• @seralth@lemmy.world
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    103 days 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
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      83 days 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.

    • @ramenshaman@lemmy.world
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      33 days ago

      Your not actually lowering the power, it’s just lowering the duty time.

      Correct, but I think most people don’t think about that.

      • @cenzorrll@lemmy.ca
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        22 days ago

        And in the case of a microwave, it makes almost no difference if you’re running longer than 30s