METAL in MICROWAVE Oven Is NOT That Dangerous

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2 жыл бұрын

I thought I would be making massive arcs and plasma in my microwave oven putting all sort of metal and cutlery in it and maybe kill a few things. But alas!
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@ElectroBOOM 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks to Ali Humaydan for bringing the idea to my attention! One more item off my list, and I didn't kill the microwave oven in the process either! Nguyen - Nguyen! (look up the pronunciation)

@box7147 2 жыл бұрын

First

@8daudios19 2 жыл бұрын

I was Waiting for your video

@Dragon76111 2 жыл бұрын

@chealseafc1433 2 жыл бұрын

the thing that i just want to tell you is Keep it up, really i learn so many tings from you😁😁

@terro1525 2 жыл бұрын

8th reply, this is one of the firsts i got to your vid early

@ShortHax 2 жыл бұрын

Ah yes ElectroBOOM: doing the things we weren’t supposed to do as kids, but he can do because he’s a ‘professional’

@mohammedalshrief532 2 жыл бұрын

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@mjkrh 2 жыл бұрын

Prou fei sho nol

@NxVernxual 2 жыл бұрын

When

@Maninawig 2 жыл бұрын

Once you know something is dangerous, it's people like Mehdi who figure out why, saving thousands afterwards with their discoveries.

@musman9853 2 жыл бұрын

Don't try this at home. We're what you call experts

@Son_Of_Kouric 2 жыл бұрын

I've never seen a man be so mad about his microwave not exploding.

@shramadurai7287 2 жыл бұрын

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@PAY_D 2 жыл бұрын

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@girlhappy6442 2 жыл бұрын

Lmao 😂 spot on

@rootbrian4815 2 жыл бұрын

Well if you want it to explode, just place a sealed bottle of wine or champagne inside it, set it for 60 minutes and keep back 50 metres. ;)

@saucy0_0 2 жыл бұрын

"professional" btw

@alfaholic3 Жыл бұрын

That’s weird because I remember microwaves 20-30 years ago going crazy with arcs when you forgot a spoon in the bowl or didn’t take all the foil off whatever you put in there maybe they somehow improved them.

@Jus4ya 3 ай бұрын

Exactly I wonder if he put a spoon in food if that would work because I also remember that

@nickgarcia1751 3 ай бұрын

@@Jus4yaI came to this video because I put some food in my microwave and forgot I left my spoon in the soup but when I came back I seen it was in there and asked my brother if it was making loud spark sounds he said no and my food was warm lol

@Jus4ya 3 ай бұрын

@@nickgarcia1751 lies

@tausendundeineidee Ай бұрын

I always put a spoon into my cup when I want to warm my cocoa. Never had a problem, even 30 years ago.

@kronos_1337. 28 күн бұрын

We have a pretty old microwave (made in 2006) and im still terrified to put a spoon in it

@EduGamePlayz 5 ай бұрын

*ElectroBOOM casually gets angrier that his microwave isn't exploding in his face*

@Elfnetdesigns 2 жыл бұрын

You need an older microwave for the real magic. Those new ovens have power limiters to prevent a high SWR situation from damaging the magnetron. When it detects a high SWR it turns the TXP down from 1200 watts to like 500 watts. Also metal that is at length of any of the wavelengths sweet spots (1/4, 1/2 wave etc.) and can hold the RF power in watts then you wont get much and this is because the metal is considered a tuned antenna and the SWR will not drive up much. What you should have done was put a CD in there

@trejkaz 2 жыл бұрын

I put a whole stack of CDs in there once.

@The6677yu 2 жыл бұрын

The instructions for a microwave my parents purchaced recently explicetly states that metal is okay as long as it doesn't come into contact with the sides.

@CoreyDeWalt 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, I have put metal in older microwaves and they go crazy

@RT-uq1mp 2 жыл бұрын

@@The6677yu very cool, new technology though smh...

@lvlarihuan0 2 жыл бұрын

That's not true.

@NineJuanJuan_ 2 жыл бұрын

Next upload: *"ElectroBOOM on why it isn't dangerous to put a fork in a toaster"*

@MattBlank0 2 жыл бұрын

It isn't.

@natecousins6264 2 жыл бұрын

yeah it used to be, back when toasters were hardcore and we weren’t such pussies.

@jnevercast 2 жыл бұрын

"The fuse in the house just pops and my lights go out, so boring "

@Psi105 2 жыл бұрын

The dangers of putting a fork into a toaster is quite dependent on where on the live element your metal object touches. Each element is a big long coil of wire that snakes through the toaster. One end of the element is at 110/220V and the other end is at zero volts. So, for example, on a 110V toaster 50% of the exposed heater wire is under 55V (but seriously, don't stick things in running toasters, it's still pretty dangerous)

@ceCero 2 жыл бұрын

@@natecousins6264 is this a joke?

@Gorman-84 Жыл бұрын

As an EE myself, I have still wondered why a steel rack was ok. I could not reconcile it in my mind. Loved your presentation. Very funny and entertaining. Thanks.

@ruslankadylak2999 Жыл бұрын

The steel rack wasn't tested in this video - you only saw a picture of it. I'm pretty sure that the rack belongs to an infrared convection oven (as seen on TV). I used to have one, it has nothing to do with microwaves. And yes, I would expect it to produce spectacular sparks, similar to a golden trim around a plate.

@Eoin-B Жыл бұрын

Thats for the "microwaves" that you see in resaraunts. Nothing rotates, they don't create heat spots and you put foil in there all the time. All they have in common with microwaves is they heat up food in seconds and they are small.

@Dante-420 8 ай бұрын

@@ruslankadylak2999well, you're wrong on both counts. There are some microwave ovens that come with metal racks in them. But you don't have to take my word for it - just Google it

@ericschmidt9123 3 ай бұрын

The arcing in the microwave is similar to a lightning storm passing a city. I forget all the electromagnetic concepts of that apply but the air isn't isn't a perfectly homogeneous fluid(fractional differences in humidity) so path of least resistance isn't visible but like op was demonstrating certain shapes like pointy things like a radio tower have a higher likelihood of attracting an arc of electromagnetic energy. Even in the sealed environment of the microwave, the energies put into the objects start creating convection currents creating different resistances in the fluid (air)

@nombreapellido9038 3 ай бұрын

So, in a microwave oven we have a magnetron (emitter of microwave energy). The food is the “load”, as the frequency is best to heat water molecules. Putting metal in (as far as I am concerned) simply provides a path of less resistance and puts a greater stress on the magnetron.

@Ichiy0k 9 ай бұрын

I have never seen a more patient person to wait 30 seconds for the microwave

@deadfishparty 2 жыл бұрын

Every year my wife brings out the Christmas dinner plates with gold designs on them and every year I arc them out forgetting. It’s a Christmas tradition!

