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Can someone less dull tell me what the heck just fell aff my microwáve wall? (lemmy.zip)
submitted 21 hours ago by to c/dull_mens_club@lemmy.world
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The internet doesn't help.

Wtf is that?

It feels plasticky and hard. But I don't think it's happy to see me since it's broken in half and I probably did it when cleaning it.

If you help me figure out what it is, I will clean my microweave in return.

Edit: It's a Mica cover. TIL.

https://microwaveexpert.wordpress.com/2010/11/09/microwave-waveguide-cover/

Tx to @TabbsTheBat@pawb.social

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[–] 53 points 21 hours ago (1 child)

It's the bonus meal. It's unlocked after using the microwave 1000 times. bone apple tea

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    • [–] 45 points 21 hours ago (4 children)

    Mica plate

    https://everyhome.decorexpro.com/en/tehnika/slyudyanaya-plastina-dlya-mikrovolnovki/

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  • [–] 6 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

    Link 404

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    • [–] 21 points 21 hours ago (13 children)

    How do you clean your microwave?

    I just take a bowl of water and vinegar (2:1), heat it for 5 minutes, then let it sit for 10 minutes. Everything wipes clean with paper towels. Very little risk of destroying components on the interior walls.

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  • [–] 4 points 21 hours ago (5 children)

    I just microwave a wet cloth. Don't think you need vinegar, would just make it smell like vinegar.

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  • [–] 11 points 19 hours ago*

    Vinegar smell is temporary, and it gets rid of smells that last longer.

    Also it cleans things. Like soap that you don't have to rinse as thoroughly. You use soap for things, right?

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  • [–] 3 points 21 hours ago*

    I just zap some tap water most of the time, what matters for the gunk is getting it steamy. If it smells funky then I use like 4:1 water to vinegar to kill the smellls and it doesn't smell like vinegar after.

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  • [–] -2 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

    I really don't understand everyone's fixation on vinegar the last decade. Influencers just kept pushing the stinkiest possible thing, and now a ton of people are just going with it.

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  • [–] 2 points 20 hours ago (4 children)

    I always cover my food so the microwave never gets dirty enough that a damp rag can't wipe it up the odd small spill easily. Are people just raw-dogging their microwaves and letting it all cake on in successive rounds of use? There's always these life hacks to cleaning them but it's not hard to clean if it doesn't get dirty in the first place.

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  • [–] 1 point 19 hours ago

    I usually cover the food, but sometimes it boils over.

    I'd almost never use the microwave for myself, but I've got three kids and I'm always in a hurry. If something does spill over I'll give it a quick wipe, but it builds up. Plus if I'm steaming vegetables in there, there's a residue even if it is covered.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 13 hours ago (2 children)

    I genuinely never cover the food. Doesn't that make the food heat up slower?

    We just clean it once in a while. If the food can pop (like meats and such) we cover those.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 hours ago

    Microwaves heat up water molecules inside the food you’re heating. But there’s a limit to how even it can heat. Covering food helps capture the water molecules that end up as steam, which in turn helps everything heat up more evenly.

    Helps…. yes, but it ain’t magic. Also you may prefer all or some foods drier. You do you!

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    • [–] 33 points 21 hours ago (1 child)

    Ceramic or mica waveguide cover. Do not use the microwave without replacing it, it stops radiation getting in the electronics and blowing them up.

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  • [–] 5 points 5 hours ago

    Mica cover does not stop radiation whatsoever. It stops boiling grease from your overheated sausage from drizzling onto the electronics.

    It's still a bad idea to use a microwave without a mica cover, it's gonna stink with burning grease after a few uses.

    Most microwaves do not have waveguide nowadays, the magnetron sits right behind the mica cover.

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    • [–] 20 points 20 hours ago

    It's an important shield thing, you should replace it with a new one. When ours failed it caused the microwave to start to do very loud and distressing electrical arc zapping sounds inside.

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    [–] 6 points 6 hours ago

    Duality of men

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    [–] 10 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 child)

    See the comment under mine for the correct answer(microwave cover).

    If you find the model number on the tag, you should be able to order a replacement cover from somewhere like Amazon or similar.

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    • [–] 3 points 8 hours ago

    TIL! While dull, super cool

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    [–] 2 points 4 hours ago

    Mica dust is bad for your health. Just FYI.

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