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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ramenshaman@lemmy.world 1 month agoYou 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.
brb@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 1 month 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%.
brb@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
Fascinating. What do you do when some microwave meal gives instructions like “3min at 750W”? Or does it say some percentage instead of watts and you just do the math? If so, how do you handle microwaves with different wattages?
Grostleton@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
We usually get vague bullshit like “3 mins on HIGH*” followed by a disclaimer “for 1200w microwave, cooking times may vary” or some such thing.
ramenshaman@lemmy.world 1 month 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.
Matty_r@programming.dev 1 month ago
Lies. All power all the time.
seralth@lemmy.world 1 month ago
mememuseum@lemmy.world 1 month 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.
JeremyHuntQW12@lemmy.world 1 month ago
A convection oven works exactly the same way.
ramenshaman@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Correct, but I think most people don’t think about that.
cenzorrll@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
And in the case of a microwave, it makes almost no difference if you’re running longer than 30s
MisterFrog@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
This is only the case for cheaper models. There are models with inverters that actually run at lower power.
I am like original commenter, I gotta turn down the power because my microwave is a deadly lazer (1200 W)
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 5 weeks ago
the whole point of duty time is that it has basically the same end result, and no full blast then waiting is not the same thing as shorter bursts over a longer time…