Testing Procedure; Troubleshooting Guide - Whirlpool AVM 512 Service Manual

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TESTING PROCEDURE

Place 0.25l of w ater into the beaker and place it in the center of the oven.
Turn on the microw ave oven by setting the unit on full pow er.
Hold the probe of the microw ave tester to the surface of the oven and scan it at the rate of 2.5 cm per sec.
Test the follow ing areas for microw ave leakage:
- round and across the door glass and control panel.
- all ventilation openings.
The leakage should never exceed 5 mW/cm
Record all data.
OVEN LEAKAGE REPAIR
If leakage figure is found above 5 mW/cm
The unit has to be set out of function, until the unit is repaired and finally saefty tested.
Service engineer should notify the Service M anagement immediately.
TROUBLE SHOOTING GUIDE
CAUTION AND IM PORTANT
Before disassembling the oven, the oven pow er must be turned off. Remove the pow er plug of the oven from
the outlet and w ait for at least 3 minutes.
When disassembling, service personnel should remove their w atches and metal chains from their hands.
Never touch the high voltage components and w ire.
Before checking or replacing, discharge the high voltage capacitor to oven chassis grounded w ith an insulated
w ire. M ake sure that the w ire is grounded to chassis side before short circuiting the capacitor terminal.
Do not measure high voltage w ith a common voltmeter.
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