Peter, That one would not require a meter to verify it as being unsafe. The "shield" you mentioned has a hole every 1/2 wavelength at the FCC frequency of 2450mhz. I also have seen microwave abuse. I saw a group of people that bybassed the interlock on a microwave once and would open it up to see if it the food was hot and the oven would still be running. I did them a favor and "made it dissapear" as they would not listen to me. When you feel the warmth (usually in your eyes or testes) the microwave damage has been seriously done already and it is too late. I used to take cockroaches and put them in the microwave oven many, many years ago as a "ironman" cockroach competition. Some would last in excess of 1/2 hour on high. How did they do this? Whenever they went from the edge of the microwave towards the center, they would turn back around. Eventually they would all go towards the center and get cooked within seconds. Apparantly, the magnetron is able to concentrate the vast majority of the energy towards the center of the cooking area. Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter L. Peres" To: Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 6:38 PM Subject: Re: [ot]: microwave-inclined storm-spotter ?? > > I've had the same microwave at home for 20 years, and despite been able > > to take the equipment home, I've never bothered testing it, nor have I > > any intention of doing so. It's nothing to get paranoid about, a decent > > microwave won't leak unless it's damaged in some way. > > However, the second you feel suspect 'hot skin' anywhere correlated to the > working oven while near it do check. I've heard of an oven that had the > shield grille behind the glass torn out completely and was operated like > this for some 3 years (with kids in the house). They used to move away > from in front of the oven since 'it was getting hot'. Humm. They were > lucky they did not start a fire with some nail in a wooden table or a > curtain string of just the right length. > > Peter > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics > (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics > > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics