate not having the option of playing CDs.

Originally Posted by Mugen910

So does this mean I can send you my 6 disc car radio and you can fix it for me Joe? I hate not having the option of playing CDs.

I can take a look at it... I make no promises that I can fix it though.

What kind of car do you have? If you happen to have a Ford I have a the OEM headunit that came with my truck that I don't use.

Let me know if you want me to take a look at it for you.

[JE3146]

Originally Posted by Neuromancer

No intention to burst your bubble, and my info my be out of date, but I used to hold a FCC General Radiotelephone License with a Ship's Radar Endorsement...unless they made changes I don't know about don't you need to hold a class II technician's license to repair microwave ovens? Furthermore do you have a meter that checks for microwave leakage? Given the fact that you jury-rigged the door locking mechanism if the seal is not good you may be leaking microwave energy and that's not good at all...dunno what type of computer engineering schooling you're referring to, so if you already know all of this please feel free to ignore me...

I have more common sense than that man.

Basically there were two switches that were activated by 2 spring loaded latches. When the door is closed, the switches are thus actived and the it's safe to use. I didn't modify anything regarding the door protection or what not. I just removed the plastic bezel surrounding it and fabricated a small peice of plastic to hold the spring in place that broke off. Thus allowing the spring loaded latches to operate like normal and replaced the plastic bezel when I was done.

So unless a dab of hot glue near but not even touching the frame of the protective metal shielding is harmful..... I see nothing wrong.

The circuit boards inside had a loose IC chip that was easily fixed by some hot glue holding it in place. Why it wasn't directly soldered to the board to save 15 cents is beyond me. Either way it was a stupid easy fix on both parts and nothing to get concerned over

Really you wouldn't need a degree for such a fix .. it just helped to know what to look for on the board.

[icehog3]

Well done, Jordan!

[Skywalker]

Good for you Jordan!!!

[G G]

Nice work, I cant' fix nothing.

[Starscream]

Originally Posted by JE3146

Last christmas the entire family came in to town to my parent's house, which included a couple of cousins that seem to not have respect for other people's property.
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Clark? Clark Griswold? Is that you?