From: KPJ (kpj@sics.se)
Date: Tue Sep 21 1999 - 07:16:46 MDT
KPJ <kpj@sics.se> wrote:
|
|I understand the mesh does not stop all the
|microwave radiation
|from escaping. To fully stop the radiation, the
|oven would become
|heavy, ugly, and the owner would not see the minced
|dead cow in there.
It appears as if <mt_2@yahoo.com> asked:
|
|What amount of radiation does escape?
|
|AFAIK, the chief problem with leakage comes more from
|defective seals on the edge of the door.
A radiation meter can detect the radiation from a microwave oven from
a distance of at least 4 m.(*)
I acquired a radiation meter to check my daily life environment.
Apart from such obvious sources as microwave ovens, I detected minor
radiation from various other sources, including cathode ray tubes and
mobile phones. The radiation meter went into panic mode near a mobile
phone (GSM) base station. DANGER, WILL ROBINSON, DANGER! !-|
``What's a little radiation?''
- Waterseller in
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
(aka Mad Max 3)
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*) According to the USRobotics Pilot reference information, 4 m would
equal (any) one of the following: 159.48", 4.376 yd, 13.128 ft.
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