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pixeltree@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• WoodScientist@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Interesting bit of trivia. Microwaves don’t actually have “high” or “low” settings. The magnetron, the microwave’s core component, only has two states - on and off. It can’t power the magnetron at 10% power level.

  Instead, the “power” settings just control how often the magnetron is activated. So maybe at full power it’s on 100% of the time. At medium it’s 10 seconds on, 10 second off. At low it’s 3 seconds on, 10 seconds off. That kind of thing. The “power” setting is just a glorified timer.

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  • xx3rawr@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You’re not qualified for this topic. You’re only allowed to share trivia about trees and erections

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  • gallopingsnail@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Unless you have a modern microwave with an inverter, which will power the magnetron constantly with varying levels of power.

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  • pixeltree@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yep, that’s what I meant by doing it automatically.

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