@jnevercast 2 жыл бұрын

My wife only uses the gold designed plates because she's of the belief that you shouldn't be afraid to use things. Well, none of the plates have gold on them anymore, but my poptarts are toasty!

@mrbrown6421 2 жыл бұрын

@@jnevercast "...she's of the belief that you shouldn't be afraid to use things." My wife, EXACTLY. And that, dear friends, is why we can't have nice things. They're all BRoKeN!

@FrankieSp90 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah those arc like crazy!But they don't have sharp edges, how does it happen?

@philipfanning3690 2 жыл бұрын

@@FrankieSp90 gold is a better conductor

@philipfanning3690 2 жыл бұрын

Also it probably does have sharp edges you just can't feel them because they are in the plate

@simoneazzoni3882 2 жыл бұрын

I like how when trying to replicate it you had a lot of problems, everyone that had this kind of accident got it first try

@CMDRunematti 2 жыл бұрын

Not really, they just forget when it doesn't happen 🤔 I've been using metal spoons in microwaves all my life, never had a problem

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@cybercat1531 2 жыл бұрын

@@shramadurai7287 BEGONE SCAMMA

@zorropotatz 2 жыл бұрын

it depends on the kind of microwave, putting metal in the old ones is very dangerous

@CMDRunematti 2 жыл бұрын

@@zorropotatz why particularly in the older ones?

@kuboskube Жыл бұрын

Wonderful editing, fun video. Thanks, Electroboom.

@mykel2mj Жыл бұрын

A lot of the new digital microwaves have a grill option and they are metal resistant, try on the old microwaves to put some metal and you will see the real danger

@AP-eb8hd 3 ай бұрын

Doesn't matter what options they have .it's still a magnetron that's blasting microwaves..

@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache 2 жыл бұрын

I like how he's so confident that he's literally right beside the microwave, knowing that it wont explode

@kaischrank 2 жыл бұрын

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@aborted4196 2 жыл бұрын

I put a Capri Sun in the microwave when I was a kid and got a firework show

@flaminggold7593 2 жыл бұрын

How…are…you…everywhere…?

@clark987878 2 жыл бұрын

You give him too much credit

@jaggernut-1237 2 жыл бұрын

We meet again

@Seryous 2 жыл бұрын

"I've never been so disappointed in the lack of arcs." -Mehdi 2021

@itsdharun 2 жыл бұрын

Missing The days where I used to laugh my head off watching his vedios..... these days, his vedios are very educative but sadly not as funny as they used to be....

@AxxLAfriku 2 жыл бұрын

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@hrzmann 2 жыл бұрын

I would prefer "Mehdi 2021" rather than "Mehdi 1977-2021"

@EliteAmmunition 2 жыл бұрын

Newer microwaves have better shielding of the emitter. Get an 30 year one with less shielding and less power regulation.

@WellBehavedForeigner 2 жыл бұрын

@@itsdharun we can get arcs if you have a microwave I know how to do it

@Nflguy4949 11 ай бұрын

Watching this dude run these tests is making my anxiety sky rocket! lol

@leeannb46 3 ай бұрын

That was fun. It is such misconception and you are a brave exploring this idea making clear boundaries as to what is safe and what is not. Thanks

@stannumowl 2 ай бұрын

Actually it's not a missconception, but outdated thing. Like 15 years ago I forgot to remove aluminium foil from my yogurt and saw some sparkles there before turning microwave off

@00kidney 2 жыл бұрын

Reading the title I thought "yeah I knew it, I'm overcautious with the microwave". Then, I saw the author of the video. 💣💥

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@durimdae872 2 жыл бұрын

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@shramadurai7287 2 жыл бұрын

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@VintageCR 2 жыл бұрын

@@durimdae872 maybe we can give you an arc as a reward for giving him the 1k

@nickmurph1313 2 жыл бұрын

I love that this is the safest experiment you've done on this channel while doing something that everyone was told was the worst thing possible lol

@ginkumpow3726 2 жыл бұрын

He didn't even get zapped this time!

@25civic 2 жыл бұрын

Flashbacks to the time when he put a mini plastic fan into a microwave and lit his house fireNOT CLICKBAIT

@OGPatriot03 2 жыл бұрын

I've seen many microwave light shows throughout my life.

@kougar7 2 жыл бұрын

I was just going to post that very thing lol

@evaahh9584 2 жыл бұрын

It is bad. It’s just modern microwaves have more safety features.

@vladimirstrunga37 5 ай бұрын

I have arcs on the plates and cups with gold painting on them, mostly old ones, partially scratched. Also the magnetite sand does the strong effect.

@BradfordCB Жыл бұрын

Wow. This is very useful information. Thank you very much :-)

@butsoftwhatblight 2 жыл бұрын

I've never seen a microwave this clean, I'm so impressed

@AgentOffice 2 жыл бұрын

It's new

@alecnolastname4362 2 жыл бұрын

microwave a bowl of hot water for a minute. makes cleaning a microwave a breeze.

@farwahbatool6247 2 жыл бұрын

@@alecnolastname4362 I'll try this out

@identidem 2 жыл бұрын

@Nedd Flanders nah not really, it won't start steaming in seconds, just telling from experience and yea I used it at 900 watts of power

@HelloKittyFanMan. 2 жыл бұрын

You've never bought a new one?

@sarahjrandomnumbers 2 жыл бұрын

Try it with an older oven. Some modern ovens have protection for the magnetron against running the thing empty. Super fancy (expensive) ovens are starting to move towards solid state RF amplifiers, and those too have gain controls to protect the PA's when there's hardly any load (empty) or too much load (arcs), and that power control stuff has been in some ovens for a while. Guess the simple way to find out is look at how much power it's drawing from the mains.

@Alejandro-tl4pb 2 жыл бұрын

That´s good idea

@kazmerpesti 2 жыл бұрын

@ElectroBOOM ! This is a real mention!

@CanItAlready 2 жыл бұрын

The first microwave oven my family had a couple of decades ago had a metal rack in it. It was supported by plastic hooks that were attracted to the inside of the oven. That oven is the reason I always wondered about this "you can't put metal in a microwave" claim.

@vyvianalcott1681 2 жыл бұрын

He should also try different manufacturers of cutlery. A lot of forks have high content of non ferrous metals, I'd imagine a high nickel alloy spoon will arc a lot less than a high quality stainless steel one.

@1420timmy 2 жыл бұрын

I remember using an old oven that would arc a cup

@MxMe-su1ch 13 күн бұрын

The most dangerous metal in a microwave experiment I have seen involved microwaving steel wool.

