Personal computing discussed
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The Egg wrote:Interesting that the microwave comes through so strong. I thought those were supposed to be shielded?
FireGryphon wrote:or is there some greater lesson to be learned here?
SuperSpy wrote:What kinda ranges from your various devices were you? It's kinda shocking the microwave just as strong as the wifi, unless they were at very different distances from each other.
just brew it! wrote:The Egg wrote:Interesting that the microwave comes through so strong. I thought those were supposed to be shielded?
"Strong" is relative; Wi-Fi is very low power. The standards for shielding of microwaves were developed decades ago, and were intended to prevent potential health hazards to users, not to avoid interference with wireless devices that were still years in the future!
FireGryphon wrote:Neat. Was the point just to see the 'background' radiation at 2.4 GHz, or is there some greater lesson to be learned here?
just brew it! wrote:The Egg wrote:Interesting that the microwave comes through so strong. I thought those were supposed to be shielded?
"Strong" is relative; Wi-Fi is very low power. The standards for shielding of microwaves were developed decades ago, and were intended to prevent potential health hazards to users, not to avoid interference with wireless devices that were still years in the future!
ChronoReverse wrote:Considering the microwave leakage looks about the same as the wifi access point, I'd consider that not really a health issue but just an interference issue.
ChronoReverse wrote:Considering the microwave leakage looks about the same as the wifi access point, I'd consider that not really a health issue but just an interference issue.
just brew it! wrote:I don't know anyone who stares at their Wi-Fi access point, unless they are watching the status lights in an attempt to diagnose a malfunction.
Captain Ned wrote:Well, the wi-fi router is pushing all of 84 milliwatts (assuming no use of 3rd-party firmware) while most microwave ovens are cranking out at least a kilowatt. Remember, all that that antenna was seeing was the leakage from that kilowatt. Certainly makes me want to step away from the microwave after pushing Start.
Captain Ned wrote:ChronoReverse wrote:Considering the microwave leakage looks about the same as the wifi access point, I'd consider that not really a health issue but just an interference issue.
Yeah, but how far away from the antenna was the microwave compared to the AP. Plug that difference into the inverse square law and recalculate.
superjawes wrote:Those plots are very cool, SS. Really makes me want to see what I can do to make it light up, which I'm sure wasn't your intent