Comment on As neglected as the 7 button on a microwave

• 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.

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• JeremyHuntQW12@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  A convection oven works exactly the same way.

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• ramenshaman@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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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  • cenzorrll@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    And in the case of a microwave, it makes almost no difference if you’re running longer than 30s

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  • 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)

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• Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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…

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