You know how when you microwave a hot pocket, burrito, etc. and the outside is lava but the center is still cold or even frozen? Well, microwaves have a power setting. You can set the power generally from 10% - 100%, usually in increments of 10. You can set the power to a lower percentage and give it additional time such that it will cook slower and heat more evenly.
the whole point of duty time is that it has basically the same end result, and no full blast then waiting is not the same thing as shorter bursts over a longer time…
Every single microwave I’ve ever seen set it either as a percentage or a…perdecage? 1-10. Like I don’t think I can set my current microwave to 73% power; I get 70% or 80%.
peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 1 day ago
What on earth is 70% power
ramenshaman@lemmy.world 1 day ago
You know how when you microwave a hot pocket, burrito, etc. and the outside is lava but the center is still cold or even frozen? Well, microwaves have a power setting. You can set the power generally from 10% - 100%, usually in increments of 10. You can set the power to a lower percentage and give it additional time such that it will cook slower and heat more evenly.
seralth@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Your not actually lowering the power, it’s just lowering the duty time.
70% means that it runs only 70% of the time.
Microwaves are either on or off. There is no in-between.
Its the same as running something for 30 seconds letting it sit for 20 then running it for another 10.
It’s also a large reason frozen dinners have you stir them.
mememuseum@lemmy.world 1 day ago
There are inverter microwaves that can actually vary the output power of the magnetron, but I know Panasonic had a patent on it for a while.
JeremyHuntQW12@lemmy.world 1 day ago
A convection oven works exactly the same way.
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 18 hours ago
the whole point of duty time is that it has basically the same end result, and no full blast then waiting is not the same thing as shorter bursts over a longer time…
ramenshaman@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Correct, but I think most people don’t think about that.
brb@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
I’ve never seen a microwave where you set the power as percentage, it’s always watts. Usually from around 150W to 950W
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Every single microwave I’ve ever seen set it either as a percentage or a…perdecage? 1-10. Like I don’t think I can set my current microwave to 73% power; I get 70% or 80%.
ramenshaman@lemmy.world 1 day ago
That sounds nice but from my experience most people’s eyes glaze over when I start talking about Watts. It seems to confuse most people unfortunately.
Matty_r@programming.dev 1 day ago
Lies. All power all the time.