How a microwave works

[pjmcla]

Here is a link to a wimp.com video where an engineer discusses how a microwave oven works.  Interesting; and it might help explain some of the oddities the group has witnessed in plastic heating.  The part with the cheese is particularly educational.

http://www.wimp.com/microwaveoven/

[Denny Welch]

Never, ever, in ten thousand lifetimes would I ever have thought that I would spend the 4th of July holiday watching a 5 minute, 17 second video on microwave oven technology.  But I did.  And because I did, I now feel old.  I feel old because I enjoyed the video.  I understood very little of what the guy said (way too complicated for my failing brain cells), but I did learn something from the cheese illustration...it's why we stir our plastic.  So, for the rest of whatever time I have left I will always think of this video every time I stir my plastic.

Thanks, Paul.

[pjmcla]

It also provides an explanation as to why there is a turntable in the microwave without saying why.   I have had several electrical engineers tell me not to put small stuff in the dead center of a microwave.  This helps explain that as well.  At least two old Geezers learned something.

[kipbass]

Now I feel really dumb...but I will set my pyrex slightly off to the side just for ....

[Dave]

Interesting! Thanks. 

[Brent]

I dont have a turn table in my micro, I must have found the right spot,(it is off center) I do rotate cup after stirring, but I have not had any issues.

[superharmonix]

Interesting video.  Thanks for adding it!