@dannyjones3840 2 жыл бұрын

When I was stationed in Iraq, one of our local national interpreters would heat up cans of soup in the microwave. One day I caught him, and told him you're not supposed to do that. He said he'dbeen doing it for months lol. I guess there was really nothing wrong with it now

@velianlodestone1249 2 жыл бұрын

No issue then with a metal tin, but probably best to open it before doing that - otherwise you got to clean your microwave.

@mrunseen3797 2 жыл бұрын

Many cans have plastic coating inside...better don't heat in the can ever.

@MrAgentEcho 2 жыл бұрын

The only thing wrong about it is the internal coating that keeps cans safe, can leech chemicals into the food when heated.

@CanadianBOT99 2 жыл бұрын

I’d be worried about the microwave becoming an unintentional ied. Wouldn’t want to leave it in too long

@sicstar 2 жыл бұрын

@@CanadianBOT99 if you are near it you will hear and see the can bulging under pressure before it goes thermonucler... don't ask how i knoe... and yes i'd not eat that stuff anymore anyways since nearly all cans have a plastic coating on the inside (that white liner on the inside isn't metal) to prevent the can from oxydizing on the inside.

@micklenier6152 2 жыл бұрын

my microwave when i accidentally use metal rimmed dishes: "AND FROM THE POWER ZEUS HAS GRANTED ME I SHALL SMITE THIS PLATE"

@friendlystuart2303 2 жыл бұрын

Gwyn's mighty bolt

@ghastlyderp2637 2 жыл бұрын

lol samething happened to me. Was literally instant arcing all around the edge. I think its cuz my microwave is older, Electroboom’s microwave seems really new. Microwaves must have evolved

@whyiwakeup6460 2 жыл бұрын

@@ghastlyderp2637 I think it’s a combination of older designs and foods being cooked that causes danger, because the energy also arcs through the food, causing the bad

@WodkaEclair 2 жыл бұрын

we had to make sure not to put the plates or cups with gold leaf rims, because it would arc and destroy the leaf. We were not too careful, however, and eventually they had no leafing left lol

@chamber_hiro256 2 жыл бұрын

Still happens today

@KINGCAIMAN 10 ай бұрын

We actually needed someone to do this

@sebastianoberbauer6173 Жыл бұрын

For proper plasma in the microwave, you have to cut a grape in half and place the two pieces next to each other. The physics behind it is also really interesting, as the grapes act like lenses and have about the perfect size to focus the radiation to a small spot.

@tdpro3607 Жыл бұрын

smart guy eh

@tatianaes3354 10 ай бұрын

BTW, my microwave by Panasonic came with metal grids to be used inside it, and they never arch. They are recommended by the designers. What is the trick?

@lotus7781 5 ай бұрын

Most of the plasma is made from the sodium ions, but you are also correct, in that it helps to focus down the microwaves

@stapuft 2 жыл бұрын

many frozen foods, have metal in the "microwave safe" packaging, its there to purposely draw current/heat to it, instead of other places, and acts like a heatsink, and a reflector to direct the microwaves, that actually brows and crisps up your food as it cooks, instead of it just having that standard rubber texture of microwaved food.

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@jmac1099 2 жыл бұрын

I’m pretty sure microwave popcorn has a metalized film that heats the popcorn

@adamp9553 2 жыл бұрын

I remember large chicken pot pies that use aluminum foil trays within a cardboard box, right in the microwave.

@vripscript 2 жыл бұрын

the material used is called METPET if anyone is intrested

@palms4708 2 жыл бұрын

@@jmac1099 Tons of microwave meals (mainly ones with bread) have metal to crisp it or heat it right or something like that

@stingman777 2 жыл бұрын

Put a CD in there (can be junky old CD-R). They're the best for microwave arcs. You'll get a quick lightning show and the metal layer is destroyed. Also lets you see lots of arcs paths in the metal layer. I did this to tons of discs in college. 🙂

@sadlerbw9 2 жыл бұрын

I can't even remember how many AOL CD's I did this with when I was younger! Just don't leave them in more than a few seconds. The burning plastic stinks.

@zalafinari 2 жыл бұрын

I came to make this same suggestion. It looks so cool.

@IslamicTalksPodcast 2 жыл бұрын

What’s a CD?

@SumitYadav-ik2df 2 жыл бұрын

@@IslamicTalksPodcast bruh

@jdmjesus6103 2 жыл бұрын

Dvd's make different colours IIRC from a drunken escapade.

@joegillian314 5 ай бұрын

I always thought it has something to do with the metal being very thin with low heat capacity. I have seen very thin foil paper burn easily in a microwave even in newer microwave ovens. Maybe metal oxides also play a role (would have been interesting to test rusty metals as well).

@mbarker1958 10 ай бұрын

I love this channel, Ali risks so much to inform us!

@alexandr0id 2 жыл бұрын

9:58 "I made a piece of... sheet" LOL :-D As a non-native English speaker, I can relate to the conscious efforts to pronounce some words very carefully, emphasizing them a lot :-D

@sizwemkhonzasizwe_mkhonza 2 жыл бұрын

😅😂🤣😭

@Apo458 2 жыл бұрын

Relatable

@Jeff-gu6nb 2 жыл бұрын

I think he was just making a pun.

@blu_subwoofer6714 Ай бұрын

I absolutely crack up every time

@Erhannis Жыл бұрын

As a teen, I bought a microwave for testing purposes. The best I found: straighten a paperclip, then bend it into a near circle, so there's a small gap between the tips. It started fountaining golden sparks, like a firework, and when the microwave turned off, the clip ends looked melted, and the gap had increased significantly, haha.

@adamrak7560 Жыл бұрын

I have bridged the gap in burnt out tungsten bulbs with plasma when I was a teen! (without microwaves) It even (slowly) melted the tungsten too! But the bulb worked fine for at least a few minutes. The funny part was that the arc was so low power, that is was invisible near the working tungsten filament, so it looked like the bulb was working in open circuit. I imagine the paperclip was melting and burning very fast at those arc temperatures.

Жыл бұрын

Where were your parents??

@sungvin Жыл бұрын

@ in the microwave probably

@Animoxy37 Жыл бұрын

Tin foil works wonders! I found that out the hard way as a kid

@williamklemp3764 Жыл бұрын

You can do the same trick by cutting a grape almost completely in half, only leaving a thin piece of skin connecting the two halves. Place it in the microwave with the open side up, and watch the magic

@MoZeZ92 Жыл бұрын

I tried the good ol grape into microwave to see a small arc. It was in a plastic cup, and there was an arc. It wasn't small though. It shot up from the grape and made a loud electric humm as the arc connected to the shell where the magnetron is located.

