Dear Kathryn, Malcolm, and group! Anybody tempted to do *anything* around the guts of a microwave oven needs to take all the cautions about high voltages and keeping yourself out of the circuit *VERY* *SERIOUSLY*, as we don't want to lose any of you.
Until you know how and why things are dangerous and how to be safe, it's best to stay out of line powered equipment altogether. Back at one place I used to work, there was a fire-sprinkler flood in one of the labs full of racks of electronic equipment. Most stuff was powered off at the time and breakers protected a lot of the rest, but beyond the few things that were damaged, everything was soaked! They dried it all out by putting batches of instruments through one of the medium sized heat treating ovens at something less than boiling temperature overnight. Once everything was *thoroughly* dry it powered up and functioned again. I don't know if your microwave is small enough to fit into your regular oven, but that'd be one way to make sure it's completely dry inside before you try to power it up again. I've used this trick successfully on cell phones, calculators and digital watches that got wet. Just take out the batteries and either replace them or dry them out by hand. Lastly, you may want to read some of the materials on the alleged dangers of consuming microwaved foods. We use ours a lot less than we used to. Be well, Mike D. > Malcolm, > True, I may have been lucky but I have also been cautious. I was taught > the method by a TV repairman who used on every TV he repaired as a > standard practice. BTW, when I said put it in the tub I should have > stated that I did not intend it should be a tub filled with water. I was > thinking of a shower or pouring water over the microwave to rinse. [Mike Devour, Citizen, Patriot, Libertarian] [[email protected] ] [Speaking only for myself... ] -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
