Guess school paid off...

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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No intention to burst your bubble, and my info my be out of date, but I used to hold a FCC General Radiotelephone License with a Ship's Radar Endorsement...unless they made changes I don't know about don't you need to hold a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.