XPost: alt.home.repair, uk.d-i-y, alt.sci.physics   
   From: William_Gothberg@internet.co.is   
      
   On Sat, 29 Dec 2018 23:37:19 -0000, trader_4  wrote:   
      
   > On Saturday, December 29, 2018 at 6:30:41 PM UTC-5, Bill Gill wrote:   
   >> On 12/29/2018 12:06 PM, William Gothberg wrote:   
   >> > On Sat, 29 Dec 2018 18:00:47 -0000, Bill Gill  wrote:   
   >> >   
   >> >> On 12/29/2018 11:29 AM, William Gothberg wrote:   
   >> >>> On 2018-12-29 10:26 a.m., William Gothberg wrote:   
   >> >>>> On Sat, 29 Dec 2018 14:46:52 -0000, Andy Bennet  wrote:   
   >> >>>>   
   >> >>>>> On 29/12/2018 13:43, William Gothberg wrote:   
   >> >>>>>> Shouldn't we have faster microwaves by now giving out a few kW?  They   
   >> >>>>>> were invented decades ago.   
   >> >>>>>   
   >> >>>>> High power microwaves (>1MW) are used in industry in for example ore   
   >> >>>>> extraction/rock pulverizing.   
   >> >>>>> 1MW into a cup of water is not pretty, explodes the water contents and   
   >> >>>>> breaks the cup.   
   >> >>>>   
   >> >>>> I don't need a MW, but the usual 600W to 900W in domestic ovens is   
   >> >>>> pitiful.  What's wrong with 2kW?   
   >> >>>   
   >> >>> too expensive   
   >> >>>   
   >> >> 1200 watt consumer microwaves are widely available. Check your   
   >> >> Walmart or whatever you have.   
   >> >   
   >> > 1200W isn't much more than the 900W most are.   
   >> Let me see: 900 / 1200 = .75.   
   >> So a 900 Watt microwave has 3/4 of the power of   
   >> a 1200 Watt microwave.  Or looking at it the other   
   >> way a 1200 Watt microwave has 1/3 more power than   
   >> a 900 Watt microwave.  That doesn't sound like a   
   >> negligible difference.  I know when I accidentally   
   >> replaced my 1200 Watt unit with an 1100 Watt unit   
   >> I noticed the difference.  (I didn't look closely   
   >> enough when I grabbed it off of the shelf.)   
   >>   
   >> Bill   
   >   
   > +1   
   >   
   >  It's like saying that going 90 mph isn't much more than going 60.  Maybe   
   that helps.  :)   
      
   As a rule of thumb, I prefer doubling the power/speed/etc.  If I'm going to   
   upgrade my computer's CPU, hard disk, etc, I get one that's twice as good.    
   Less than double just ain't impressive.  Same goes for cars, a 2 litre engine   
   is more fun than a 1    
   litre engine, but adding one third?  Why bother?  1.0 litre, 1.3 litre,   
   they're both shit.   
      
   And whoever keeps deleting the crossposts, fix your newsreader.   
      
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