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As neglected as the 7 button on a microwave

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  • track_shovel@slrpnk.netT [email protected]
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    Thanks for reminding me that I have ice cream in

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    • basxto@discuss.tchncs.deB [email protected]

      You people have number buttons? I just have buttons for some Watt modes, start, stop and a wheel to adjust the time

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      2 dial supremacy, effect and time is all you need.

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      • S [email protected]

        Your not actually lowering the power, it's just lowering the duty time.

        70% means that it runs only 70% of the time.

        Microwaves are either on or off. There is no in-between.

        Its the same as running something for 30 seconds letting it sit for 20 then running it for another 10.

        It's also a large reason frozen dinners have you stir them.

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        the whole point of duty time is that it has basically the same end result, and no full blast then waiting is not the same thing as shorter bursts over a longer time..

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          Your not actually lowering the power, it's just lowering the duty time.

          Correct, but I think most people don't think about that.

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          And in the case of a microwave, it makes almost no difference if you're running longer than 30s

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          • B [email protected]

            Dang. I love veggies. Why wouldn’t you use the 7 button though? I don’t get that part. You don’t put on random times like 17 seconds? Or 70% power?

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            Maybe someone is stabbing a potato with a fork and putting it in there fore 7 minutes. Not sure.

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              Not parent, but when a minute isn't quite enough, 77 seconds might do the trick. Multiples of eleven are quick to enter, and with a simple nuker with no "minute" button, 66s is easier than 1:00.

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              My microwave has a half minute add button, but it takes 2-3 seconds to accept another press of the same button. This condition is not true for any other button on microwave.

              I just manually type in my times now.

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              • dditty@lemmy.dbzer0.comD [email protected]

                I find frozen grapes similarly satisfying

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                Frozen blueberries are heavenly. If you rinse them with water and let them sit a few minutes, they sometimes develop a thin icy shell. Immaculate.

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                  Thanks for reminding me that I have ice cream in

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                  I have peameal bacon in my freezer.

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                    Dang. I love veggies. Why wouldn’t you use the 7 button though? I don’t get that part. You don’t put on random times like 17 seconds? Or 70% power?

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                    I guess OP's microwave is like mine. Buttons 1 through 6 set the timer by minutes. The seven button does not. Don't know why they made it like that but pushing 6 gets you six minutes of cook time but 7 just beeps unless you hit the power, timer or defrost button. Of course 8 and 9 don't do anything either. I never use the timer button. If the time calls for anything over 6 minutes I hit the 6 button then the 30sec button until I get to the time I need.

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                      The +30 seconds button that auto starts my microwave gets used probably 10x as much as the others.

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                        I have peameal bacon in my freezer.

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                        Seeing your reply in my inbox reminded me that I got up to get some ice-cream, but forgot again en route to the freezer. On the bright side, it means I still have ice-cream in my freezer

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                        • R [email protected]

                          Your not actually lowering the power, it's just lowering the duty time.

                          Correct, but I think most people don't think about that.

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                          This is only the case for cheaper models. There are models with inverters that actually run at lower power.

                          I am like original commenter, I gotta turn down the power because my microwave is a deadly lazer (1200 W)

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