On 16/05/2021 11:40, Max Demian wrote:
On 16/05/2021 08:21, Jeff Layman wrote:
On 15/05/2021 22:26, Max Demian wrote:

I don't think it would be economical to replace the glass turntable on
mine as I think they charge £25 including carriage and the oven cost
£40.

In case I break it, I've lifted the turntable from one someone threw
out.

Why is the turntable made from glass, and not the same metal as the
rest of the microwave oven? Glass is pretty transparent to microwave
frequencies, and the turntable is only a cm or so above the metal
floor, so why not make the turntable from the same metal?

I suppose it's for ease of cleaning, but they could coat it with Teflon.

There must be a reason - maybe that it usually is just above the floor
on a "spider", so a metal turntable would heat up unless recessed in the
floor.

I don't think that is the issue. I think the issue is not to shield the
underside of the food from reflected microwaves.

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When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men in a society, over
the course of time they create for themselves a legal system that
authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it.

Frédéric Bastiat