On Sat, 25 Aug 2001 06:58:18 +0100 Nigel Goodwin writes: > In message <007901c12d15$acdb4960$cde51f18@kc.rr.com>, Douglas Wood > 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. > These units don't make sense to me... Could it be mw/cm^2 or "power density?" Harold FCC Rules Online at http://hallikainen.com/FccRules Lighting control for theatre and television at http://www.dovesystems.com ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.