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Re: [Amps] OT - Microwave oven diodes

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Subject: Re: [Amps] OT - Microwave oven diodes
From: "Gary Smith" <Gary@ka1j.com>
Reply-to: Gary@ka1j.com
Date: Sat, 04 Apr 2015 19:57:56 -0400
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Thank you all for the replies, I'm going 
to follow the suggestions, I have several 
good power sources that will surely work 
well.

Nice to be able to get advice!

73,

Gary
KA1J

> My regrets to ask something much OT but 
> I'm guessing the answer I need likely will 
> be be from within this group.
> 
> My Panasonic Microwave oven stopped 
> working last night. There was nothing 
> unusual the last time I used it, it worked 
> perfectly. It's a particularly nice & 
> powerful oven with many helpful bells & 
> whistles and will be expensive to replace 
> so if I can fix it, I'd like to. 
> 
> It accepts AC, displaying all the 
> functions it should but when engaging the 
> unit to heat, it stops rotating in around 
> two seconds and the display defaults to 
> waiting for a command.
> 
> My first thought is an issue with the 
> power supply. I located the two diodes 
> number UX-F5B and can't get any reading in 
> either direction with them in the circuit. 
> I expected to have some reading from at 
> least one of them but both show nothing on 
> the Fluke.
> 
> Data sheet here
> 
> http://www.datasheet-pdf.com/datasheet-htm
> l/U/X/-/UX-F5B_AllegroMicrosystems.pdf.htm
> l
> 
> or http://tinyurl.com/nkhxxc6
> 
> I don't get a reading from the diodes in 
> my HF amplifier so I guess it's the same 
> issue. How do I check to see if there's a 
> blown diode in this case? & of course 
> there's the unknown of what initiated the 
> failure.
> 
> Off list reply if you would, I don't want 
> to start an OT thread.
> 
> Thanks & 73,
> 
> Gary
> KA1J
> 
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