I Tested the Limits of a Microwave 

microwaving yourself (safely) is not what i thought i'd be recommended tonight, but i am not disappointed in the slightest

"I'm not trying to remake the demon core." [5 minutes later] "So anyway I added this reflector..."

asking chatgpt to do math has got to be the most reckless part of this video

My dad was an analytical chemist and one day at the company he worked for they got him to experiment with microwave disgestion systems, which are used to accelerate chemical reactions. But because they were new they didn't know how long it had to go in a mircowave for. So my dad was tasked with using a long stick turning on the microwave running out of the door and waiting for the microwave to blow up, so they knew how long before it would go up. He also told me that one time he was working in his office and a huge explosion shook the building he was and came from the direction of one of the warehouses. He went out and it seemed totally fine, until he got closer and there were tons of bricks inside the warehouse. It turned out that an explosion of some chemcials stored in it blew the roof off the top of the warehouse and it went straight upwards and straight back down and landed ontop of the bit of the warehouse that wasn't destroyed, like some looney tunes type thing. I remember he got a bonus once when the factory didn't have an accident for 100 days and then on the next day one happened. Edit : he just told me how when he first worked there they didn't have pipettes and had to do "pipette by mouth" as in he had put the chemicals in his mouth and spit the right amount into whatever solution they were making. He said some of them he could felt like his teeth were dissolving.

“I can’t turn it off” Every scientist’s most feared words.

You and styropyro are the stage 3 science youtubers where I actively worry for your safety when you don’t upload for a while.

This is a rare instance of the thumbnail underselling the video

I am slightly less scared of microwaves and slightly more scared of you.

Kids watching. A microwave transformer will instantly kill you if you so much as touch it. Please never ever take a microwave apart unless you know what you're doing. (As in if you are an electrical engineer. Or equivalent knowledge level.)

Every Bluetooth device in a 5 mile radius is having a bad time.

34:10 I like the exit sign lighting up when you move your hands and reflect some of the microwaves

ok, first of all, subbed.

Physics professor here specialized in the cosmic microwave background. The reason water heats up is indeed because of the electric dipole moment of the water molecule, but it is being heated by its interaction with the electric field, not the magnetic field. Also, the reason that the microwaves can't pass through the small holes is that currents are generated in the mesh. These currents reradiate in a way that almost exactly cancels the field on the outside. Because the wavelength is much longer than the hole size, the flowing current is a good approximation to that which would if you had a perfect mirror surface.

The part about the mesh blocking the microwaves was actually a very neat point I enjoyed. I actually researched it a bit myself and it looks like light propagation and the THICKNESS OF THE GLASS is actually what contributes the most! It's hilarious that it's not _just_ the mesh's design, but also the physical property of the medium itself that prevents the wave from penetrating through!

Him slowly progressing from “gotta stay safe” “order stuff from far away to stay safe” to “aww, my eyes aren’t exploding” “ my brain isn’t frying” was very funny

"Once it comes through the hole it becomes the gay" had me dying 🤣.

"inspired by NileRed" If this is what's inspired by NileRed, _I'm concerned about what will be inspired by MrGreen_

The exit sign lighting up at 34:09 while you're trying to cook your eyes was great

Where's your tinfoil shield?! You gotta protect your nuts! Nobody likes roasted nuts!

33:25 *Fries his brain*, Him: "I feel pretty normal". So what conclusion can we draw from this? 🤣

In terms of how the screen blocks the microwaves: When microwave radiation encounters the conductive metal screen, the electric fields in the waves induce currents in the metal. These induced currents then generate electromagnetic fields that oppose and effectively cancel out the incoming microwave fields, the metal blocks it the same way as the rest of the microwave, it's just now there's holes in it to be able to see it. The opposing field will be weaker and let more radiation through, but not by much.

Local Australian HOLDS LITERAL PLASMA, melts his STEEL GLOVES

When I was doing RF engineering training the main risk they taught us about was that the cornea and lens of the eye don't have direct bloodflow o there's no direct cooling to them provided by your body, which leaves one able to be quickly blinded by microwaves via cooking the cornea or lens which turns them opaque like in cataracts.

this is my first video of yours and this is the most insane introduction to a person ive ever seen, subbed

Bro, this makes me wanna make a microwave interference instrument, yes I know itd be a synth with extra steps; but ITD BE A DANGEROUS ONE!

"It's so bright that I can't look at it directly without burning my eyes" ❌ "Ouch, it singes my eyeballs" ✅

*Horrible demonic electrophysics growling* "Yay it's working! :D"

What's really cool about videos like this is that in the process of making them, you end up learning a lot of interesting, specific information about a subject that not many people really know that much about, and we learn right along with you. I learned so much about microwave ovens, and microwave radiation, and a lot of it was really surprising and interesting. Another really great video, you definitely have a knack for this!

