HOW MICROWaVE OVENS WORK
Microwave | ovens | are | safe. | Microwave | energy | IS not hot It causes | food to | |
make | its own | heat, | and | It’s this | heat that | cooks | the food |
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Mod:Mixer Mag;etron Bottom
Microwaves are like TV waves or light waves You can’t see them but you can see what thev do
MIcrowaves pass through glass, paper and plastic without heating them so food
absorbs the energy Micro-
waves bounce off metal pans so food does not absorb the energy
Oven Cavity
A magnetron produces
microwaves The microwaves move into the oven where
they are scattered around by a stirrer (like a fan)
MIcrowaves bounce off metal oven walls and are
absorbed by food
Microwaves may not reach the center of a roast The heat around the outside is what cooks the roast all the way
through This is one of the reasons for letting some foods [roasts, baked pota- toes) stand for a while after
cooking, or for stirring some foods during the cooking time
Metal Floor
The bottom of your micro- wave oven lets micro-
waves through. Then they
bounce off the metal
floor, back through the bottom, and are ab-
sorbed by the food
The | mlcrowaves | disturb |
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water |
| molecules | In | the | food | |
As the | molecules | bounce |
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around | bumplng | Into each | ||||
other, |
| heat | IS made, | llke | rub- | |
btng |
| your | hands | together |
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This | IS the | heat | that | cooks | ||
THE MICROWAVE OVEN LIGHT
The light in the microwave oven comes on when the door is open, when a cooking
time is set, when the oven is on, and when the temperature probe is plugged into Its socket.
lo replace the light bulb:
1.Move range away from the wall. Be very careful. It is heavy.
2.Unplug the power cord.
3.Remove holding screw on access panel.
4.Remove the cardboard baffle from the bulb.
5.Replace the bulb with a
6.Replace the cardboard baffle and the ac- cess panel.
7.Plug in the power cord and move the range
back | into position. | Screw |
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