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[–] 16 points 1 day ago* (15 children)

Typically, consumer ovens work around a nominal 2.45 gigahertz (GHz) – a wavelength of 12.2 centimetres (4.80 in) in the 2.4 GHz to 2.5 GHz ISM band

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microwave_oven

Anon doesn't need an entire router or WAP, just an old microwave they can pull a magnetron out of.

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  • [–] 21 points 1 day ago (14 children)

    > set up magnetron and aim it at their house
    > go to sleep
    > wake up to police and ambulance lights
    > kid died
    > oh shit

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  • [–] 20 points 1 day ago (10 children)

    Yeah, do not microwave the neighbours.

    You can actually hurt someone with microwave-level RF, as in, cause permanent damage and fry someone's retinas quite easily, so don't unless you know what you are doing.

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  • [–] 9 points 23 hours ago* (9 children)

    Oh. No I don't want to do that. How? How specifically? So I know what to never do?

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  • [–] 6 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (5 children)

    Not a doctor, just an engineer, but retinas do not have much blood flow. So no "water cooling" like most other body parts. Also, once they're gone, they're gone for life iirc, so it is a tragic combination of poor heat transfer and being non replacable.

    Common safety advice with high power microwave is to not look into cables or directional antennas just in case. Getting your hand burned is a lot better than your eyes cooked. Don't stick your hand into a microwave because I said that.

    Also, don't take apart a microwave without knowing what you do. There are a few 1000s of Volt with enough Amps to (quite literally) cook you in there, plus a HV capacitor to smooth it out that could [1] be charged even after you unplugged it and could severely hurt you.

    To quote the old warning: Not only will this kill you, it will also hurt the whole way.

    [1]: which should have a discharge resistor, but do you want to gamble your life on it still working?

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  • [–] 0 points 16 hours ago (1 child)

    but microwaves have such reusable transformers in them

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  • [–] 1 point 1 hour ago

    If "5kV 1kW" is reusable to you, sure, go for it. You fall in the "knows what they're doing" category then (hopefully).

    A capacitor is always charged unless shorted, always keep your left hand in your pocket, don't flashbang yourself and have fun.

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