robertf wrote:

>Hello,
>
>I was working on a timer ckt
>on top of the microwave oven
>in the kitchen( only place
>with grounded outlet) when the
>wife needed to use it. My
>voltmeter was on top and it
>started giving me a reading of
>about a few tenths of a volt.
>The dvm lead was just lying
>over the top of the door. This
>caught my attention and I
>started to run the leads
>around the door seal. It reads
>when the leads are by it and
>no reading when I pull it
>away.  Does this mean it is
>leaking?
>
Probably not, I'd guess you were measuring the magnetic field of the
power transformer.
You meter has almost no chance of detecting the frequencies of the oven.

>
>Regards,
>
>Robert Francisco
>
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