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wave

Jan 1, 1970
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NSM said:
| I have just bought a new sanyo EMS665W microwave and have just noticed
that
| the microwave door has no rubberlike seal on it, the hard plastic on the
| inside of the door mates with the metal of the oven enclosure, there is no
| sealing material at all. Anyhow obviously I am a bit concerned as I have
| never seen this before and they have always said how important it is for
the
| door seal to be in good condition to prevent leaks so what gives with an
| oven that has no seal at all? Has anybody seen this on other makes and
| models?

I've never seen such a seal and it wouldn't stop microwaves in any case. My
microwave - Sharp - is the same setup as yours.

N

I was talking about the brown hard rubber like material on the inside of the
door which I think use to be in all microwaves, certainly all the ones I
ever seen.
 
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wave

Jan 1, 1970
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EMB said:
No seal on my Mitsubishi microwave either.

How new is your microwave, I know sanyo still had them about 4 years ago but
maybe no microwave ovens have them anymore for some reason.
 
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EMB

Jan 1, 1970
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wave said:
How new is your microwave, I know sanyo still had them about 4 years ago but
maybe no microwave ovens have them anymore for some reason.

5 years old or so, maybe a little more. I also just checked the one in
my motorhome (2 year old Sanyo) and it's seal-less too.
 
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wave

Jan 1, 1970
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EMB said:
5 years old or so, maybe a little more. I also just checked the one in
my motorhome (2 year old Sanyo) and it's seal-less too.

Oh well, obviously I have nothing to worry about, thanks.
 
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NSM

Jan 1, 1970
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|
| | > NSM wrote:
| >
| > > I've never seen such a seal and it wouldn't stop microwaves in any
case.
| My
| > > microwave - Sharp - is the same setup as yours.
| >
| > No seal on my Mitsubishi microwave either.
| >
| >
| > --
| > EMB
|
| How new is your microwave, I know sanyo still had them about 4 years ago
but
| maybe no microwave ovens have them anymore for some reason.

Mine is brand new - maybe built 2 years ago. All such a seal would stop is
moisture escaping.

N
 
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Lawrence D¹Oliveiro

Jan 1, 1970
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I was talking about the brown hard rubber like material on the inside of the
door which I think use to be in all microwaves, certainly all the ones I
ever seen.

Rubber isn't going to stop microwaves, is it?
 
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Lawrence D'Oliveiro

Jan 1, 1970
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Jim Adney said:
Murphy's Law, perhaps?

A hollow circular arrangement, even helical, would only be an unstable
equilibrium. Any perturbation would cause it to collapse.

Tell that to your water pipes, your chimney, tubular car chassis
members, and all kinds of other hollow building components where
strength and lightness are both required.
 
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Thor

Jan 1, 1970
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wave said:
Oh well, obviously I have nothing to worry about, thanks.

If you are a little aprehensive you can buy a checker.
 
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Adder

Jan 1, 1970
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I have just bought a new sanyo EMS665W microwave and have just noticed that
the microwave door has no rubberlike seal on it, the hard plastic on the
inside of the door mates with the metal of the oven enclosure, there is no
sealing material at all. Anyhow obviously I am a bit concerned as I have
never seen this before and they have always said how important it is for the
door seal to be in good condition to prevent leaks so what gives with an
oven that has no seal at all? Has anybody seen this on other makes and
models?

perhaps you have noticed that you microwave oven door contains shock
horror glass through which microwaves can pass

provided the gap between the door and chassis is small it will be safe
 
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Adder

Jan 1, 1970
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How new is your microwave, I know sanyo still had them about 4 years ago but
maybe no microwave ovens have them anymore for some reason.

the only thing they are good for is keeping steam from escaping
 
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Alan Harriman

Jan 1, 1970
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I was also experimenting with different microwave settings for cooking
rice without having the water spill everywhere inside the oven.
Currently I do 3 minutes at 100% (it's an 850W oven), followed by 15
minutes or more at 60%, depending on the size of the serving. There's
still some spillage, but it manages to cook nicely.

Seems like cooking it the old fashined way over a stove would be quicker. <g>

Alan Harriman
 
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Bill Janssen

Jan 1, 1970
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Adder said:
the only thing they are good for is keeping steam from escaping
The microwave seal on a "Microwave" is there, you just can't see it. A
gap with a length
of 1 /4 wave is a short for microwave. The length can be different if
loaded with a dielectric.

Bill k7NOM
 
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Nicolaas Hawkins

Jan 1, 1970
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perhaps you have noticed that you microwave oven door contains shock
horror glass through which microwaves can pass

provided the gap between the door and chassis is small it will be safe

Please explain to us the difference between ordinary glass and shock
horror glass?
 
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NSM

Jan 1, 1970
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Adder wrote:

....
The microwave seal on a "Microwave" is there, you just can't see it. A gap with a length
of 1 /4 wave is a short for microwave. The length can be different if
loaded with a dielectric.
Bill k7NOM

The OP was asking about a rubber seal and if it stopped microwaves.

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NSM

Jan 1, 1970
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| >
| >I was also experimenting with different microwave settings for cooking
| >rice without having the water spill everywhere inside the oven.
| >Currently I do 3 minutes at 100% (it's an 850W oven), followed by 15
| >minutes or more at 60%, depending on the size of the serving. There's
| >still some spillage, but it manages to cook nicely.
|
| Seems like cooking it the old fashined way over a stove would be quicker.
<g>

Actually a microwave does an excellent job. The sensor ones do it
automatically.

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Franc Zabkar

Jan 1, 1970
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Rubber isn't going to stop microwaves, is it?

Wouldn't a rubber seal exacerbate leakage issues? I mean, wouldn't it
effectively *create* a gap through which microwaves could leak?


- Franc Zabkar
 
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NSM

Jan 1, 1970
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| > perhaps you have noticed that you microwave oven door contains shock
| > horror glass through which microwaves can pass

| Please explain to us the difference between ordinary glass and shock
| horror glass?

Like the difference between John McCain and George Bush?

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Allodoxaphobia

Jan 1, 1970
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How new is your microwave, I know sanyo still had them about 4 years ago but
maybe no microwave ovens have them anymore for some reason.

No steenkin' "rubber" seal on my 20 year old Monkey Ward microwave.

Jonesy
 
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Frank

Jan 1, 1970
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The microwave seal on a "Microwave" is there, you just can't see it. A
gap with a length
of 1 /4 wave is a short for microwave. The length can be different if
loaded with a dielectric.

Bill k7NOM


PLEASE DO NOT POST IN USENET GROUPS WITH HTML ITS A BIG NO NO..
 
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NSM

Jan 1, 1970
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| On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 16:36:00 GMT, Bill Janssen <[email protected]>
wrote:

| PLEASE DO NOT POST IN USENET GROUPS WITH HTML ITS A BIG NO NO..

It's mildly annoying unless it is done for a purpose but nowhere near as
annoying as SHOUTING.

N
 

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