RE: Microwave oven

["Mercado, Don" <don.mercado@lmco.com>]

I've had a 9 volt short on a coin in my pocket, and the battery became too
hot to hold in your hand. Unfortunately it happened while I was driving.
Luckily I didn't kill myself or anyone else while I was scrambling to get
that hot coal out of my pants! 

I've used a fluorescent tube to check my microwave at home for leaks. I had
to make it leak before I was comfortable that the technique worked (closed
some tin foil in the door seal.) Very effective.

Don Mercado
Don.mercado@lmco.com

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> From: 	Falo, Gerald A Dr
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> Reply To: 	radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu
> Sent: 	Tuesday, May 02, 2000 6:06 AM
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> Subject: 	RE: Microwave oven
> 
> Michael,
> 
> The microwave oven seems like an unlikely source to me.
> 
> However, I've carried the square 9-volt batteries in my pocket and have
> had
> them shorted by my keys and get very hot. Is it possible that your
> neighbor
> had keys or coins in her pocket that might have shorted the battery? I
> don't
> know if there is enough energy stored in a D-cell to generate enough heat
> to
> get *very hot*. 
> 
> The above comments and opinions are mine and mine alone. They do not
> intentionally represent the views of any other being, living, dead, or
> yet-to-be.
> 
> Jerry Falo, Ph.D., CHP
> HMJF Professional Associate
> Health Physics Program
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> gerald.falo@apg.amedd.army.mil
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