ByteOnBikes@discuss.online to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 7 days agoDerail any conversation by mentioning "microwaving your water" rulediscuss.onlineimagemessage-square216linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-squarebarsoap@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days agoDo microwaves have some magic efficiency trick that lets them produce heat faster from the same exact energy? Like, how do they manage to be more than 100% efficient?
minus-squareuntorquer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days agoMicrowaves are designed to heat water molecules. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microwave_oven
minus-squarebarsoap@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days agoThey are, in fact, designed to resuscitate frozen hamsters.
minus-squarekuhli@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days agoThey don’t, kettles just aren’t that much more efficient at 120v. Like a kettle will still be faster, just not by enough for people to care.
Do microwaves have some magic efficiency trick that lets them produce heat faster from the same exact energy? Like, how do they manage to be more than 100% efficient?
Microwaves are designed to heat water molecules. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microwave_oven
They are, in fact, designed to resuscitate frozen hamsters.
They don’t, kettles just aren’t that much more efficient at 120v. Like a kettle will still be faster, just not by enough for people to care.