• Gideon@lemmy.worldOP
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    21 hours ago

    It just turns off the element that emits the waves for a percentage of the time so the heat has a chance to spread out more evenly. My problem is that I skim the instructions for the time, miss that it says medium power, and burn my item to a crisp on accident.

    • Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca
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      9 hours ago

      I think the active component in a Microwave Oven is called the Magnetron, not the element. Both are usually turned on and off for partial power though.