• pixeltree@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    2 days ago

    Lower power basically does this automatically. Do extra time on lower power and it’s way better with no additional effort required

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      2 days ago

      Interesting bit of trivia. Microwaves don’t actually have “high” or “low” settings. The magnetron, the microwave’s core component, only has two states - on and off. It can’t power the magnetron at 10% power level.

      Instead, the “power” settings just control how often the magnetron is activated. So maybe at full power it’s on 100% of the time. At medium it’s 10 seconds on, 10 second off. At low it’s 3 seconds on, 10 seconds off. That kind of thing. The “power” setting is just a glorified timer.