What's Inside A Microwave Oven (Teardown / Taken Apart) - Ec-Projects 

Be careful if you take one apart, take a screwdriver and short across the capacitors. One of my co-workers was working on a microwave and got a shock from one of the capacitors. he was standing up at the time, the force threw him backwards and up agaisnt the wall of our shop. He was stunned but otherwise not hurt, it scared the heck out of me.

Just what I was looking for. Thank you for the upload. :)

Awesome video! I only saved and reused the round turnnable glass plate from my last broken microwave.This video help a lot.

You most definitely did not waste my time. It is great to see what is salvageable from behind the Elkjop. Those micro switches and the cap are worth it! By the way, are you in Norway?

Very interesting video and, good safety tips. - Thanks for your time taking and sharing this info. Cheers from Australia, Rolf.

Really helpful thank you for sharing!

Thanks to this channel to inform all

Very nice video, loved it, thanks for posting 👍👍😔

Saved me quite sometime :) thanks

Very good explanation.thank you robotics

Excellent - thanks

Thanks.. Glad you mentioned that, could have been years before I would have noticed. Hehe Thumbs up for DK ;)

good job and good safety precaution,thanks.

Good vid, thanks for posting.

wow, i've been in the hospital 4 different times in the last 3 years, for 10-12 weeks each time. The doctors keep telling me I have pneumonia, but they can't understand why i keep getting it. I think it's probably berrilium poisoning or whatever after watching this video. i used to take microwaves apart and microwave the magnetrons in good microwaves, put cans around them to direct the microwaves, then when i was done with them i would smash the vacuums/magnetrons with hammers; i never knew about this berrileyitis thing. fuck, i wish somebody would have stoped me. i have to run this by my doc next week.

I Don't have anything that is broken at the moment, sorry ;) But I am working on a current limit for the power supply I build, and I will do a tutorial when it's done :) Yeah I will.. Thanks.. Hehe

Thank you. Very good review/teardown. I wonder how to adjust output power?

Just completed tearing a microwave down too, electronics were different, but same basic parts except instead of having mechanical device it was digital.

Thanks!

I have a question can you die from a magna tron even if the microwave has been open I was trying to open it and I was watching a video but I want the transformer I just dont know what to do on that. I to neverious to try it for the spot welder

I'm not aware of any asbestos. But yeah, beryllium oxide (BeO) acts a bit like asbestos, it's just many times worse as far as I know :)

If you can't find a purpose for the complete timer unit, you can disassemble it and find another synchronous motor.

thx 4 the info

good video

hi can help me?? I have persintation about microwave oven parts what thir jobs and thir location in microwave oven ??

Hey there! You seem like a rather clever fellow but I assure you there are many who are not as clever as you. The blurb you had on that HV capacitor was a little short (no pun intended) imho. Those caps can blow off your hand with the amount of energy stored in them; dangerous is an absolute understatement, utterly lethal is the truth. These devices should be disassembled wearing a surgical mask, some rubber gloves and some good rubber on your feat, athletic shoes should suffice. $10 of equipment can easily save you from serious and potentially fatal injury. Get that magnetron working and irradiate some stuff!

2100 Working Volts AC, not Watts. (Good teardown. Thanks.)

you can make a spot welder or a simple welder with that transformer. check on instructables and you'll find more projects :D

stands for 2100 working volts

when was this microwave nanufactured?

You're very touchy feely on those cap leads...

I'm gonna replace the bell with a cow bell

thanks!

WARNING THIS IS DANGEROUS however to discharge a cap use a screw driver with a good insulating handle, attach a high value resistor many K ohms and rated for lots of current as well near the end with its leads bent in a U shape on ly one lead should touch the screwdruve though preferably neither of them do ... use this arangement to short the cap with the resistor, WARNING THIS IS STILL DANGEROUS

is there some kind of asbestos material? same effect than BO

Look inside the capacitor ;-) you will be pleased, but don't forget to drain the oil first

2100 voltage is it make by secondary side of transformer ?

Many thanks...want to dismantle a microwave safely to harvest the slow revolution motor from it. How did you make the capicator safe ?

Hi, I came up with the idea of adding an extra cooling fan to help cool down over heated food. Is this possible and how would you do this. I want a single button to press for the cooling.

Hey, thanks for the warning :) I am aware of that, but you got me thinking... Perhaps others could think of smashing it with the hammer :/ I'll put an annotation in the video !

5:50 You say there is a lower voltage winding on the for the heater on the cathode. But the Magnetron only has two contacts, is there something I am missing here or would hot cathode require more contacts for the heater and that's a cold cathode?

I think that's 2100 working voltage AC and not 'Watts'.

What is the purpose of the pcd with all the components the thing that is directly connected to mains voltage

What type of fan motor is this? I have one like that, but do not know what is it called.

I am a little confused. So which part is the main MW generator, is it the 5 RPM motor?

Yup :) It can be used for a lot of things :D :D Hehe.

Hi it would be nice to have a little sound when your taking it apart, or a commentary

Are the transformers interchangeable between makes?

I took the fan out of my microwave going to use it with my forge but the fan runs counter clock wise so now what can I do

You're welcome :)

Other than a microwave what can you use a magnetron for?

I have a sharp Caruso number to microwave oven the top plate of the microwave has a hole in it how do I repair it

Aaaand... *ding We have a bell [me gusta face]

You sound like Dr Lector lol

Hehe :) Yeah, lots of interesting stuff inside things, so why not have a look before we toss it out :D :D Hehe Nope, but close.. I'm from Denmark

Do let about the bug Sapper!

Modern microwaves do not contain high voltage capacitor or bulky transformers

lol it is always ac out of a transformer. and it is not watts it is 2000v ac at 50hz transformer change the voltage not the frequency .

Im going to start collecting microwaves and steal motors.U don't know about the high Voltage capacitor I don't need I have dc power supply QW-MS305D 0 to 30v You can use it to make a speed controller I can switch ac to run it to dc.I love to takes things apart too its fun.PC i keep the fans,VCR I keep the dc motors,someVCR has cooling fans Printers also printers has cooling fans and I'm gonna start collecting washing machine motors and have a bunh SUBSCRIBING YOU RIGHT NOW 😊

I am 11 years old and I fix eletronics and build things and I am going to make head phones I have all the steps if you see a comical of headphones called max bass that's my headphones and now I am trying to make a microwave from scratch I have made the frame and I need a vid of the parts of a microwave so I can build a mini microwave and I know safety it's my number one thing so please make a vid of that please

My micro again and again fuse short

Thats Triac

So. What's your point ? Why show what's inside unless your gonna show what can be made with

Please give me the ac fan

good vid but your voice needs more clarity, louder, accent is heavy, couldn't understand some words

i like u gyansingh kushawah

Please bro this video make hindi Language