@jayjaymcfly7475 26 күн бұрын

I think something like a closed loop would have been good. I think at the right spot, the magnetic field forces quite a high current through it and it should do some kind of relieable melting at specific spots where a lot of magnetic field is enclosed (like in a transformer). Also this would not be the same as a sheet with eddy currents as with a ring much more field can be encirceled, while in a sheet every magnetic field is immediately shorted and energy is dispersed more evenly. Also: I think it is not the sharp edges but the thin-ness of the foil that is being heated through magneticly induced eddy currents.

@md_vandenberg 2 жыл бұрын

This reboot of "Is It A Good Idea To Microwave This?" looks promising.

@TheChan27 2 жыл бұрын

Bro you just unlocked a memory I forgot about lol I could of swore “is it a good idea to microwave that?” Was a fever dream lol “bad smoke, don’t breath that in!” A company would be sued to shit now of days doing that lol

@penpen2672 2 жыл бұрын

good old times...

@avalonpage5985 2 жыл бұрын

i miss those days

@shramadurai7287 2 жыл бұрын

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@redion8575 2 жыл бұрын

@@shramadurai7287 eh is wat

@RichardFreeberg 4 ай бұрын

Suggestion. Try a wooden toothpick, the round kind with a sharp pointed end, stuck in a marshmallow. I remember seeing this done somewhere. Exciting! Coronal discharge is concentrated at the sharp pointed end.

@Sublimer79 Жыл бұрын

A little late, but love the video. I've left spoons in cups when heating for a while now. Yes, I also learned to make sure their is clearance so the metal doesn't hit the edges. I guess through trial and error I have done my own experiments. This video helps me understand it even more. So thank you, good sir. You are a funny man.

@Calthecool 2 жыл бұрын

Imagine you walk into your dad’s workshop and he’s just sitting there, microwaving spoons.

@vilijanac 2 жыл бұрын

And you are holding Karens cat.

@danielholtzman2582 2 жыл бұрын

"Hey hun, where's your father?" "Hey Mom, well he's micro-" "Microwaving spoons again??" "Yep" "I thought we were past this. So, how long has he bee-" "About 4 hours" "Oh jesus christ"

@marcse7en 2 жыл бұрын

Then he belongs in the "nut house!"

@ScaryStoriesAt2AM 2 жыл бұрын

This man’s reckless abandon for what he puts in his microwave inspires me honestly.

@Lucas12v 2 жыл бұрын

You should check out Photonicinduction. He's the king of doing stupid things with electricity intelligently. Not that electroboom isn't a great channel too. There's lots of good channels.

@PVComedy 2 жыл бұрын

Worldwide, this video probably has some burn victims to its name, and this dude made money off of it lmao

@jek__ 2 жыл бұрын

@@PVComedy "victims" ie: people who half-watched, didnt listen to anything he said, and were going to do it anyway lol

@magosexploratoradeon6409 2 жыл бұрын

@@PVComedy If you're that stupid to try this even after he repeatedly tells you to do not do it, that's not his fault anymore.

@Konzeptionz 2 жыл бұрын

Should check out "is it a good idea to microwave this"

@kushologist_420 Жыл бұрын

Every time he puts it in the microwave my brain just hurts LOL I love it

@SaccoBelmonte 4 ай бұрын

You forgot to put some steel wool there.

@MasterofOrion 2 жыл бұрын

Remembering that old video where he almost set his house on fire by placing his no.1 fan inside a fucking microwave

@ElectroBOOM 2 жыл бұрын

I did say be careful!

@dynamite-san 2 жыл бұрын

@@ElectroBOOM Instructions unclear! My house is burning now.

@pheymee88 2 жыл бұрын

@@dynamite-san You were clearly not being careful then.

@NxVernxual 2 жыл бұрын

When

@MasterofOrion 2 жыл бұрын

@@ElectroBOOM OMG thank you Mehdi for replying!😄👑

@MarioStoilov93 2 жыл бұрын

You really should have put steel wool in there.

@WeirdSeagul 2 жыл бұрын

I think he was trying to keep it to kitchen stuff.

@joshuacheung6518 2 жыл бұрын

I mean. That's stuff That's IN the kitchen...

@NxVernxual 2 жыл бұрын

When

@boola69 2 жыл бұрын

I thought only Casey Ryback did that?

@danielortman4085 2 жыл бұрын

I really want to see him put an aluminum take home container in there. Classic situation of somebody putting metal in the microwave.

@codeymorganti Ай бұрын

I have an old microwave from the 80s, it has 2 metal plates inside as well as a metal grate for putting food on, never sparked once. All the new microwaves i had burned up trying to make popcorn, burned a hole through the inside of the microwave about an inch wide.

@shadopyro Жыл бұрын

You could also supply a free ion source inside, such as a candle flame, and it'll probably show much more arc

@guanobowl458 2 жыл бұрын

I would say a great demonstration of newer technology. An old school microwave would've lit up like a Christmas tree with just the spoon. Been there done that.

@Tuvok_Shakur 2 жыл бұрын

i distinctly remember this happening to me too a couple of times

@hedgeearthridge6807 2 жыл бұрын

@Peter Evans I remember seeing them on TV testing a microwave, the guy giving the tour was having so much fun. Takes a bunch of foil, stuffs it into the microwave, turns it on for several minutes, and sees what happens. Later goes to the shooting range, loads the test rifle, and shoots some ballistic glass to see if it works. Im a huge fan of anything UL listed, especially because of that. And, you know, lower risk of the appliance burning the house down.

@OGPatriot03 2 жыл бұрын

My current microwave doubles as a light show.

@quinnjones2886 2 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same! We have a really really old microwave and that thing will get ANGRY.

@Dargonhuman 2 жыл бұрын

@@OGPatriot03 Your current microwave is a microwave _current?_

@marcmcpolo 2 жыл бұрын

My microwave actually instructs me to put a spoon in any glass or cup of liquid I want to heat up. It helps to dissipate heat to prevent liquids from boiling or exploding. Always blew the mind of anyone I told about this. They always believed it couldn't be a real microwave oven, then.

@notjustforme8857 2 жыл бұрын

Finally. I was beginning to think I am crazy. I clearly remember that we had to put a metal spoon into our cups when heating liquids when I was a kid and Microwave ovens were kinda new. Whenever I tell this story, they are all claiming that I must be misremembering, "Metal = Boom, everyone knows that" :) :)

@Shoop83 2 жыл бұрын

Doesn't have to be a metal spoon. It could be a chopstick. You're just giving the fluid something with nucleation points in it so you don't end up with a container of superheated liquid that will vaporize as soon as it is disturbed. It happens most easily with smooth glass containers with narrow necks.

@Oblithian 2 жыл бұрын

Those microwavable meals all have foil in the packaging to reflect waves and heat more evenly.

