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Don't put prime by running microwave!

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byrontessman

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So...I was following a youtube recipe on my transformer prime and the recipe called to microwave something. So I set the prime down on the counter, and put a bowl in the microwave. I started the microwave and after a couple seconds heard a zapping noise. I took
the prime and immediately moved it. It smelled a like burned electrical smell. Everything on my prime still seems to be working, but lesson to be learned, don't put your prime near a running microwave!
 
byrontessman said:
So...I was following a youtube recipe on my transformer prime and the recipe called to microwave something. So I set the prime down on the counter, and put a bowl in the microwave. I started the microwave and after a couple seconds heard a zapping noise. I took
the prime and immediately moved it. It smelled a like burned electrical smell. Everything on my prime still seems to be working, but lesson to be learned, don't put your prime near a running microwave!
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Just about all microwave ovens leak a little bit around the viewing glass/door. But there is a threshold of danger at some point. I'd consider the impact on that Android device a wake up call to replace that microwave.

I just tested our (two year-old) microwave with my Galaxy Tab and my Droid X2 in front of it and on top of it, then next to it on three sides and saw and felt no change at all as the oven ran for 90 seconds with a large bowl of water.

It's good that no damage to your Android device came about.

But radiation leaking from a microwave oven strong enough to impact a device, is impacting any living thing near it. I think you need to unplug and properly dispose of that unit (I'm hoping you have not exposed any children to that leaky microwave).

The most reported effect has to do with the heat generated by the leaks; that is, human cells heat up (many reports of eye damage and headaches). Long term effects are disputed by the microwave manufacturers, but I'm not so sure I trust what they'd say about it.
 
So asus takes the gps feature off the list, when are they going to add "microwave leak detector" to the spec sheet?
 
Frisco said:
But radiation leaking from a microwave oven strong enough to impact a device, is impacting any living thing near it. I think you need to unplug and properly dispose of that unit (I'm hoping you have not exposed any children to that leaky microwave).

The most reported effect has to do with the heat generated by the leaks; that is, human cells heat up (many reports of eye damage and headaches). Long term effects are disputed by the microwave manufacturers, but I'm not so sure I trust what they'd say about it.
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Microwave radiation is non-ionizing so it will not cause any chromosomal damage like X-ray/gamma type radiation. The biggest risk with microwave radiation is for people with pace makers but that's a case of electronic interference.
 
BaronGrim said:
Microwave radiation is non-ionizing so it will not cause any chromosomal damage like X-ray/gamma type radiation. The biggest risk with microwave radiation is for people with pace makers but that's a case of electronic interference.
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Yeah but if the microwave is leaking so much it torches nearby electronics I think I would rather fire up the BBQ...
 
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