Re: Aluminum foil on the walls

From: Brian D Williams (talon57@well.com)
Date: Tue Sep 21 1999 - 07:29:40 MDT


From: naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de (Christian Weisgerber)

>Hmm. Right. I didn't think about it that way yet. If the oven
>provides, say, 30dB attenuation, then this will render the
>escaping radiation at 600W operation uttlerly harmless. But 30dB
>should be easy to handle for a phone if it has reasonably good
>reception.

>So much for Faraday cages.

Microwave ovens are NOT Faraday cages.

Brian

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