[sdiy] OT: CD explosion

[John L Marshall]

I'm a skeptic. Anyone ever put a CD-R in a microwave oven. Pretty sparks. If
you try this at home be prepared to shut off the microwave after only a few
seconds. The pattern left on the CD-R is interesting.

How does it work? Hint: Think of a shorted turn in a transformer.

Take care,
John
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Glen" <mclilith at charter.net>
To: "Ian Fritz" <ijfritz at earthlink.net>; <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 7:19 PM
Subject: Re: [sdiy] OT: CD explosion


> At 09:15 PM 8/26/03 , Ian Fritz wrote:
> >OK, this is way OT, but I know how concerned we all are about safety.
> >
> >:-)
>
> Then again, how do you know that someone here wasn't planning to engineer
> an optigan-like module, using the chassis of a CD drive?  ;)
>
>
> Thanks for posting this,
> Glen
>