In message <007901c12d15$acdb4960$cde51f18@kc.rr.com>, Douglas Wood
<dbwood@KC.RR.COM> writes
>Yes. But only a very, *VERY* little. My dad worked for Litton Microwave for
>11 or 12 years. Supposedly, you can run a small fluorescent tube around the
>door of an old microwave oven and the tube will grow if there's too much
>leakage.

That sounds unlikely, UK legislation requires leakage to be below 5mW at
5cm distance, USA regulations require below 0.5mW at 5cm - I wouldn't
swear to the distance (although I think it's correct), but the power
values are exact. All Microwaves are built to the USA standard anyway,
almost always on our leakage tester (calibrated yearly, as required by
UK regulations) on a scale of 1-5mW the needle never moves at all.

BTW, the tester has a plastic cone on the front, which maintains the
correct distance, you can remove this and test at zero distance - still
no readings!.
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