The electronic parts of a microwave oven

They aren't really a source of parts. They are fairly simple devices, with much of their size used up in the cooking space. And what parts are there are likely to be pretty specific, to microwave or to high voltage. The only way you'll get much in the way of useful parts is if you are doing something with either of those things.

VCRs are a much better source of common parts. Lots of resistors, and capacitors. Plenty of small signal transistors. Some neat radio related components, if that interests you. Usually some common DC motors. All the screws you can use. They are also easier to carry home when you find them, compared to microwave ovens.

Michael

Am well aware of HV. (I did the jacobs ladder and telsa coil things many years ago.)

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The magnets on the F-4 APQ-109 magnetron were awesome; I wish I still had some. No gasses in the magnetrons, although I believe the trigger klystron did contain radioactive gas. The klystron did the job of the trigger capacitor in the typical MW oven (the power of the RADAR system was a tad higher).

-- Al Brennan

I have seen plans on the Web to make a welder out of the transformer (or several transformers wired together). The basic idea seems to be to cut off the HV secondary windings and wind on a few turns of heavy gage wire. I think they typically get about 4-6V per transformer this way, and add more transformers for higher voltages.

Best regards,

Bob Masta dqatechATdaqartaDOTcom D A Q A R T A Data AcQuisition And Real-Time Analysis

There is nothing radioactive in a microwave. It might be an active radio, but never radio active.

The circular magnets from the magnetron of a microwave oven are very strong and I have a dozen or so with which I have performed some interesting experiments, but I understand that the device they are attached to contains a radioactive gas which can be a health hazard. Perhaps someone else can confirm this. Regards, KT