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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Use for microwave oven ?

2016-02-15 by Bill Maxwell

A current project in my local radio club. Converting it from a power 
regulator to a voltage regulator and then using it to power a linear 
amplifier, built around an eastern bloc ceramic triode. All the safety 
caveats expressed by others apply equally here.

Bill

On 14/02/2016 6:44 PM, 'Tony Smith' ajsmith1968@... 
[Homebrew_PCBs] wrote:
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> What are you doing with the inverter?
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> Tony
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> If it happens to be a Panasonic inverter microwave oven, grab it with 
> glee and store it away for a future project..... If we lived closer, I 
> would take it off your hands.
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> On 14/02/2016 4:03 PM, Stefan Trethan stefan_trethan@... 
> <mailto:stefan_trethan@...> [Homebrew_PCBs] wrote:
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>     Don't you think all this talk about freecycle or dropping her off at
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>     the side of the road is a bit premature? I'm sure there is _something_
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>     she can do in the shop, where you can keep an eye on her, even if you
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>     can't trust her alone in the kitchen any more. ;-)
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>     Joking aside, I'm looking for another microwave oven transformer to
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>     make a spot welder. The thing is I seem to fix them all up so I never
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>     get the transformer.
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>     I don't think it is terribly useful as a microwave, in the shop.
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>     Yes there is the occassional heating requirement but typically I don't
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>     dare to use a microwave because I don't know how these odd materials
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>     will behave. If you did the same thing regularly you could experiment.
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>     I think you can even make small metal castings with a microwave oven.
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>     ST
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>     On Sat, Feb 13, 2016 at 8:44 PM, Corey Minioncsminion@... <mailto:csminion@...>
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>     [Homebrew_PCBs]<Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com> <mailto:Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com>  wrote:
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>         I was trying to
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>         think of workshop uses, and honestly I can think of none.
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>         Whadaya think - Uses?
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>         Thanks
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>         Corey
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>     Posted by: Stefan Trethan<stefan_trethan@...> <mailto:stefan_trethan@...>
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