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Subject: out of further curiosity, at what freqs do microwaves screw up pacemakers?
Name:
 ludicrous
Date: 7/31/2001 9:48:35 PM (GMT-7)
IP Address: 138.67.48.22
In Reply to: CPU Question posted by
Sillyone
Message:
Microwaves themselves are typically defined as RF in the range of 300kHz to 300GHz, although a conventional microwave oven (i.e. where you usually see pacemaker warnings) will use radiation at 2.45GHz.
As a partial answer to your question, a computer's case provides some shielding, even in big-box systems with plastic cases a thin metal shield will be fastened to the inside of the case in order to meet FCC regulations.
DIY-ers with open cases or custom transparent cases offer no such shielding, though.
If anyone has actually done a study, I am unaware of it (and would like to read it if such a study does exist) 
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