@jfbeam 2 жыл бұрын

It's to provide a nucleation site so the water doesn't superheat and then flash to steam. (aka explode) You do NOT want that to happen while removing it from the oven. I use a chopstick if I'm boiling water in a microwave.

@comradelovespain5714 2 жыл бұрын

@@notjustforme8857 from my experience, potato=boom

@voxgrows6455 9 ай бұрын

Is it a good idea top microwave this? (love that series)

@RooskiRooski0 5 ай бұрын

I remember putting a cd in the microwave when I was a kid. Coolest thing I ever saw growing up.

@jessephillips1233 2 жыл бұрын

My favorite was to put a CD or DVD in there, great patterns as it burns through the foil. I also ruined several antique plates with gold edging. I'd be curious to see what happens with loops of metal.

@ootdega 2 жыл бұрын

It's happened to me twice. Once when I put a foil-wrapped burger in the microwave as a kid, and again when the thermometer needle got dirty in my current microwave. Watching this, it may have been touching the wall. It's a 1400-watt from 1982. Came with a metal rack and an internal meat thermometer from the factory. It's a wonderful machine. Got it for 25 bucks. Even had the manual. My previous microwave was 500 watts, so I've learned a few lessons the hard way. Like the Boiled Egg Grenade. I did it on purpose, but with almost triple the power, it goes from a giggle-worthy "poof" to a literal explosive.

@JohnyKnox 2 жыл бұрын

I had a stack of Xbox magazine demo disks I did that to.

@Gunbudder 2 жыл бұрын

@@ootdega I just had to replace a microwave rack because grease got trapped inside one of the rubber feet which someone caused arcing there. it was super violent, and the foot exploded with tons of arcing. it's only an 1100 watt oven though from the 90's

@emilysnyder5244 2 жыл бұрын

I used to shrink chip bags in the microwave

@crapstirrer 2 жыл бұрын

I've had that happen with gilt patterns on a jug. Made a worryingly loud arcing buzz

@general_paine5914 Жыл бұрын

Actually, I’m thinking that maybe over the years they have improved the technology of microwaves. Because I can remember as a child accidentally leaving my spoons/forks in my bowl and seeing arcs. Also I recall we had plates with gold edging and that used to arc too. So maybe you need to get hold of a really old microwave oven?

@gianluccasimao Жыл бұрын

My exact thoughts, happened to me with a fancy plate

@vittocrazi Жыл бұрын

@@gianluccasimao same. Also when my brother overlooked using a stainless bowl for doing popcorn. Mind you the popcorn burnt was on the surface and nos inmediatley on the bowl

@adamrak7560 Жыл бұрын

My parents had plates with gold edges, but the microwave partially destroyed the gold paint, so it is no longer an antenna. Every plate was only sparking once or twice, then no more. Problem solved itself!

@general_paine5914 Жыл бұрын

Ok so let’s like the shit out of this so we can get Khadi to test an old microwave form the 90s or something. And I’d love to know why the old ones did it and the new ones don’t.

@THEDeathWizard87 Жыл бұрын

Yeah when I was little I tried putting something in the microwave and the bag was held closed by a metal clip and that caused an arc too

@user-ng2qx4xd1b Жыл бұрын

i loved that every time it arc'd he laughed like a kid

@adamkember Жыл бұрын

If it hasn't already been mentioned, what about the moisture of the food you're cooking while the utensil is in the microwave?

@HelixSnake 2 жыл бұрын

I mean... you clearly demonstrated that if the metal touches the side of the microwave it can arc which can damage your microwave which is a good enough reason not to put metal in there at least on purpose still probably safer than putting half a grape in there though

@AxxLAfriku 2 жыл бұрын

I am the cool kid from Germany making videos for the USA and the rest of the world. I will make your day so don't say nay to me today, dear hel

@kroolini3678 2 жыл бұрын

@@AxxLAfriku shut up

@seadogg0 2 жыл бұрын

@@AxxLAfriku oh jungr diese kommentare hast du doch schon vor 5 jahren geschrieben hahaha ich krieg gerade nostalgie

@svpracer98 2 жыл бұрын

Why half a grape? This is oddly specific...

@Reydriel 2 жыл бұрын

@@svpracer98 Grapes in a microwave creates plasma, there are legit scientific papers studying that phenomenon lol

@lightsnsiren79 2 жыл бұрын

“I made a piece of sheet” my inner 12 year old is rolling around laughing.

@idunno402 2 жыл бұрын

There are no sheets on my bed.

@bschonec 2 жыл бұрын

You must have missed, "My box is super hot!"

@TrangNguyen-jt1cd 2 жыл бұрын

he made a piece of shEEt

@fangbeer 2 жыл бұрын

Didn't overload microwave with a piece of sheet, but the accent certainly sent the KZfaq algorithm into over drive.

@kc4415 2 жыл бұрын

@@idunno402 you better not sheet on the bed you son on a beach

@Cyronomicon Жыл бұрын

I always liked putting old CD's in the microwave, they arc well, and leave a cool design on the cd.

@PeterDB90 10 ай бұрын

When I was younger I once put a plate in the microwave that was decorated with swirls made of metal. Didn't realize it was not microwave safe until I turned the microwave on and saw tiny sparks over those metal swirls of the plate. I of course turned it immediately off and took the plate out but ever since then thought that automatically any metal that goes into the microwave would just be covered in electric arcs, but thankfully stumbled upon this video to set me straight :P

@qrowing 10 ай бұрын

This happened to me when I was super young. Back in the day, Disney had these neat Hercules plates with artwork of the characters on em. Apparently they were metallic to some degree, and poor Phil ended up with this massive black burn right on his face. I was devastated I tell you!

@24jh42 2 жыл бұрын

Had one of those metal wire stands that broke.. I repaired it with a nice stainless TIG welding rod and tried using it in the microwave. I learned you can not do that. The sparks from that single small welding repair created a massive lightshow. I guessed the metal is coated with something that reflects the microwaves, but the welding was not protected.

@davecrupel2817 Жыл бұрын

Its just like regular tig/mig welding. Bright. As. Fvck.

@frydemwingz Жыл бұрын

this is insane. every single time I accidentally left silverware in there as a kid, it went insane and make tons of smoke. maybe microwaves were less safe in the early 90s? I still remember I heated a bowl of soup with a spoon still in it, and the whole room was lit up blue by the plasma and I panicked and unplugged it. The microwave was made 1990-92

@robsumn56 Жыл бұрын

Maybe it's the liquid

@frydemwingz Жыл бұрын

@@robsumn56 Any amount of foil I put in my crappy 50 dollar microwave I got a few years ago from home depot sparks up like crazy. I tried it a couple times after watching this. A small amount all by itself in any shape makes plasma like crazy and is also really loud.

