Thanks so much for the video! I am a service tech, and I was never taught about the dot on the top of the capacitor to orient the polarity. Thanks for the great info.
Thank you. I had a Service tech out and he said he would get the part and come back he doesn’t even answer my calls because the parts are obsolete and I was about to get rid of the microwave. At first I thought it was the diode but it is the capacitor. Thanks again
Most tutorials I've seen on you tube explaining something in front of the camera, have little or no knowledge on how to illustrate their videos, make little use of fixed views without movement, to digest what they are talking about, they don't care about the sharpness of their shots, and sometimes they explain something without even worrying about photographing with stability and sharpness the part of which they are explaining, if they take into account and plan how their presentation will be; It will look much better than the improvisation that most do.
With the unit unplugged, it does little to connect to the ground plane. In fact you might damage some of the electronics in the pc board by raising the ground plane above zero. Shorting the two terminals should do it and going to ground with the plug attached is alright as long as you don't turn the unit on.
First I thought if I replace the fuse problem solved. End up replacing the capacitor. Still the fuse burn after few seconds when trying to cook something. What would be the issue?
I HAVE TWO KENMORE MICROWAVES WHICH THE MEGATRON IS THE SAME, BUT ONE HAS A CAPACITOR THAT IS 2100VAC 1.05UF AND THE OTHER HAS A 2100 1.00UF CAPACITOR. I HAVE SOME EXTRA 2100VAC 1.05 CAPACITORS. CAN I USE ONE OF THE 1.05 CAPACITORS IN THE ONE WITH THE 1.00UF CAPACITOR, SINCE IT IS WITHIN THE .05?? AND IF I PUT A 1.05UF IN A 1.00UF OR VICE VERSA WILL IT CHANGE ANYTHING LIKE HEATING TIME OR ??? THANKS
Should not be a problem. They have the same voltage rating and the capacitance is well within the tolerance rated range. Either should be able to be replaced with the other as long as the fittings plug in and installed correctly.
Hi,I have replaced the capacitor and diode.As soon as press the start button, the fuse(10Ampere) in the microwave keeps blowing out. Can you help me out what could be the reason. At this instance I have disconnected Magnetron to ensure that magnetron is not the cause of fuse blowout. The transformer is working fine which I have tested it while there was no capacitor and magnetron connected . low voltage electronics are also working fine as i have tested each stage one by one.
why did nt u shows the reading of the good and the bad capacitor? People wanna see the reading to see if its good or not. NO reading means its good. reading means its shorted out. Ur confusing people.
He explained and showed everything you've asked for. If the cap is shorted then it would give 0 ohms (or just few ohms) of resistance between its terminals and that's exactly what was shown here when the needle of his analog meter went straight to zero ohms. If the needle didn't move (or the reading was O.L if the digital multimeter was used) then you would know that at least that cap is not shorted. It could still be a bad cap, as caps may fail in few different ways (and short is just one of them) but to test them for such other possible failures you'd need to have some other equipment. Finally, if you don't know what you're doing or what to expect, then it's a good indication you shouldn't do this for your own safety.
