Ken Javor wrote: > > Just goes to show you can find anything on the net. I have measured leakage > from microwave ovens and every one was at 2450 MHz. And that IS a resonant > frequency for water and water alone. That's why you can put waterless items > in and they won't heat up,
Hm, now I wonder how the the totally dry and empty pottery plate I put in the microwave to heat (before I put my non microwave cooked food on it) gets too hot to hold after just 60 seconds at 650W. > and also why you should never run a microwave > oven without a water load: with no load you get high vswr and the magnetron > can be damaged by reflected energy. -- Regards Dave Instone. Compliance Engineer Storage Systems Development, MP24/22 Xyratex, Langstone Rd., Havant, Hampshire, P09 1SA, UK. Tel: +44 (0)23-92-496862 (direct line) Fax: +44 (0)23-92-496014 http://www.xyratex.com Tel: +44 (0)23-92-496000 ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Michael Garretson: [email protected] Dave Heald [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.rcic.com/ click on "Virtual Conference Hall,"

