Opening Microwave door without pressing OFF button first pose any dangers?

[TJCS]

I was at my parents' house this past weekend and I saw my dad open the microwave door without hitting the off button. When he did that, that movie planet terror went through my head. Anyways any dangers of doing that?

 

[shortylickens]

No, it stops automatically when the door opens.
And the fact that the movie Planet Terror influences any decisions you make, tells me you need to pay more attention in physics class or take an electronics class.

 

[PottedMeat]

no danger. unless he decided to fuck with the door interlocks that shut down power to the magnetron when the door is opened.

 

[Soundmanred]

I have heard that doing so may make your offspring retroactively mentally retarded.

 

[arcenite]

I'm sure Rubycon will chime in if she sees misinformation here, but I found this in another thread:

"EM radiation such as microwaves are not the same as particle radiation, EM radiation stops the instant that power is removed, it also travels at the speed of light."

You may be exposed to some minute amounts of radiation by using the open-door-to-trigger-failsafe method of turning off a microwave, since technically the seal is broken for a short period of time before the microwave is turned off.

However, it is likely that you are exposed to greater amounts of radiation by walking to your car in the morning.

 

[novasatori]

I have heard that doing so may make your offspring retroactively mentally retarded.

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

assuming the safety controls work, no problem. We replaced a microwave last spring that was not turning off when you opened the door.

 

[Anubis]

 

[JulesMaximus]

They tell you in school that there's no such thing as a stupid question...why do they lie to children like that?

 

[JohnOfSheffield]

I was at my parents' house this past weekend and I saw my dad open the microwave door without hitting the off button. When he did that, that movie planet terror went through my head. Anyways any dangers of doing that?

Yeah, if you do that often your kids turn extra special stupid.

 

[Rubycon]

Put an airbag in it to be sure (and safe!).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-Xel_dA8_M

 

[JohnOfSheffield]

I'm sure Rubycon will chime in if she sees misinformation here, but I found this in another thread:



You may be exposed to some minute amounts of radiation by using the open-door-to-trigger-failsafe method of turning off a microwave, since technically the seal is broken for a short period of time before the microwave is turned off.

However, it is likely that you are exposed to greater amounts of radiation by walking to your car in the morning.

The breaker is on the edge. The power is lost as soon as you even pull that and the element will stop a sheitload faster than the fan.

There are no fucking minute amounts of microvaves, not one fucking instant of them either.

Just so everyone gets this, we are BOMBARDED with microwaves, our cell phones use it, most communication devices use it and even if we don't have one someone else and the rest of the world has.

 

[frostedflakes]

Microwave radiation is non-ionizing. It doesn't damage the DNA in tissue, but it will heat tissues. Your corneas are especially sensitive to this heating, because they don't have blood vessels and can't carry away heat like other tissues in the body. It won't, however, make you glow.

 

[shortylickens]

The breaker is on the edge. The power is lost as soon as you even pull that and the element will stop a sheitload faster than the fan.

There are no fucking minute amounts of microvaves, not one fucking instant of them either.

Just so everyone gets this, we are BOMBARDED with microwaves, our cell phones use it, most communication devices use it and even if we don't have one someone else and the rest of the world has.

Well, my suggestion was people pay attention in physics class and take an electronics class.
But since we are actually discussing this now, the Sun radiates everything from ELF to Cosmic rays. It MOSTLY radiates visible light and infrared. It radiates minute amounts of other frequencies. This includes microwaves.

 

[arcenite]

Well, my suggestion was people pay attention in physics class and take an electronics class.
But since we are actually discussing this now, the Sun radiates everything from ELF to Cosmic rays. It MOSTLY radiates visible light and infrared. It radiates minute amounts of other frequencies. This includes microwaves.

I was once told that we are exposed to more radiation from the sun during a relatively short period of time than we are from x-ray machines. Is this true?

 

[TJCS]

I can't stop laughing reading your responses. I think i might have misdirected my question, but what I meant was what are the chances that the safety mechanism fails and the microwave didn't shut off.

 

[zerocool84]

I can't stop laughing reading your responses. I think i might have misdirected my question, but what I meant was what are the chances that the safety mechanism fails and the microwave didn't shut off.

Well you'd know if the microwave didn't shut off. The chances of the safety device failing are probably the same chances of your dryer breaking down.

 

[arcenite]

I can't stop laughing reading your responses. I think i might have misdirected my question, but what I meant was what are the chances that the safety mechanism fails and the microwave didn't shut off.

It happens.

 

[TJCS]

i guess there is more than sufficient info to answer my question, and i can probably just walk over and shut it off manually if shit does go down

 

[sandorski]

Ask your Dad for his Stuff.

 

[mjrpes3]

More important question: If you were to put your hand right center in a running microwave, how long would it take before:

1. You felt something
2. You felt pain
3. You felt searing pain
4. Steam arising from nuking hand
5. Tissue damage
6. Discoloration of hand
7. Bubbling scars on hand
8. Charing of hand

Plz I need to know the answers.

EDIT: Let us say the microwave is running full power at 1300 watts

 

[TJCS]

cut off your left-hand and put it in a mircowave while you hold a stop watch with your right hand. Hit start.

 

[XZeroII]

More important question: If you were to put your hand right center in a running microwave, how long would it take before:

1. You felt something
2. You felt pain
3. You felt searing pain
4. Steam arising from nuking hand
5. Tissue damage
6. Discoloration of hand
7. Bubbling scars on hand
8. Charing of hand

Plz I need to know the answers.

EDIT: Let us say the microwave is running full power at 1300 watts

Never. You couldn't close the door with your hand in there, obviously.

 

[lxskllr]

Never. You couldn't close the door with your hand in there, obviously.

Safeties are easy to bypass if anyone wants to give it a shot ;^)

 

[Lounatik]

I can't stop laughing reading your responses. I think i might have misdirected my question, but what I meant was what are the chances that the safety mechanism fails and the microwave didn't shut off.

Quite remote actually. There are at least two microswitches inside the door. Redundancy helps keep your dads face from melting like in an Indiana Jones flick.


Peace

Lounatik