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Subject: Re: [OM] OT - Hacking Microwaves
From: "Wayne Harridge" <wayne.harridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2017 21:19:57 +1100
Must have been a good sized candle in the back of the TV !  B&W or Colour ?  
That would require R, G and B candles I suppose.

...Wayne


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From: olympus 
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On Behalf Of Jan Steinman
Sent: Saturday, 25 March 2017 7:25 AM
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Subject: Re: [OM] OT - Hacking Microwaves

> From: "Wayne Harridge" <wayne.harridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Yep, we're using a microwave bought in 1990, still works like new, 
> it's a cheap Sharp that we bought because we were doing house 
> renovations and didn't have a proper kitchen !

We have a lot of people coming and going on the farm, volunteers, renters, 
visitors, etc.

One guy   who was so superstitious and irrational that he would use a cell 
phone, but wouldn t eat food cooked in a microwave   used the microwave AS A 
TIMER for his stove-top cooking! Note that he didn t use the  timer function  
on the microwave; he actually TURNED THE THING ON for the duration he wanted to 
cook on the range!

These things aren t meant to operate no-load, and eventually it quit working. I 
opened  er up, and found the HV power supply cap was shorted. Rummaged around 
the shop and found something similar and installed it  still wouldn t power up. 
Then I found that the over-temp thermal breaker was permanently open. Just 
shorted that sucker out  next time we have an idiot using the microwave for a 
timer, we ll just replace it and take it out of his security deposit.

Sheesh. Kids these days. When I was his age, we had to watch television by 
candlelight, because they hadn t invented electricity yet!

:::: Jan Steinman, EcoReality Co-op ::::

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