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• peoplebeproblems@midwest.social ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  What on earth is 70% power

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  • ramenshaman@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    You know how when you microwave a hot pocket, burrito, etc. and the outside is lava but the center is still cold or even frozen? Well, microwaves have a power setting. You can set the power generally from 10% - 100%, usually in increments of 10. You can set the power to a lower percentage and give it additional time such that it will cook slower and heat more evenly.

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    • seralth@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Your not actually lowering the power, it’s just lowering the duty time.

      70% means that it runs only 70% of the time.

      Microwaves are either on or off. There is no in-between.

      Its the same as running something for 30 seconds letting it sit for 20 then running it for another 10.

      It’s also a large reason frozen dinners have you stir them.

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      • mememuseum@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        There are inverter microwaves that can actually vary the output power of the magnetron, but I know Panasonic had a patent on it for a while.

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      • JeremyHuntQW12@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        A convection oven works exactly the same way.

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      • ramenshaman@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Your not actually lowering the power, it’s just lowering the duty time.

        Correct, but I think most people don’t think about that.

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    • brb@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I’ve never seen a microwave where you set the power as percentage, it’s always watts. Usually from around 150W to 950W

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      • captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Every single microwave I’ve ever seen set it either as a percentage or a…perdecage? 1-10. Like I don’t think I can set my current microwave to 73% power; I get 70% or 80%.

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      • ramenshaman@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        That sounds nice but from my experience most people’s eyes glaze over when I start talking about Watts. It seems to confuse most people unfortunately.

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    • Matty_r@programming.dev ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Lies. All power all the time.

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