"electroninja" writes:

Sam what's the downside of this idea--

Substitute a dummy load for the magnetron (1500w low ohm external
load-maybe a heating coil) and run unit to see if controller shutsdown
the unit. Test could rule out overheating issue.

Should work. Of course, what you really mean is substitute a dummy load
for the high voltage transformer so that there is no power to any of the
high voltage components.

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