• x4740N@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      If you ever feel stupid, just remember… people like this do exist

      Faraday cages don’t work how you think they do op

      If signals can get out so can microwaves and microwaves wouldn’t even be allowed on the market

      It’s more logical that the video is fake and that microwave has been modified and they are just providing external power to the lights and turntable, yes the door switch for the lights can be included in a modified circuit

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        10 months ago

        Does that mean my microwave is defective when the music I’m listening to on my bluetooth headphones gets interrupted when I stand close to it while it’s on? Is that dangerous for me?

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          10 months ago

          There is a small amount of leakage expected but that should be below the safe limit

          If you’re worried you can check the grid on the door for any holes and dont have anything in between the door and the microwave body as that might compromise the seal

          What distance are you standing from the microwave ?

      • 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.worksOP
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        10 months ago

        Just remember that there is also beam forming in microwaves. It doesn’t have to be 100% Farady cage, 5 out of 6 sides is enough.

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          10 months ago

          hmmmmm i wonder what the metal mesh in the glass panel does hmmmmmmmmmm what could it possibly be for hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

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            10 months ago

            It is for that, but it’s not 100% fullproof. You don’t believe me? Try it. Put your phone in a plugged off microwave, see if the wifi and network drop to 0.

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      10 months ago

      The transparent area has that dotted coating which blocks electromagnetic waves of the ~2.4GHz frequency (microwave), same as 2.4GHz wifi. A lot of 5GHz would be probably blocked too, though I’m not sure how much.

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        That is true, but try and put your phone in a microwave and see if the wifi or the network drop to 0. I have and they don’t. They are weak, but not at 0.

        A plugged off microwave, of course.