Could someone advise whether Microwave Oven Inverter boards are interchangeable. They have a supply voltage which is the same with all microwave ovens and control voltage, then the output. I have only seen Panasonic Magnetrons used.
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i wouldnt risk it, magnetrons arent all the same.
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Thanks for your reply stj, isn't the current determined by the control voltage? The inverters, well most of them look alike. But I understand what you are saying, I guess Panasonic themselves wouldn't have differing part numbers if they were iinterchangeable. I might do some experimenting, but for this particular job I will order the original, as you say it's not a risk worth talking.Comment
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if you can find what magnetron each board was designed to drive then maybe you could use a substitute that used the same one.Comment
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You'd have to match the magnetron power, you can't pump 1,000W into an 800W tube. The filament voltage, anode voltage and current are close within a family but critical differences. Example: some are 4kV or 4.4kV but that can mean 600W or 1000W. Check your magnetron datasheets:
http://www.hokuto.co.jp/eng/products/magnetron/list.htm
http://industrial.panasonic.com/ww/p...ons/magnetrons
I've seen Panasonic inverter microwaves use 2M236 and a teardown and older schematic shows 4kV 300mA design output with no O/P feedback:
http://www.vk3hz.net/amps/Microwave_...wer_Supply.pdfComment
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Thanks guys, again I appreciate your reply and Redwire thanks for the in-depth information, very useful and informative.Comment
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