@Spudmuffinz Жыл бұрын

Yeah the old microwave my parents had when I was a kid still had the rotary dial timer on it made a pretty awesome lightshow when I forgot a spoon in some soup. Never made that mistake again. Must be some safety features in microwaves now or something.

@MohammedAli-mb6oz 8 ай бұрын

Microwave technology hasn’t really changed since then.

@martinhorvath4117 7 ай бұрын

@@MohammedAli-mb6ozIt literally did.. Industrial Microwaves are a thing now, and you can put metals in it(certain metals) if the metal doesnt touch the edge of the microwave

@jimsutherland6538 Жыл бұрын

You have to love this guy Comes off as being a little slow but actually is a very brilliant man

@clownofwar Ай бұрын

I had a mug that was glazed with sort of metallic glaze maybe chrome, and it nearly destroyed itself. It still to this very day have a heat colorspot on the location it arced like crazy.

@amirhosseinhemmatyar1839 19 күн бұрын

Hello , i think you must use metals with their edges being as thin as the wave length of microwaves so that diffraction happens

@JimGriffOne 2 жыл бұрын

What you need is just a voltage differential for arcing to occur. The best way is to make a loop of metal with a gap in it. It'll produce alternating current in the loop so the ends will arc to one another.

@JimGriffOne 2 жыл бұрын

@Lassi Kinnunen 81 Oh yeah, I've destroyed plates like that, then hidden them underneath all the other plates in the hopes nobody sees the damaged ones. 😂

@jimmyb1451 2 жыл бұрын

cd's go off almost instantly. Interestingly enough they become completely destroyed. So, just another kind of CD.

@thedeafwillowtobedeleted 2 жыл бұрын

I think that’s what happened with the metal spring inside the clamps holding up the spoons in the video

@BenderdickCumbersnatch 2 жыл бұрын

This explains why my plates with gold rims create arcs/sparks in the microwave.

@dsprg 2 жыл бұрын

Pop tart wrapper fit the bill here? I know those use to turn into a lightshow..

@marceljonczyk9220 2 жыл бұрын

When I was young I put CD in a microwave and the whole disk sparked like firework. You should try this in another video

@Lotek117 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah i used to do this too, its awesome. The best way to do it is to put a small disposable plastic cup upside in the microwave then put the cd ontop of it shinyside up. The cd looks like one of those plasma discs with little bolts of electricity crackling all over it and shooting sparks out of the edges.

@tughillfarmer210 2 жыл бұрын

Same here, but the microwave will never smell the same,, lol

@raphaelcardoso7927 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting. CDs are made of a phase-change material that is supposed to melt and change between amorphous and crystalline states when blasted with optical beams... when heated enough, it probably goes full amorphous and expands, cracks, and the cracks create new sharp edges, that make arcs?

@JuniperMe 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I used to do this with Cd-R discs I didn't want any more and then stuck them to the walls in my first flat for decoration haha.

@mustdobetter6748 2 жыл бұрын

Can confirm.

@Jason-wc3fh 7 ай бұрын

I once put a frozen granola bar (with wrapper) in the microwave when I was kid. It was an instant spark show. (OLD big early 90's microwave)

@danmihaistroescu4745 5 ай бұрын

I've lighted a candle and I have covered it with a jar. It needs a space between the bottom of the μwave plate and the mouth of the jar in order to enter the air to maintain the candle's burning. Now, you close the door an start up the oven. You'll see a plasma cloud forming from the flame of the candle. The plasma cloud will gonna rise up to the top (in fact the bottom) of the jar, and will glow there until you'll stop the oven. It will be making a specific noise too. I didn't keep the oven on too long because I was afraid the jar will broke. But, surprisingly the jar doesn't break. Of course it was hot, but I think the plasma cloud is not actually touching the glas of the jar. Just try it, maybe you can explain better the phenomena that is happening in process.

@TechTeacher3000 2 жыл бұрын

Wife: WHAT ARE YOU DOING!!! Mehdi: Trying to burn down the house Wife: AGAIN!!!!!

@BlackEpyon 2 жыл бұрын

Again? You mean he didn't succeed last time?

@kriskropd 2 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure she's comfortable with the proposition at this point... wife: "oh okay - well let me know how that goes."

@oozorakyou 2 жыл бұрын

*' A G A I N '*

@ForsakenIronDream 2 жыл бұрын

Wife: What are you doing? Mehdi: A piece of sheet Wife: AGAIN !!?!!

@MadArcher0 2 жыл бұрын

Wife: Slaps Mehdi continuously

@camelotorc2 2 жыл бұрын

Electroboom has a special arc less microwave. My microwave arcs like crazy when I leave any metal.

@volvo09 2 жыл бұрын

I'll leave spoons in when reheating soup. I only had arcing once from a fork that was beside some food. And the classic "frozen bag of bread with a metal tie" that is forgotten about. That quickly arcs.

@ohmygahdbilly 2 жыл бұрын

@@volvo09 the arcs add flavour

@cicianamumu 2 жыл бұрын

@@ohmygahdbilly "Would you like some arc-flavoured pizza?"

@ohmygahdbilly 2 жыл бұрын

@@cicianamumu had that last night, no thanks

@kia_the_dead 2 жыл бұрын

Newer microwave ovens on the market definitely avoid arching more than older or cheap ones, but im not sure why.

@joeclifford183 3 ай бұрын

Around 15 years ago my friends and I tried to break a microwave by putting things in there that were supposed to be no goes. We had heard golf balls, metal, soap, obviously aerosol cans and lighters. We couldn’t manage to blow the thing up, we even sprayed a load of deodorant onto soap sitting on a cd, with a lighter on top of that but only the cd did its thing. The most entertaining things to put in there were CDs, you get so much arcing, and incandescent light bulbs (I won’t tell you what happens, you can just find out for yourself Mr electro boom).

@MatheoLiu-do9hv 10 күн бұрын

A metal plate wasnput in my micro wave for 2 seconds, it steamed, there was arks and made some quiet sounds, it wasn't that scary but i was kid and i will never forget this

@esvcasm 2 жыл бұрын

Put a CD or DVD in it. It will arc in a tree pattern. I used to do that to make sure information was destroyed when discarding data CDs. You only need a few seconds for it to arc.

@masterpig5s 2 жыл бұрын

Cool

@alexwang982 2 жыл бұрын

Or just get a razor blade and scratch?

@esvcasm 2 жыл бұрын

@@alexwang982 but it's not as fun to watch. :-)

@angyi7310 2 жыл бұрын

As a person who is even afraid of plugging in a toaster, i truly admire this guy

@insertname4929 2 жыл бұрын

He put the spoon in there and was RIGHT NEXT TO IT the entire time.

