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   From: William_Gothberg@internet.co.is   
      
   On Sun, 30 Dec 2018 00:04:06 -0000, trader_4  wrote:   
      
   > On Saturday, December 29, 2018 at 6:37:22 PM UTC-5, 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.  :)   
   >   
   > Typo there, meant 80 versus 60.   
      
   It isn't much more, I go 100 in 60 limits.   
      
   [crossposts repaired, stop fucking about]   
      
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