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Default Slow microwave ovens

On Sat, 29 Dec 2018 18:27:21 -0000, Arthur Conan Doyle wrote:

"William Gothberg" wrote:

Why is it called an invertor?


Typical microwaves use fixed AC power to drive the magnetron. Inverter driven
magnetrons use DC power, which can be variable.


So they rectify the AC, then boost the DC voltage as required by the user setting?

But even without an invertor, surely you could have a few tappings on a transformer to change the AC voltage to the magnetron? It's not like you need infinite control, just 3 or 4 would do.