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

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