On Sun, 30 Dec 2018 00:28:25 -0000, Clare Snyder wrote:

On Sat, 29 Dec 2018 12:27:21 -0600, 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.
No, the inverter still produces AC - but the AC is variable. The AC
in both systems is rectified to DC for the magnetron.

The inverter produces a lot higher frequency AC than line frequency.
High frequency produces a much easier to filter DC .

Plus smaller coils/transformers/inductors required.

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