36:30 "It's what RU-vid thinks you'll like" *Walter White teaches you how to cook meth* Indeed

It's not dangerous because you did it wrong, the real danger from so many deaths each year is hobbyists taking it apart and not shorting the capacitor. If anything, it's the electricity that runs it that's dangerous

Very interesting! Cool example of how urban legends can spread. Microwaves being shielded for efficiency (reflections) and ease of use is a bit less exciting than cancer and exploding eyeballs I guess.

The way microwaves ovens were discovered was a researcher working with a magnetron having a candy bar in his pocket melt, meaning his hands and the rest of his body definitely got a hefty dose of those microwaves. So in a way you’re just emulating the greats

I mean, microwave ovens are basically just angry wifi routers in a cage...

A comment I saw on reddit talking about microwaves: "Just cut out the door mesh and you can give everyone in the room internal nerve burns when it turns on. It absolutely won't differentiate between the water in your food, and that in your subdermal cells. Just a few seconds up close and you'll either never feel your hands again, or wish you didn't." Meanwhile in reality: absolutely nothing happens

8:06 needs some clarification. The reason you would usually connect your self to ground is for static protection, like when styro works with very sensitive laser diodes and doesn't want to fry them with static build up on his body. There is another form of grounding in a Faraday suit that allows the electricity to flow around your body instead of passing through it which is what you did with the glove.

Bro went from a NileRed parody to a NileRed alternative 🔥🔥

2021: Crazy unhinged NileGreen videos. 2024: Informative science videos like he is NileRed. Um... Okay ye idk, started getting a little NileGreen at the end there actually.

pretty much what I expected overall. People always underestimate the importance of the oven being an enclosed cavity in which microwaves can build up massively and therefore get WAY more chances to get absorbed by food and other stuff. You mostly went about this in a very safe way, only increasing your exposure in a very slow and controlled way. Honestly your biggest possible oversight during all this might have been that moving into a metal shed COULD have immediately exposed you to several times more microwave intensity because they started bouncing around inside the shed many times as well. Basically the shed became the inside of a microwave cavity. The biggest factor which probably diminished that effect would be that the floor of the shed is most likely NOT made of any significant amount of metal, thus the microwaves leaving that way and getting absorbed in the ground rather than the next best absorbing thing, you.

Note to other people who like to play with microwave innnards. Be very careful when handling a magnetron, they are full of beryllium, which is very brittle. So, if you drop it and shatter the beryllium, you can end up inhaling beryllium dust, which is carcinogenic.

5:05 "when the light goings through the hole it becomes gay" 🤣🤣🤣😭😭

I love the mystical aura that Microwaves have. It’s so wild to me that you looked up so much stuff about them and found barely any info about the harmful effects of using it. You’re really in uncharted territory

"Mom I want a PC for gaming" "We already have a PC at home" The PC at home: 17:35

18:09 bro made a microputer (microwave + computer)

The way that plasma escaped from the beaker and floated across really slow looked like ball lightning.

i've watched people in industry go through nearly the same comfort-level increase, except with actual x-ray sources lol day 1: "where's the lead apron? dont wanna fry my nuts!" day 69: "hey ima turn off the lights and blast this scintillator, wanna see it glow? isnt that cooool"

All the neighbors wondering why their WiFi and Bluetooth aren't working 😂

I love the furry saying "I Did A Thing, furry edition lol" at 2:36.

26:40 I can't be the only one who got nervous seeing the lit blowtorch left up, if he bumped it over onto the floor it could have ended badly!

From my own scientific research, I've come to find out microwaving yourself gives you massive balls you can use to bounce around town with.

"this is safe, but don't do it at home, you'll die" amazing

"I promise this is safe" 3 seconds later "Dont attempt because you will die!" 😆

24:28 I like how confused that "What, I'm right?" is, just being correct is befuddling you.

The most tragic part of this video was when you lost that glorious hair at 18:23

5 years from now: Cancer isn't as bad as you think

I like that you did it inside your metal shack, so you literally built a bigger microwave and sat inside it...

16:15 It's still a fuse, just a one that's rated for 400A slow blow.

26:17 queue "power of the sun in the palm of my hand" dialogue

Adding the demon core to a microwave should be fine as long as the safety screwdriver is also put in

34:07 the exit sign flickers, which is kinda freaky, when he cant feel anything from where he is, but the exit sign can.

Are we not gonna talk about the fact that he made his own chainmail only to get rid of it 2 minutes later

Nilered + styropyro = Mrgreen

The diffraction phenomena doesn't apply for these holes because they are made out of a conductor, which has particular boundary conditions for the electromagnetic fields (i.e. the fields must have an specific orientation where they touch the metal of the mesh). These conditions + Maxwell Equations determine the possible modes (i.e. the field configurations that are possible). When the hole is way smaller than the original wave, the wave poorly excites these modes so almost no energy goes through. It's not quite exactly that it doesn't "fit" the hole, but more like trying to draw small dots with a giant pen: it's not impossible but barely effective because the size is just wrong.

