R-891M - Sharp Home Appliance Service Manual (repair manual). Page 5

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The oven will stop its operation when there is a fire in the
oven cavity in microwave cooking condition.
LSI measures the voltage across the temperature measure-
ment circuit intermittently within a 32-second time base once
the oven is started in the microwave cooking mode. The oven
will stop its operation when the difference of the voltages is
more than 0.69 volts in microwave cooking condition.

1. Within a 32-second base, first the thermistor is energized

for 3 seconds.  After 2 seconds since the thermistor is
energized, the voltage across the temperature
measurement circuit is measured. And after 21 seconds
since the thermistor is cut off, the convection motor
operates for 10 seconds.

2. The oven carries out the procedure above again. If the

second voltage is 0.69V higher than the first voltage, LSI
judges it is a fire in the oven cavity and stops the oven.

3. When sensor cooking, the sensing fire operation is not

carried out until the oven senses the steam from food.
Because food cannot be cooked well by rotating the
convection fan at that time. After sensing the steam, the
sensing fire operation is started.

4. When LSI judges it is fire in the oven cavity, LSI will switch

off the relays to the power transformer, fan motor and
convection motor and LSI stops counting down. And then
the damper is closed so that the fresh air does not come
into the oven cavity.

CONVECTION

MOTOR

THERMISTOR

Sensing 

Voltage

ON

OFF

ON

OFF

ON

OFF

0 2

20

30 32

64 (sec.)

3 sec.

Sensing the voltage across temperature measurement circuit.

10 sec.