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Fun video about microwave oven now vs thirty years ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiS27feX8o0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiS27feX8o0 "The Antique M
by guerby 6y ago
Fun video about microwave oven now vs thirty years ago:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiS27feX8o0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiS27feX8o0
"The Antique Microwave Oven that's Better than Yours"
by Technology Connections
- pedrow 6y agoWhen my friends' parents started getting microwave ovens (late seventies, early eighties I suppose) the received wisdom was to leave a cup of cold water in there when the oven wasn't being used. Does anyone else remember this?
- duskwuff 6y agoSomething got lost in translation. Putting a cup of water in the microwave is advisable over running the microwave with an empty chamber -- something to do with the microwaves getting reflected back into the magnetron and causing overheating. But there's no such concern while the appliance isn't running.
- scottlamb 6y agoI think the advice was in case the microwave was started accidentally. My parents used to leave a cup of water in the microwave, and they explained it in that way. I don't think it's gotten any less bad to run an empty microwave, but maybe we've realized starting it accidentally isn't that common, and/or we've gotten complacent.
- duskwuff 6y agoThat, and it's not as if the microwave will explode the instant you turn it on while empty. It'll take a few minutes before the magnetron overheats.
- hrishi 6y agoModern microwaves also have resettable fuses and protection for the magentron overloading. Not suggesting you run it empty, but it's less of an issue now.
- kwhitefoot 6y agoI still do it. Started because the children might turn it on empty. Now they are grown and I am getting older I do it in case I get forgetful!
- xellisx 6y agoBeat me in posting this!
- chrisseaton 6y agoWow. Why is he so snarky and sarcastic? It's relentless. So toxic.
- waiseristy 6y agoSome people call it humor
- shard972 6y agoWhat if im not laughing?
- oh_sigh 6y agoI think calling non-toxic things toxic is toxic.
- chrisseaton 6y agoHe talks like everything is stupid, and everyone but him is stupid. It's superficial and doesn't consider why anything might be the way it is. It's nasty and corrosive.
- Dylan16807 6y agoNo he doesn't.
- bavell 6y agoI'm also not a big fan of his snark in this particular video but it's not that big of a deal and he doesn't usually come on as strong in his other videos.
- willis936 6y agoYou should watch his patreon video. He has no formal background in science or technology. He has a degree in hospitality. He is the least egotistical purveyor of technical information I’ve seen. Perhaps this is what you’re picking up on?
- kwhitefoot 6y agoI think mine is older than that. It's an 850 W Moulinex. It has no display. The timer is an electromechanical dial and the power control is also a dial. It has an additional small dial for times under 90 seconds and that is the extent of its sophistication. I inherited it from my mother who had used it for years. It is much easier to control than the ones with keypads; if I need extra time I just turn the dial.
- cbg0 6y ago> It is much easier to control than the ones with keypads; if I need extra time I just turn the dial. Most modern ones allow you to add 30 seconds with just the push of a button.
- samoa42 6y agodoes not help if one wants overtime that is not a multiple of 30s :) #analogmasterrace
- spiderfarmer 6y agoI have a model with the same features, it sits in one of the kitchen cabinets. I don’t know the brand or model, it’s been cleaned so many times that all prints have been fully erased. Never felt the need to “upgrade” because it works perfectly and is very easy to use.
- fuzzfactor 6y agoWhen microwave ovens first were entering mass-production it was imagined that they would replace conventional ovens a lot more completely. They were an emerging high-tech appliance for avant-garde consumers, they were going to be expensive so they had to be big and strong. They were huge and heavy, you had to be able to cook a whole turkey. I was an appliance-repairing college student at the time, when these went out it took two delivery operators to pick one up and put it on the customer's countertop. A refigerator usually only needed a single driver. In the sales showroom they were giving free microwave cooking lessons to introduce the skills needed to make the transition. A factory representative would come regularly to conduct a culinary demo. In hindsight more of an appliance enthusiast than a food enthusiast. In the advanced classes they would prepare an entire holiday dinner, and we could partake in the surplus. Few foresaw that more often younger unskilled family members than ever would one day be conveniently using ovens without supervision.