It’s safe, but if you attempt any of the stuff in this video you’ll die. That’s some insane logic.

"Is it a good idea to microwave this?" Is a classic.

30:20 perfect description of Quora in a nutshell

My dad literally got his microwave tested for leaks by a lab. When I moved out he gave me the microwave with the certificate. How silly that feels now.

What about testing the microwave origin story? Stand next to a radio tower with chocolate in your pocket, and see which of you two melts first.

I loved watching the stray microwaves reflecting around the room cause your Exit sign to occasionally light up hehe

23:25 the fluorescent bulb in that exit sign randomly lighting up isn't concerning at all. I'll do this in my metal shed to contain the microwaves. Essentially turning the shed into a massive microwave

The way you've managed to transform this channel is nothing short of amazing

6:00 In RF we just use a rule of thumb, usually the mesh needs to be under at least 1/10th a wavelength.

0:45 that's a styropyro moment right there!

Don't plug yourself into ground via the wall outlet. If anything in your house fails and that ground is energised, you can get electrocuted since there is power present on the line already.

It's funny how you started out as a parody of NileRed and turned into an actual (sorta) science channel. Well done

16:07 Yes, many microwaves are set up to blow the internal fuse if the switches aren't in the proper position. I'm guessing the control panel has its own separate fuse and that's why it's still counting down.

absolutely LOVE your original videos! please keep it up.

I came in quite suspicious but after awhile it reminded me of my experiments with those things when I was young..that's how I became a scientist! cheers on demystifying microwave and on the reasonable risk approach..

At the last place I worked, one of the safety switches inside the microwave failed and I had to fix it to have my food that day. There are two switches on the door for redundancy, you have to defeat both of them if you are intent on defeating them.

We need a StyroPyro and MrGreen collab

I know your thing is dangerous science, so I want to say that I really appreciate how much emphasis you put on safety in this project. Microwave ovens are TERRIFYING, so seeing you take every precaution while disassembling the thing and repeatedly warning the viewers of how dangerous that is was comforting

Cancer is not guaranteed?! I WANT MY MONEY BACK NOW!

next video "MrGreenGuy Got cancer in all organs, raising funds for treatment"

23:15 This is exactly what I was thinking, the fact that some parts of your body you would not feel the effect directly is pretty scary

I love how this channel started as a Nile Red spoof but has turned into actual crazy experiments. I, too, have wondered what would happen if I put my hand in a microwave. I’ve also frequently wondered what miracles I could perform with a microwave transformer

Sick video! I remember watching you when you first started off with NileRed impressions and it's really impressive how far you've come. Keep it up and you'll get the diamond play button in no time!

I think you may want to consider occasionally checking for initial stages of cataracts. Special feeling at 34:09 when you do get closer and the "EXIT" sign gets brighter from the reflected light

in part 2 please put it above an old TV to turn it into a time machine

I really appreciate the amount of research you put into this topic. I think it suggests that people who claim Wi-Fi modems, smart meters, or cell phone towers make them ill are likely suffering from the nocebo effect, rather than radio frequency toxicity. I've been told that our eyes are the most vulnerable organ to high-intensity radio frequency radiation, so I would be concerned about such close exposure. However, since you're still making RU-vid videos, I assume you're still alive and well.

18:15 that would be too much of a *_core_* issue

On todays episode of “is it a good idea to Microwave this?” Lmaoo😂

9:30 *looks over at video* AHHH ADORABLE AXOLOTL AAAAAAAAAA

Thank goodness you discharged the unit. Also, be aware the tube for the magnatron contains Beryllium. Stuff can mess you up if you breath it in.

PLEASE BUY SOME CLAMPS 😭😭 A good selection of quick-grips would be great, they often come in selection boxes of different sizes.

2:34 Hey look it's me! I guess I'm part of the problem

Hey man, love your content and originality. Feels refreshing seeing someone so dedicated to a project. Just something I noticed, at 29:28 the palm of your right hand looks a little inflamed. I am NOT saying it has to do anything with the microwave, I actually had a bump in the palm of my hand exactly like that in the same spot for years and it turned out to be a vascular malformation. Could just be the angle of the camera/lighting or something, or I might just be crazy lmao. I mean well, I swear.

"I promise this is completely safe" "Don't do it at home, you'll probably die"

4:11 that gmod collision noise activated some old dusty neurons

Hey mate, you may not be old enough to remember, that mirror finish on the DVD is to help the laser read the information. It's made out of a foil, which is what you see burn in the microwave, just like it would if you stuck aluminum foil into the microwave, the foil is between two layers of plastic which is what makes the burn pattern. I'm sure you noticed the smell.

8:14 welll Styro is Aetherically aspected and attuned to the Lightning Element so it isn’t really fair to use him as an example. Him and ElectroBOOM are real life Thundecallers.

this makes me so much more comfortable to use that microwave with a melted door