ECN Forum Forums General Topics of the Trade General Discussion Area Swirling inside a fluorescent tube??

..this is gonna sound dopey,but I already gave my serious reply to this topic,..so,...did you know that if you take a small fluorescent tube,..small enough to fit in a microwave,and close the door,and turn on the microwave,..the lamp will glow...cool huh???

[This message has been edited by Attic Rat (edited 01-05-2004).]

i've also heard if a flourescent lamp is held outside of a microwave oven and it lights up your microwave is leaking and should be thrown out.

@attic rat:

ATTENTION!!!!

the lamp can easily blow in this test!!!!

I dont know if anyone of you wants food out of a mercury contaminated microwave...

To Attic Rat: If I am not mistaken, the ends of the lamps are usually metal. Placing a metal object in most microwave ovens is a good way to kill the oven dead.

Thanks Mac. I was about to raise that point. I've also seen websites of people who put CDs into microwave ovens and burn the metal coating off them -- makes for spectacular fireworks.

But the usual disclaimer here goes: don't try this at home.

Relax guys, rizer says to hold the tube OUTSIDE the microwave oven to see if the door seals leak. True. Fluorescent tubes will glow in the presence of a strong electromagnetic field.

But if the door seals leak badly enough to allow a fluorescent tube to light, chances are you are already sterile and growing extra limbs...