@korigamik 2 жыл бұрын

Toasters are actually more dangerous than microwaves arguably

@novazach972 2 жыл бұрын

I wasnt allowed to do anything because "I'm stupid and talentless" by my parents saying...but yeah....I did this nothing ever happened

@GatileoGatilei 2 жыл бұрын

@@korigamik you are not helping

@shramadurai7287 2 жыл бұрын

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@trogdorbu 4 ай бұрын

I feel like there's more to this story. In college, I had some old grandma plates that had an intricate design of gold-colored foil inlaid in and around the plate edge, and those sparked like crazy. Not sharp, but it had sort of a web-like design, with each "strand" being just a 1-2mm across if memory serves. Also, why do CDROMs fry so dramatically?

@cmshap Жыл бұрын

I worked in a shipping warehouse for a few years in the past. We used those "PACKING LIST" plastic adhesive envelopes extensively. Out of everything in this video, I am most impressed by the ability of the one on your cardboard box to withstand being nuked in a microwave.

@dilbertfirestorm4851 10 ай бұрын

it was only for 30 seconds.

@Mir_Teiwaz 2 жыл бұрын

I can say from experience that the old Arby's sandwich wrappers, which were paper and aluminum foil, definitely caught fire in the microwave.

@MetallicReg 2 жыл бұрын

The reason is that the conductive aluminium layer was even thinner there. It had a much higher resistance.

@hyperboloidofonesheet1036 2 жыл бұрын

@@MetallicReg Combine that with nice flammable greasy paper and you have fire. Fire in the microwave.

@idontwantahandlethough 2 жыл бұрын

@LabRat Knatz That's when I get Arby's too

@digitexdesigns1717 2 жыл бұрын

Newer microwaves have safety features against arcing, try using an old one

@MassimoCavriana 2 жыл бұрын

Infect my old one arcs like a pro

@Rex-xj4dj 2 жыл бұрын

I knew it

@damien9683 2 жыл бұрын

*Thor:* Newer microwaves are NOT worthy!!!

@NavinF 2 жыл бұрын

Bull. Older microwaves had no problem with metal plates and other smooth objects

@Rex-xj4dj 2 жыл бұрын

@@NavinF Yes they did. I recall them doing so

@foxkit69 10 ай бұрын

I didn't expect to enjoy this video as much as I did lol

@uuuummm9 Жыл бұрын

From my observations i found that it only sparks with closed counters, like a round of metal on the border of a plate. Putting a spoon on the other hand is completely safe and even recommended if you warm up liquids. Otherwise they may start boiling in your hands. What I was not sure about is running the oven empty. I saw that warning in the manuals and my understanding was that if the energy is not consumed by food it will find an exit inside the oven and damage it. So I always put a glass of water when doing experiments like this.

@KevinMcEl 2 жыл бұрын

you are using a microwave that advertises it's anti-arcing technology with a logo right on the door (cyclonic inverters minimize arcing and smooth the standing waves you mentioned)

@anthonyugarte1072 2 жыл бұрын

@Honest Addict Post Ban 3 Yeah, intentionally misinforming people possibly causing them serious injury or death.

@chrisvielle6629 2 жыл бұрын

I recall sticky all kinds of shit in microwaves for fun since the seventies. I always got metal objects to arc of weird shit. The slinky was fun. Gallium, cool.

@anthonyugarte1072 2 жыл бұрын

@Honest Addict Post Ban 3 Having practical examples of what not to do can be very informative if you're not short sighted. You and I watching these videos are not the same thing.

@pbs36 2 жыл бұрын

I was wondering why he was having so much trouble getting arcs when I immediately got them when I forgot once a fork mixed with the food and another time a plate with a golden rim. It's not safe at all because the metal gets hot as hell and doesn't cool down super quickly as aluminum foil does.

@andrew3404 2 жыл бұрын

@@anthonyugarte1072 If you need practical examples about microwaving metal, then you are "short sighted" lmao

@JeffGeerling 2 жыл бұрын

New idea: 1. Heat up metal plate in microwave. 2. Place pizza on plate. 3. Profit!

@NxVernxual 2 жыл бұрын

When

@vulpixgaming7123 2 жыл бұрын

jeff do you have extra raspberri pi's that you can donate to me?

@GrafKrolock82 2 жыл бұрын

Microwave popcorn bags have a metal grid inside the bottom layer of the bag that absorbs the microwaves to generate the necessary heat.

@imchris5000 2 жыл бұрын

4. burn off finger prints on plate. 5. become bank robber

@ThePaperKhan 2 жыл бұрын

@@vulpixgaming7123 there quite cheap from what i can tell. No reason why its impossible to find one

@guillermorodriguez3509 Жыл бұрын

I love that he tries it and its no problem but I do it and the microwave its on its way to the repair shop right away

@brianmader7206 Ай бұрын

Chip bags in the microwave are fun to watch. Compact disks as well.

@odetoclear 2 жыл бұрын

3:52 never seen someone so happy about something in their microwave catching fire very wholesome though 10/10

@Nighthawkinlight 2 жыл бұрын

I've also had a lot of trouble making this work reliably. I've tried lots of antenna designs and materials. It's tough to get the arc to form right where you want it. If you could make it work in a specific spot you could make a microwave arc furnace.

@kostasjelo1719 2 жыл бұрын

you can place a bar of chocolate elevated without spinning and after a while, not let it totally melt, you ll be able to pinpoint geographically where the waves are in your microwave oven. Based on that you can place the antennas on the "high" points and get some arcs

@tyjohnston5889 2 жыл бұрын

Same here. Until my daughter decides to heat up our stainless steel pot and it hit the inside wall....while I wasn't home. Tripped the breaker lol

@judicatorhurayth1927 2 жыл бұрын

@@tyjohnston5889 Woah, can't believe that can go tripped breaker

@BlackCeII 2 жыл бұрын

Try a fork!!

@thomaswilliams2273 2 жыл бұрын

I have heard, but never tried, that a salted slice of cabbage (not rotating) will show you the hot spots in your microwave.

@lemmonsinmyeyes Ай бұрын

Was not the first air plane food used in WW2 a microwave / TV dinner thing, but the plates were made of metal, even early TV dinners were made on metal plates

@bretdoud5004 Жыл бұрын

This has dispelled a fear of mine that’s lasted over two decades. When I was a child, I put a leftover baked potato (wrapped in foil) into the microwave and it arced like crazy! Every since that day I was convinced that any metal would arc and cause my microwave to explode 😂

@siobhan5486 Жыл бұрын

Me with a frozen Capri sun

@bretdoud5004 Жыл бұрын

@@siobhan5486 that’s a life experience you’ll never forget 🤣

@mattsoukup1789 5 ай бұрын

I did the same thing with leftover wings, wrapped in foil, inside a cardboard box. Let's just say my parents had to buy a new microwave after that 😂😅😂

@The_Expulsive 2 жыл бұрын

I remember once when I was a kid I wanted to heat up my tea and I left a teaspoon inside the mug. The microwave lit up like a christmas tree. So, does that mean the more modern ovens have some kind of protection?

