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From: Ron Hunter on 7 Jul 2008 20:32
John McWilliams wrote:
> John McWilliams wrote:
>> Ron Hunter wrote:
>>>>
>>> That's right up there with my brother-in-law who put an egg in his
>>> new microwave oven, unpunctured. He spend the rest of his morning
>>> scrubbing the kitchen, floor, walls, and ceiling!
>>
>> So, it blew the microwave to bits?? There's no mw oven that will
>> operate legally with its door ajar.
>>
>> Or did it blow up the moment he took it out- in which case didn't he
>> have some personal grooming to do?
>>
>
> C'mon, Ron, we all want to know.
>
It blew the door open, and sprayed bits of the eggs all over the
kitchen. Early microwave ovens often didn't have positively locking
door mechanisms (or safety interlocks, for that matter).
From: measekite on 7 Jul 2008 22:55


John McWilliams wrote:
> John McWilliams wrote:
>> Ron Hunter wrote:
>>>>
>>> That's right up there with my brother-in-law who put an egg in his
>>> new microwave oven, unpunctured. He spend the rest of his morning
>>> scrubbing the kitchen, floor, walls, and ceiling!
>>
>> So, it blew the microwave to bits?? There's no mw oven that will
>> operate legally with its door ajar.
>>
>> Or did it blow up the moment he took it out- in which case didn't he
>> have some personal grooming to do?
>>
>
> C'mon, Ron, we all want to know.

Not at all. Those who want to know go to the microwave forum.
From: Ron Hunter on 8 Jul 2008 04:06
measekite wrote:
>
>
> John McWilliams wrote:
>> John McWilliams wrote:
>>> Ron Hunter wrote:
>>>>>
>>>> That's right up there with my brother-in-law who put an egg in his
>>>> new microwave oven, unpunctured. He spend the rest of his morning
>>>> scrubbing the kitchen, floor, walls, and ceiling!
>>>
>>> So, it blew the microwave to bits?? There's no mw oven that will
>>> operate legally with its door ajar.
>>>
>>> Or did it blow up the moment he took it out- in which case didn't he
>>> have some personal grooming to do?
>>>
>>
>> C'mon, Ron, we all want to know.
>
> Not at all. Those who want to know go to the microwave forum.
Well, they could just try the experiment. Grin.
But old micorwaves didn't have the positive door locks newer ones have,
so it wouldn't blow open the door, and spew partly cooked egg all over
the room!
From: John McWilliams on 8 Jul 2008 21:18
Ron Hunter wrote:
> John McWilliams wrote:
>> John McWilliams wrote:
>>> Ron Hunter wrote:
>>>>>
>>>> That's right up there with my brother-in-law who put an egg in his
>>>> new microwave oven, unpunctured. He spend the rest of his morning
>>>> scrubbing the kitchen, floor, walls, and ceiling!
>>>
>>> So, it blew the microwave to bits?? There's no mw oven that will
>>> operate legally with its door ajar.
>>>
>>> Or did it blow up the moment he took it out- in which case didn't he
>>> have some personal grooming to do?
>>>
>>
>> C'mon, Ron, we all want to know.
>>
> It blew the door open, and sprayed bits of the eggs all over the
> kitchen. Early microwave ovens often didn't have positively locking
> door mechanisms (or safety interlocks, for that matter).

Erm, on the ceiling??! Very hard to see the physics of that.

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From: John McWilliams on 9 Jul 2008 00:23
tony cooper wrote:
> On Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:18:32 -0700, John McWilliams
> <jpmcw(a)comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> Ron Hunter wrote:
>>> John McWilliams wrote:
>>>> John McWilliams wrote:
>>>>> Ron Hunter wrote:
>>>>>> That's right up there with my brother-in-law who put an egg in his
>>>>>> new microwave oven, unpunctured. He spend the rest of his morning
>>>>>> scrubbing the kitchen, floor, walls, and ceiling!
>>>>> So, it blew the microwave to bits?? There's no mw oven that will
>>>>> operate legally with its door ajar.
>>>>>
>>>>> Or did it blow up the moment he took it out- in which case didn't he
>>>>> have some personal grooming to do?
>>>>>
>>>> C'mon, Ron, we all want to know.
>>>>
>>> It blew the door open, and sprayed bits of the eggs all over the
>>> kitchen. Early microwave ovens often didn't have positively locking
>>> door mechanisms (or safety interlocks, for that matter).
>> Erm, on the ceiling??! Very hard to see the physics of that.
>>
> I have no experience with exploding microwaves, but I did witness the
> results of an exploding pressure cooker. My mother was making
> succotash in a pressure cooker, and the lid blew. We had lima beans,
> corn, and whatever else is part of succotash all over the walls and
> ceiling. Yes, the ceiling.

I have no doubt of that, and witnessed the aftermath of the very same,
though I think it was 'just' peas at the time. The ceiling took the
major hit, with two walls getting the remainder.

I hope your mother wasn't too close!

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john mcwilliams
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