A warning. Be very careful who works on your microwave. They are
essentially a powerful microwave transmitter (up to 1000 watts) inside
a metal box. With lethal DC voltages up to 5000 volts and the ability
to radiate energy, it can just as easily cook your hand as a piece of
meat!

"Voltage" is not "lethal;" it's "amps." Tasers run up to 200,000 volts. What
is hazardous about the voltage in a microwave (or a TV for that matter) is
the reaction when you get shocked. You're liable to drop the sucker on your
foot.

A microwave cannot cook your hand because YOU'D MOVE YOUR HAND when it got
hot! A slab of meat can't ooze out of the way. Same principle involved in
trying to microwave an ant (can't be done).


Even though this is a discussion about a door latch strongly recommend
that the only type of person who should work on it be an electronic
transmitter technician.

Phooey.

Also m.wave ovens are so cheap (and hate to say this in view our
throw- away society) it might be best and safest to get a new one and
ditch the old.

Safe, but not sane.

Be careful; microwave ovens have sometimes been described as one of
the most dangerous household appliances.

Described by those who've never had an episode with an electric can opener,
a cheap electrical outlet, or a wringer washer.