Microwave Problems

Will microwave work if I cut a hole in the door?

Sounds like a stupid thing to try and trust me I won't. But out of curiosity will a microwave still work if you cut large hole in the door? I know microwaves have lots of safety features so that if the door is open it wouldn't work but are there ways around the safety features such as cutting a hole in it or is there something that prevents that from working?

Public Comments

1. Yes. They don't have sensors on the glass. Obviously doing this will result in shorter life span =).
2. Yeah, but you start to get kind of itchy after a few minutes.
3. so long as you don't sever any wires or connections(which might serve as saftey cut offs) it should work, its not recommended you do such a thing though, and i doubt manufacturers are that thorough with the safety cutoff mechanisms.
4. If you try it, and look in the hole, let us know if you get a burning sensation in your eyes.
5. The "door" is just a screen that is made in such a way that microwaves can't pass through it...no wires or safety features running through it. You can also ram a rod into the slot where the door latches...it'll trick the microwave to think the door is closed. But seriously, don't mess with microwaves...they're very dangerous in the concentrations a microwave gives off.
6. It will work just fine, but it will leak microwave radiation into the room. If you stood very close, you might get mildly cooked (but no worse than a sunburn). If you were across the room, you would have nothing to worry about. Microwave radiation does not have enough energy per photon to ionize atoms. It is ionization that causes cancer