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700 watt panasonic m/w taking 4 minutes to boil a cup of water ,where it used to take 2.5 min. installed new magnetron, made no difference. any ideas?
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Could be a high voltage transformer if the filament voltage is too low.
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hi Gene .how do i confirm that the hv transformer is problem?
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I would check the voltage to the transformer primary winding. If there is 120VAC ± 5% then the transformer is bad. If the voltage is incorrect but the voltage at the outlet is good, then the problem probably is a bad control board.
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Hi Gene .i did some additional testing on this m/w ,checked various levels of power ,on level one m/w cycled on +off every 10 seconds or so, on level 2 it cycled on +of every 15 seconds .but from level 3 to 10 it ran continuosly .at all level it showed 150 volts give or take.i had a cup of water inside.it does boil after 3 1/2 minutes on levels 3-10 .there is no recognizable capacitor in this microwave . the transformer is combined together with a circuit board , there is the control board another smaller board and the transformerboard/ i checked for voltage to trans former with wires atatched ,there is a new magnetron ,the unit has 700 watts. thanks
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Can you post the wiring diagram? It might help better diagnose the problem.
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