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True or False: You shouldn't stand near a microwave while it's on.

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I heard a long time ago that it wasn't safe to look into the microwave while it was on because I might get some radiation.

I've never really believed it, but never really looked into the microwave anyway so I never looked into the validity of the statement.

Is it true or false?
 
I doubt there is any concern. Worse comes to worse, you're a little warmer than you started. 🙂
 
You're ok, unless you remove or damage the mesh that covers the microwave. The wavelength of the waves used by microwaves is larger than the size of the holes in the mesh. I think that's the explanation. Hopefully someone has a clearer definition or has taken a microwave class.
 
You probably get more radiation from your monitor nightly than you would standing next to a microwave for a couple minutes.
 
Depends on the situation:

If you work in a microwave testing plant, where all they do is test microwave function, and your job is to stand next to a powered microwave 8 hrs a day? Yeah that's probably not good for you.

If you use a microwave 5 times a day at 30s a pop to heat up your breakfast burrito? You'll probably be fine.

It's not doing anything supernatural, BTW.
 
Originally posted by: wahoyaho
is there more radiation from crt or lcd?
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CRT by far. I wonder if there is even any meaningful emissions from LCDs...
 
I heard that the grid on my microwave door reduces effectiveness and you should remove it so i scraped the grid thing off and then put in a hot pocket to eat. I got real close to the microwave and put my face against the door so i could watch it and see if it was cooking too fast now that I "overclocked it". It didn't seem to cook it any faster. Is there anything else I can do?
 
Originally posted by: ucdnam
You're ok, unless you remove or damage the mesh that covers the microwave. The wavelength of the waves used by microwaves is larger than the size of the holes in the mesh. I think that's the explanation. Hopefully someone has a clearer definition or has taken a microwave class.
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microwaves have smaller wavelength than visible light and you can see through it can't you
 
Originally posted by: Reel
I heard that the grid on my microwave door reduces effectiveness and you should remove it so i scraped the grid thing off and then put in a hot pocket to eat. I got real close to the microwave and put my face against the door so i could watch it and see if it was cooking too fast now that I "overclocked it". It didn't seem to cook it any faster. Is there anything else I can do?
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Maybe you should cut off your head and stick in in the microwave with whatever your cooking so you can get a closer look?
 
Originally posted by: ucdnam
You're ok, unless you remove or damage the mesh that covers the microwave. The wavelength of the waves used by microwaves is larger than the size of the holes in the mesh. I think that's the explanation. Hopefully someone has a clearer definition or has taken a microwave class.
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Yeah it's called a Faraday cage. With that in place no microwaves should escape the cooking space.

I've heard of problems arising if the magnetron is faulty. Anyone know if this is true?
 
Originally posted by: iwantanewcomputer
Originally posted by: ucdnam
You're ok, unless you remove or damage the mesh that covers the microwave. The wavelength of the waves used by microwaves is larger than the size of the holes in the mesh. I think that's the explanation. Hopefully someone has a clearer definition or has taken a microwave class.
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microwaves have smaller wavelength than visible light and you can see through it can't you
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You're kidding right?
 
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