How dangerous is putting a CD in a microwave?

[The Batt?sai]

Originally posted by: InlineFour

Originally posted by: b0mbrman
How about you just cowboy up and find out for yourself?

i don't want to spend $100 if it breaks. lol

lol

 

[Iron Woode]

that's the only way to read the secret MS message on the Windows CD.

 

[acemcmac]

I have a spare microwave that I'll be throwing out soon anyway.... dozens of bad cd's.... and a few dead lightbulbs.

I wonder what I should do

 

[soydios]

I've done it several times with CDs. Under 10 seconds, and you'll be fine. You'll get a nice light show (electricity arcing across the surface of the disk), and the plastic will melt. You'll get a nice whiff of burnt plastic, too. But, over 10 seconds, and the plastic part of the CD might catch fire.

@acemcmac:
Please report back to us on the lightbulbs. I really don't feel like cleaning broken glass out of my microwave.

 

[HardcoreRobot]

if its not your microwave, then 0 danger

if yours, evaluate the value of the oven

if less than 50, also 0 danger

if greater than 50, minimal danger

if greater than 100, slightly more danger - limit the time

above all, enjoy the show

 

[Randum]

its fun, we did it with bad CDs or the AOL ones, stand it upright, its much cooler, and if you get 2 in there, it will bridge the electricity between the 2 of them

and it does stink

 

[LASTGUY2GETPS2]

I've done most of these back in the 6th Grade: http://margo.student.utwente.nl/el/microwave/

 

[ForumMaster]

simply put, it'll stink, catch on fire, and probablly ruin the microwave.