Component Testing Procedures
!
WARNING
To avoid risk of electrical shock, personal injury, or death, disconnect power to oven and discharge
capacitor before servicing, unless testing requires it.
RS5320010 Rev. 1
15
Illustration
Component
Testing
Results
Thermal cutout
protectors
Disconnect all wires from TCO.
Measure resistance across terminals.
1800, 1400, and 1000 Watt models
Cavity TCO
Magnetron TCO
Opens at 104
°
C
Open at 149
°
C and closed at 135
°
C
Diode assembly
Discharge Capacitor
Remove diode lead from capacitor and
connect ohmmeter.
Reverse leads for second test.
Infinite resistance should be measured
in one direction and 50,000
Ω
or more
in the opposite direction.
NOTE: Ohmmeter must contain a
battery of 6 volts minimum.
MT2
MT1
GA TE
Triac
Disconnect wires to triac.
Measure resistance from:
MT1 to MT2
MT1 to Gate
MT2 to Gate
All terminals to earth
Caution - Do not operate oven with
wire to terminal MT2 removed.
Infinite
Approximately 40
Ω
or more
Infinite
Infinite
Capacitor
Discharge Capacitor
Remove wires from capacitor terminals and
connect ohmmeter, set on highest
resistance scale to terminals.
Also check between each terminal and
capacitor case.
Between Terminals: Meter should
momentarily deflect towards zero then
return to over 5 M
Ω
. IF no deflection
occurs, or if continuous deflection
occurs, replace capacitor.
Terminal to Case: Infinite resistance
Snubber assembly
Disconnect wires to snubber.
Measure resistance across terminals.
Infinite
Magnetron
Discharge Capacitor
Remove wires from magnetron and connect
ohmmeter to terminals. Also check
between each terminal and earth.
Between Terminals: Less than 1
Ω
Each terminal to earth measures
Infinite resistance.
Note: This test is not conclusive. If
oven does not heat and all other
components test good replace the
magnetron and retest.
Blower motor
Remove all wires from motor.
Measure resistance across coil.
Approximately 30
Ω
Earth
Load
Line
Line filter
Line to Line
Load to Load
Line to Load
Any terminal to Earth
.8 M
Ω
.8 M
Ω
Continuity
Infinite
Type A
Type B
Stirrer motor
Remove all wires from motor.
Measure resistance across terminals.
Type A
Approximately 3400
Ω
Type B
Approximately 12 K
Ω
Wire harness
Test continuity of wires.
Indicates continuity