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ZombiWurm
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Don't put a bottle of MEA in the microwave.
#26365904 - 12/06/19 09:24 PM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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I thought it would be a good a quick way to heat it but it exploded all over my microwave.
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Re: Don't put a bottle of MEA in the microwave. [Re: ZombiWurm] 1
#26365907 - 12/06/19 09:26 PM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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Operator error
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Re: Don't put a bottle of MEA in the microwave. [Re: bodhisatta]
#26365921 - 12/06/19 09:36 PM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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shit im doing it now
watch it so it doesnt boil over and keep the cap loose if you have no filter.
Edited by mushboy (12/06/19 09:37 PM)
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ZombiWurm
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Re: Don't put a bottle of MEA in the microwave. [Re: mushboy]
#26365964 - 12/06/19 10:12 PM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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It boiled over in under 1 minute
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Re: Don't put a bottle of MEA in the microwave. [Re: mushboy]
#26365971 - 12/06/19 10:14 PM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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In high school my Biology teacher forewarned us about that I like the +30 seconds button for melting agar
<1min? That's fast. Must be a strong microwave
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Re: Don't put a bottle of MEA in the microwave. [Re: Failboat]
#26366037 - 12/06/19 11:17 PM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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Boil over isn't as bad as bumping. I have to be careful when extracting yeast for MYA, I can only boil it once. If I try for a second time the beaker just sits there and sits there and *BANG* the beaker jumps up in the air and the microwave is coated in yeast extract.
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Re: Don't put a bottle of MEA in the microwave. [Re: Elrik]
#26366057 - 12/06/19 11:37 PM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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I never had any problem microwaving my agar bottles. Just set your microwave to a lower setting and stand next to it all the time.
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Re: Don't put a bottle of MEA in the microwave. [Re: ZombiWurm]
#26366066 - 12/06/19 11:46 PM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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Quote:
ZombiWurm said: I thought it would be a good a quick way to heat it but it exploded all over my microwave.
What kind of bottle was it? I microwave media bottles all the time and never had an issue.
Use better bottles.
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Re: Don't put a bottle of MEA in the microwave. [Re: Growtech]
#26366185 - 12/07/19 02:12 AM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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i microwave in a larger pyrex measuring cup because media bottles wont fit in my tiny ass microwave, never had an issue. just dont walk away from it..
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Re: Don't put a bottle of MEA in the microwave. [Re: Growtech]
#26366438 - 12/07/19 08:21 AM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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A glass YooHoo bottle.
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Re: Don't put a bottle of MEA in the microwave. [Re: ZombiWurm]
#26366538 - 12/07/19 09:17 AM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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While I wouldn’t think a glass bottle of any type would explode in the microwave (maybe it already had tiny cracks you couldn’t see), do yourself a favor and invest in a media bottle or two. Not only will they not explode, they will give you better pours without agar dripping where you don’t want it to drip. A media bottle is maybe my favorite mycology related purchase.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HM9CKR6/
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Re: Don't put a bottle of MEA in the microwave. [Re: Growtech]
#26366542 - 12/07/19 09:20 AM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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By explode i mean the entire microwave is covered in MEA. Not that the bottle actually blew up.
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Re: Don't put a bottle of MEA in the microwave. [Re: ZombiWurm]
#26366559 - 12/07/19 09:30 AM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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I hope your microwave doesn't have too many little holes and edges
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Re: Don't put a bottle of MEA in the microwave. [Re: Failboat]
#26366572 - 12/07/19 09:37 AM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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No not really. I cleaned it up but the mouth of the bottle was very close to the holes in the microwave where the fan is located. I think some might have gotten in there but I've since used it to heat food and it works fine.
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Re: Don't put a bottle of MEA in the microwave. [Re: ZombiWurm]
#26366581 - 12/07/19 09:42 AM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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Oh.... that’s different. It boiled over, not exploded. Lesson learned... don’t walk away from microwave when heating MEA and agar (I assume agar was in the mix) because it will boil over pretty quickly.
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Re: Don't put a bottle of MEA in the microwave. [Re: Growtech]
#26366588 - 12/07/19 09:46 AM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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Yea it was also in there.
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Re: Don't put a bottle of MEA in the microwave. [Re: ZombiWurm]
#26366611 - 12/07/19 10:00 AM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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You should still get a proper media bottle. However you would want to keep an eye on that too, because it will also boil over if left unattended.
But at least you wouldn’t need to rummage through the garbage for chocolate milk bottles to do agar work.
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Re: Don't put a bottle of MEA in the microwave. [Re: Growtech]
#26366619 - 12/07/19 10:05 AM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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lol i didnt dig through the trash for the bottle. I bought it for this purpose.
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Re: Don't put a bottle of MEA in the microwave. [Re: ZombiWurm]
#26366651 - 12/07/19 10:20 AM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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Doesn't really matter what bottle you use if you microwave agar in any jar you're going to have to watch it.
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Re: Don't put a bottle of MEA in the microwave. [Re: bodhisatta]
#26366663 - 12/07/19 10:26 AM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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Yeah, I walked away for a few seconds and it went to shit lol
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