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Default Do Magnatrons wear out?

On 2/22/2012 7:07 AM, Phil Allison wrote:
"Jeff Liebermann"


The rated life for consumer magnetrons is about 2000 hrs. If you live
on 5 minute TV dinners, that's about 24,000 dinners.



** Hmmmmm.......

24,000 microwave dinners at the rate of one per day takes nearly 66 years
to consume.

I wonder if the consumer of the microwave will die first ?



.... Phil


I figured 10 minutes a day, 365 days x 25 yrs = 1500 hours.
If I'm lucky the next one might out live me.
(Or that could be unlucky?)
Mikek