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Title: has anyone ever microwaved a ball?
Post by: slowmofo908 on March 06, 2007, 12:47:36 PM
maybe in a copper pot filled with grapes
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Title: Re: has anyone ever microwaved a ball?
Post by: BrianCRX90 on March 06, 2007, 08:54:19 PM
There must be someone in some point of time that was dumb enough to try it. If I was really bored and had money to waste I'd let you know what happened. Hell, I'd video tape it, set on 100% for 20 minutes and put it on Youtube.com
Title: Re: has anyone ever microwaved a ball?
Post by: jasonwilks on March 06, 2007, 09:04:33 PM
Haha, I would like to know what happens myself, keep us updated lol.
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Title: Re: has anyone ever microwaved a ball?
Post by: qstick777 on March 06, 2007, 09:40:30 PM

This has Mythbusters written all over it!

They can microwave a ball.

Put a ball in the oven at 200 degrees.

Put a ball in the oven at 150 degrees.

Take turns alternating putting a ball in a bucket of hot water and a bucket of ice water.

We can find out exactly what will damage a ball and what won't!
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Title: Re: has anyone ever microwaved a ball?
Post by: rmarth1983 on March 06, 2007, 09:59:21 PM
I can't imagine much happening unless the ball was soaked with water or oil
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Title: Re: has anyone ever microwaved a ball?
Post by: qstick777 on March 06, 2007, 10:30:07 PM
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now im interested, Ill be the idiot and try it tomorrow, it will be outside and away from the house,


Will we get video?
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Title: Re: has anyone ever microwaved a ball?
Post by: qstick777 on March 06, 2007, 10:43:10 PM
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im only doing it for 3-5 minutes. I put popcorn in for 10 minutes and walked away and burned it up and blew out the microwave, house was stinking for days. My guess is ill probably see oil come out and the microwave should be ok as long as there is no metals in the ball,


Unless it melts the coverstock.
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Title: Re: has anyone ever microwaved a ball?
Post by: Big Jake on March 07, 2007, 06:53:19 AM
.... I put popcorn in for 10 minutes and walked away and burned it up and blew out the microwave, house was stinking for days....


LOL!!
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Title: Re: has anyone ever microwaved a ball?
Post by: KDawg77 on March 07, 2007, 06:54:55 AM
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You would just put the microwave in a padded room and the camera on a tripod, then leave.


I think whoever tries this should be put in a padded room.
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Title: Re: has anyone ever microwaved a ball?
Post by: johns811 on March 07, 2007, 06:56:03 AM
I kid you not, a guy on my Tuesday league tried this with a Hammer Blade. It cracked of course. It was under warranty so he stuck the proshop for a new ball.
Title: Re: has anyone ever microwaved a ball?
Post by: Fluff E Bunnie on March 07, 2007, 07:03:47 AM
Just set it and forget it!



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Title: Re: has anyone ever microwaved a ball?
Post by: KDawg77 on March 07, 2007, 07:10:28 AM
Ah yes, The RONCO Rejuvenator. It comes with the lobster basket and the steamer tray.
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Title: Re: has anyone ever microwaved a ball?
Post by: rmarth1983 on March 07, 2007, 07:24:44 AM
I think it will all depend upon how old the ball is and how much oil has soaked into the coverstock.

A microwave works by passing microwave radiation with a large wavelength through the inner chamber. Usually anything (food) that would be put into a microwave would have water of fat inside. These molecules are electric dipoles that will constantly rotate(to try to align with the alternating electric field created by the waves)...this spinning is what creates the heat that you are accustomed to from a microwave oven.

Unless the materials in a bowling ball conduct electricity (which I'm not sure of) I don't think you will see much of a reaction

now if there is a lot of oil in the coverstock...
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Title: Re: has anyone ever microwaved a ball?
Post by: trogdor on March 07, 2007, 07:50:27 AM
Make sure you put in on a microwave safe plate so you can see how much oil it collects!!
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Title: Re: has anyone ever microwaved a ball?
Post by: WSUstroker on March 07, 2007, 08:16:52 AM
Depending where you live, you may want to just use an extension cord and try this outside.  If anything were to happen you really wouldn't want that kind of mess indoors.  Just my 2 cents, keep the change.
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Title: Re: has anyone ever microwaved a ball?
Post by: nospareball on March 07, 2007, 08:26:51 AM
Interesting.  In theory it should probably heat the oil trapped in the ball without really heating the solid materials.  Worst case is that you boil the oil or other moisture in the ball and it cracks from not being able to expand fast enough.
Title: Re: has anyone ever microwaved a ball?
Post by: novawagonmaster on March 07, 2007, 10:04:07 AM
If it wasn't 20 degrees outside, I would haul our microwave outside, plug in an extension cored, and give it a try. WTF...I need a new microwave anyhow since the digital display is junk, right?! I bet if the ball had some oil in it, the coverstock would crack, and then melt. Maybe I could drill a hole to the center and drop a little bit of ice in the hole. Then fill with ball plug. That just might make the bomb we are looking for, since the ice will melt and give the oven the water it is looking for inside the food...er...ball.
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Title: Re: has anyone ever microwaved a ball?
Post by: slowmofo908 on March 08, 2007, 12:57:58 AM
awesome.  If no one was going to do it, i was going to try and start a collection for a microwave on ebay
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Title: Re: has anyone ever microwaved a ball?
Post by: dylan879 on March 08, 2007, 02:06:12 AM
somebody PLEASE send this in to Adam and Jamie at mythbusters