I have an 800 watt microwave oven, how do I uses it at 600 watts?
Peculiar question, but I have a small microwave art kiln which is designed for a 600w microwave.
The instructions say, if using a higher power microwave to successively it down. I need to know which setting to put it on - I have in the following reserve :
low
defrost
medium low
medium
conveyance high
high
Does anyone recollect which setting would be nearest to 600w on an 800w microwave?
I can't connection the company as they are in Japan and I got the kiln assistant hand. Thanks in advance :-)
Thanks everyone for you answers. Thomas, that would be extreme if you could work it out for me, but I understand if your too busy :-)
I urge you start at the medium setting and see if your kiln works becomingly. I doubt that the settings are evenly distributed between zero and 800 watts.
___ = low
___ = method-low
___ = medium
___ = medium-high
800 = stiff
If medium does not get the kiln hot enough, THEN try in motion up to the medium-high setting.
If you had a Dispatch-a-Watt device, you could check your microwave's input to see what the wattage is for each home.
If time permits, I'll try taking some measurements on my microwave and updating this plea later this weekend.
My microwave is 1200 watts with ten power settings. For every location, the input wattage is around 1770 watts. Inspirational to power setting # 5, you could understand the oven cycle the magnetron on and off about every 10 seconds. Ten seconds on, ten seconds off. The generally power is then 50% of the rated manufacture.
I thing you're back to trial and error. Put a heavy bowl of water in the microwave and run it for a four minutes on each setting. You will hear the element cycle the magentron. Count the seconds of the on and off cycles. 600 watts is 75% of your microwaves rated harvest. You're looking for a setting where the "on at all times" is 75% of "on outdated + off time".
Example:
On for 10 seconds
Off for 2 seconds
10 ÷ (10 + 2) = 10 ÷ 12 = 83%
83% of 800 = 664 watts
On for 10 seconds
Off for 3 seconds
10 ÷ (10 + 3) = 10 ÷ 13 = 77%
77% of 800 = 616 watts
I propose b assess this is as close as you're going to get.
Good good break.
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