Max Camirand wrote:
Try putting an AOL CD in an old microwave. Light show!

It really is fantastic! I am tempted to put a switch on the light so
that it shows up better! Steel wool is also pretty good.

RicK

Rick wrote:
Max Camirand wrote:

Try putting an AOL CD in an old microwave. Light show!


It really is fantastic! I am tempted to put a switch on the light so
that it shows up better! Steel wool is also pretty good.

This only occurs with very thin coatings or slivers of metal. Placing a
metal spoon or pan in a microwave will have no effect.

Brian Nystrom wrote:

This only occurs with very thin coatings or slivers of metal. Placing a
metal spoon or pan in a microwave will have no effect.

Which is precisely the point I was trying to make in my first post on
the subject.

Rick

"Brian Nystrom" wrote in message
...
Rick wrote:
Max Camirand wrote:

Try putting an AOL CD in an old microwave. Light show!


It really is fantastic! I am tempted to put a switch on the light so
that it shows up better! Steel wool is also pretty good.

This only occurs with very thin coatings or slivers of metal. Placing a
metal spoon or pan in a microwave will have no effect.

Except when the length of the spoon is exactly a half wavelength of
2.45GHz....

Meindert

Brian Nystrom wrote:
Rick wrote:

Max Camirand wrote:

Try putting an AOL CD in an old microwave. Light show!



It really is fantastic! I am tempted to put a switch on the light so
that it shows up better! Steel wool is also pretty good.


This only occurs with very thin coatings or slivers of metal. Placing a
metal spoon or pan in a microwave will have no effect.

it does in my microwave

--
Life is NOT a dress rehearsal.

dazed and confuzed wrote:
Brian Nystrom wrote:

This only occurs with very thin coatings or slivers of metal. Placing
a metal spoon or pan in a microwave will have no effect.

it does in my microwave

Does what?

Brian Nystrom wrote:


dazed and confuzed wrote:

Brian Nystrom wrote:


This only occurs with very thin coatings or slivers of metal. Placing
a metal spoon or pan in a microwave will have no effect.

it does in my microwave


Does what?

make sparks. from forks and spoons.

--
Life is NOT a dress rehearsal.

Brian Nystrom wrote in message ...
dazed and confuzed wrote:
Brian Nystrom wrote:

This only occurs with very thin coatings or slivers of metal. Placing
a metal spoon or pan in a microwave will have no effect.

it does in my microwave

Does what?

Sounds like some of you are questioning us that have actually put pans
or spoons in microwaves. Rick, Brian, the rest, I have personally put
metal objects in microwaves by accident and on purpose and they
sparked and crackled. May be that technology has changed, or maybe you
have not done it but you can. Do a little experiment with mom's micro
and set a spoon or pan in and cook on high for a couple of minutes and
tell us of the real time results as opposed to these off handed
slights of our experiences? That would probably clear things up at
least for now. I will trust you, if you say nothing happened so be it,
I will know that technology has changed since the early 80's when I
sold the TI products.
Scotty

Backyard Renegade wrote:

Sounds like some of you are questioning us that have actually put pans
or spoons in microwaves. Rick, Brian, the rest, I have personally put
metal objects in microwaves by accident and on purpose and they
sparked and crackled. May be that technology has changed, or maybe you
have not done it but you can. Do a little experiment with mom's micro
and set a spoon or pan in and cook on high for a couple of minutes and
tell us of the real time results as opposed to these off handed
slights of our experiences? That would probably clear things up at
least for now. I will trust you, if you say nothing happened so be it,
I will know that technology has changed since the early 80's when I
sold the TI products.
Scotty

I put metal utensils in the microwave all the time and it causes no
problems. The oven in question was purchased in the early 90's. Aluminum
foil is also no problem. Staples, twist ties and such will cause sparks
and fires, as I've accidentally discovered on a few occasions.

I know a woman who put her cordless phone in the microwave and
accidently cooked it. Not sure if it sparked or not. I believe it
somehow effected her husband's boatbuilding activities though.

Backyard Renegade wrote:
Brian Nystrom wrote in message ...

dazed and confuzed wrote:

Brian Nystrom wrote:



This only occurs with very thin coatings or slivers of metal. Placing
a metal spoon or pan in a microwave will have no effect.


it does in my microwave

Does what?


Sounds like some of you are questioning us that have actually put pans
or spoons in microwaves. Rick, Brian, the rest, I have personally put
metal objects in microwaves by accident and on purpose and they
sparked and crackled. May be that technology has changed, or maybe you
have not done it but you can. Do a little experiment with mom's micro
and set a spoon or pan in and cook on high for a couple of minutes and
tell us of the real time results as opposed to these off handed
slights of our experiences? That would probably clear things up at
least for now. I will trust you, if you say nothing happened so be it,
I will know that technology has changed since the early 80's when I
sold the TI products.
Scotty