@Stingray_Hans 2 жыл бұрын

Something like that

@robinogle974 2 жыл бұрын

See, my theory is that when the metal is inside another material, like liquids or maybe soup, or any kind of food, the food/drinks itself act as some sort of conductor. I wish his experiment brought these factors into play because I’ve never found myself wanting to only warm up my utensils 😅 BUT I have accidentally left utensils inside various dishes and also have kids who tend to not think things like this through thoroughly. I would like to see this experiment again with different types of variables, and also would like for him to reign in more on why the utensil arcs when it touches the side of the microwave. I have intuition on it obviously but would just love to see the experiment fully thorough without having to sacrifice my own family oven to do so 😅

@rpavlik1 2 жыл бұрын

He is using a very modern one, an "inverter" microwave, no idea if that's more protection too.

@bigkirbyhj666 2 жыл бұрын

@@rpavlik1 is it an actual inverter or just called that?

@rpavlik1 2 жыл бұрын

@@bigkirbyhj666 I'm not sure, but I know they don't have the typical large transformer in them, so that suggests they may actually be inverters. (As in, switch mode power supply on some level at least)

@joyl7842 2 жыл бұрын

When I watch this I imagine Mehdi's wife looking around the house for her microwave oven and at the end of the day asking Mehdi what he did that day. "You did what to my microwave oven?!"

@Corbald 2 жыл бұрын

Film it, call it "Dueling Unibrows"

@alberthenderdon3639 2 жыл бұрын

She responds like she did that shocking family vid where she slaps him repeatedly

@spnyp33 Жыл бұрын

I had a mug with some decorative plating on it (not sure what type of metal). It cast sparks the one time I tried to use it in the microwave.

@alensmit3664 20 күн бұрын

I love the part where microwave says "ENJOY" but he is pissed af 😅

@lijpo8449 2 жыл бұрын

My family had once a microwave that recommended putting a spoon in a drink or soup to warm up. We found it odd but the hot choco did warm up better with the spoon in it.

@Hitycooking 2 жыл бұрын

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@nfury8ing 2 жыл бұрын

Spoon absorbs heat, heat transfers down to the bottom of the cup, overall more consistent heating in cup. tada. :P

@olik136 2 жыл бұрын

my microwave also has a picture on it that suggests using a spoon with any liquids

@buenosdiasfederales8641 2 жыл бұрын

@Peter Evans pretty sure the screen is specifically designed to prevent that

@LeCafeRacer 2 жыл бұрын

I was part of a company who was designing silicone coated metal to go in the microwave for baking bread/etc. We had perforated metal inside the lids and the biggest factor was the hole size when determining if something would spark. Anything larger than 1-2mm would be too large of a spark gap and would be safe in the microwave.

@Hitycooking 2 жыл бұрын

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@pomf666 17 күн бұрын

Growing up my mom had lots of plates from pre-microwave time. I remember once accidently putting in a plate that had a 1 mm metal ring around the plate into a 90s era microwave. It immediately arc'd all over the metal ring. I stopped the microwave within 10 seconds. I can't recall the metal type, I wanna say silver, but might be wrong on that.

@andrewlankford9634 Жыл бұрын

Those arcs are plasma. Used to work in a wafer fab where RF plasma etchers/ashers employed microwave tubes were to excite the plasma over the wafer. They used to malfunction a lot.

@Shikuro314 2 жыл бұрын

Experimented quite a bit myself, but I used a really old one with high power. Worked like a charm to make big arcs or plasma. I won't go into detail but all I can say, steel wool in the right setup or open flames work the best. (Don't do that..) Got so much arcing that I ended up with molten metal puddles and the like. And in other runs could sustain a plasma ball for some time that I trapped under a glass, until the glass exploded that is. xD

@jafinch78 2 жыл бұрын

Guessing the inverter design signal is way different than the older CW way design effects. I know with lasers and other electromagnetic designs the effects of the signal through air or media is different. I recall the CW's heat up way more the air and other medium compared to pulse train methods.

@ASSOpid 2 жыл бұрын

Same here. Growing up we had a Montgomery Ward microwave. That sucker would leave burn marks on spoons.

@Shikuro314 2 жыл бұрын

@@jafinch78 Could be, I am not sure. Idk if they really changed anything fundamentally over the years. I always thought they would just always use the inexpensive commercial continuous wave magnetron. My old oven surely had one like this, either it was 100% on or completely off. You could just set how long it should wait in-between. It even had a circuit diagram on the back which was very simple. But the simple things don't break so easily. I even tried to melt glass or put burning sparklers in it. It never died on me, until I took it apart for the components. xD

@ewthmatth 2 жыл бұрын

"or open flames" what? I don't even understand what you mean by that.

@SomethingCool51 2 жыл бұрын

@@ewthmatth microwaving a flame can cause plasma. Like microwaving a lit candle and such.

@VarunGupta3009 2 жыл бұрын

When I was a kid, I accidently put a bowl covered with aluminium foil to heat in the microwave, and saw a ton of sparks and pops. Like literally 20 times more than in your entire video. I got the slippers that day, but yeah, never put metal anywhere near that death contraption ever again...

@user-yz8do8vu1s 2 жыл бұрын

old microwaves are more wild.

@toxicara 2 жыл бұрын

He only tried 1 microwave. Test an old microwave without modern safeguarding. BUT BE CAREFUL!!!

@mjkrh 2 жыл бұрын

It's the Aluminum foil

@SimonBauer7 2 жыл бұрын

@@toxicara dont even need to go that old just choose a cheap one without electronics and mechanical timing these ones should do aswell

@BIGSMOKE-bl2lq 2 жыл бұрын

Haha i did something similar

@jojomy2006 19 күн бұрын

I love how the microwave says “enjoy your food”

@Shamino0 4 ай бұрын

FWIW, if you read the manual for any modern microwave, they actually say that small amounts of metal are not a problem - they shield the magnetron against dangerous levels of feedback. Some even suggest using metal for cooking purposes to shield certain parts of food. I remember reading this in the manual for my first microwave oven, which I got in 1994. They do, however, warn you to not use dishes with silver trim. Not because it's dangerous but because if any arcing occurs, it can ruin the finish of the metal. I do wonder, however, if this was a more serious problem in older microwaves. Maybe a unit from the 80's might have less shielding and may behave differently.