In uk.d-i-y, newshound wrote:


I asked a similar question here some time ago and the advice (unanimous
IIRC) was that lethal voltages were around and it was best left alone.
Buy yourself a torch. :-)

Surely these days there will be a suitable resistor across any big caps to
drain the charge in a matter of seconds?

Possibly but our microwave was made in "those days", probably about 20
years ago.

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Mike Barnes