Can a microwave oven have its output controlled, limited, by something like adjusting the AGC on a TV? Or on combo devices, radio, cassette, CD, tv, there is usually a pot on each of those, adjusted so the volume stays the same when one changes functions.
I didn't like my old small microwave oven because it was so small, and I also had to cook longer than instructions said, because it was low power. (So I was in the habit of mulitplying the time given by 1.1 or
1.3, but I was hoping not to have to do that anymore.)Now I have a new, one-year old, full-size Sharp microwave -- I can provide the model number if it matters -- and it is too powerful. Things cooked in their packages according to instructions have their water boiling over and taking some of the food with it, and I presume other food is being cooked more than instructions or recipes call for.
It has a power control that will lower the power by 10% for every push of the button, but I would have to use that button every time.
Is there any chance I can turn the full power down by 10%, for every use?
(As an aside, it's interesting that on 90% power, for example, I can tell when the microwave part is functioning because it makes more noise during the 90% than the 10% of the time. The old no-name-brand only had one other power level, Defrost, but it made the same noise all the time, and to see how much of the time it was making heat, I had to turn on a nearby AM radio and tune to a weak or no station, and listen to the radiation from the microwave.)