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Microwave radiation
Hi... Curious if anyone can tell me if I might be doing myself some harm... Nicads in the cordless phone gave up. New one was cheaper than replacing the batteries, so bought one of the new(ish) 2.4 gig ones; branded Memorex. Looooong conversation with my eldest; re-heated some left over coffee in the microwave, and was surprised to hear the microwave clicking in the telephone. Don't know how to describe better than to say 12 feet away I could hear it. Six feet away it's bothersome. Right at the microwave is interrupts the conversation. Does anyone happen to know if this is normal acceptable leakage, or do I replace the microwave before I cook myself? Thanks, and take care. Ken |
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"Ken Weitzel" wrote in message news:lOpEd.41341$Xk.11528@pd7tw3no... Hi... Curious if anyone can tell me if I might be doing myself some harm... Nicads in the cordless phone gave up. New one was cheaper than replacing the batteries, so bought one of the new(ish) 2.4 gig ones; branded Memorex. Looooong conversation with my eldest; re-heated some left over coffee in the microwave, and was surprised to hear the microwave clicking in the telephone. Don't know how to describe better than to say 12 feet away I could hear it. Six feet away it's bothersome. Right at the microwave is interrupts the conversation. Does anyone happen to know if this is normal acceptable leakage, or do I replace the microwave before I cook myself? Thanks, and take care. Ken It's normal, the microwave runs at around the same frequency, doesn't take much radiation at all to mess up the phone. |
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"Ken Weitzel" wrote in message news:lOpEd.41341$Xk.11528@pd7tw3no... | | Don't know how to describe better than to say 12 feet | away I could hear it. Six feet away it's bothersome. | Right at the microwave is interrupts the conversation. .... I assume this is a triac or relay switching AC power to the magnetron. Not a concern. See if it happens at 100% power or only at lower power settings. N |
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No, it´s not normal to reheat cold coffee..
I´m kidding /Nisse Ken Weitzel wrote: Hi... Curious if anyone can tell me if I might be doing myself some harm... Nicads in the cordless phone gave up. New one was cheaper than replacing the batteries, so bought one of the new(ish) 2.4 gig ones; branded Memorex. Looooong conversation with my eldest; re-heated some left over coffee in the microwave, and was surprised to hear the microwave clicking in the telephone. Don't know how to describe better than to say 12 feet away I could hear it. Six feet away it's bothersome. Right at the microwave is interrupts the conversation. Does anyone happen to know if this is normal acceptable leakage, or do I replace the microwave before I cook myself? Thanks, and take care. Ken |
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The interference you are getting is normal. The stray radiation you are
getting is not dangerous. In fact, I would believe that the noise you are getting is more of the electrical interference from the control electronics in the microwave oven, than from the magnetron's carrier. In any case, there is no danger since I am sure that your microwave oven is not having a serous leakage problem. Microwave ovens that are leaking are usually ones with very loose door hinges, or where the door alignment is out due to abuse from slamming it too hard all the time. Generally you would notice that the oven's door is too loose, or does not close properly, and the unit still turns on to cook. The microwave oven has safety switches that are aligned so that the door has to be properly closed in order for it to operate. I would not be worried about the microwave oven having a leakage problem. If you feel paranoid about this, you can take the oven over to any of the large service centres that service microwave ovens, and have a leakage test done on it. Some places do not charge for the test. -- Jerry G. ===== "Ken Weitzel" wrote in message news:lOpEd.41341$Xk.11528@pd7tw3no... Hi... Curious if anyone can tell me if I might be doing myself some harm... Nicads in the cordless phone gave up. New one was cheaper than replacing the batteries, so bought one of the new(ish) 2.4 gig ones; branded Memorex. Looooong conversation with my eldest; re-heated some left over coffee in the microwave, and was surprised to hear the microwave clicking in the telephone. Don't know how to describe better than to say 12 feet away I could hear it. Six feet away it's bothersome. Right at the microwave is interrupts the conversation. Does anyone happen to know if this is normal acceptable leakage, or do I replace the microwave before I cook myself? Thanks, and take care. Ken |
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"Jerry G." wrote in message ... .... | I would not be worried about the microwave oven having a leakage problem. If | you feel paranoid about this, you can take the oven over to any of the large | service centres that service microwave ovens, and have a leakage test done | on it. Some places do not charge for the test. My local dollar store was selling testers that can detect microwave leakage. N |
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My Vtech (900 MHz) phone started doing the same thing.
--Purchased a new battery and problem was corrected--a day or two later problem resurfaced. --Bought a new microwave but no change --Traced the problem to a bad phone battery charger unit --Bought a new 5.8 GHz phone and problem was resolved |
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