XPost: alt.sci.physics, uk.d-i-y, alt.home.repair   
   From: William_Gothberg@internet.co.is   
      
   On Sun, 30 Dec 2018 09:10:46 -0000, Andy Bennet  wrote:   
      
   > On 29/12/2018 18:21, % wrote:   
   >> On 2018-12-29 10:43 a.m., William Gothberg wrote:   
   >>> On Sat, 29 Dec 2018 17:29:50 -0000, William  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   
   >>>   
   >>> You can get a 700W microwave for £30.  Surely 2kW would be less than   
   >>> triple that, so under £90.   
   >>   
   >> and then re wire the house and when you use it ,   
   >> you can watch the hydro disk spin like a top   
   >   
   > LOL. I have a 14.4kW electric boiler. That's what I call spin.   
      
   Spin?  Does anyone still have those old mechanical meters?  Mine just blinks   
   an LED.  If I were you I'd test it to see if it's charging you correctly,   
   apparently they can go off calibration with age.   
      
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