So I have one of those Bluetooth thermometers for meat and other foods. I heard it wasn’t supposed to work in my oven, because it’s a combination of a regular oven in the microwave. Since microwaves are supposed to be a faraday cage, it was my understanding that no radiation should be able to get out.
On the other hand, Bluetooth sensors are so incredibly sensitive, that my microwave might still be well within safe margins in terms of escaping microwaves.
It’s worth pointing out that the reception on my Bluetooth thermometer doesn’t work very well, but if I hold my mobile phone in certain places near the oven and will shortly catch a signal.
Should I be worried and buy a new oven?
I wouldn’t freak out just yet. Microwaves are known to leak radiation and interfere with radio communication.
https://interestingengineering.com/science/this-simple-test-lets-you-know-if-your-microwave-has-a-radiation-leak
My bluetooth headphone cut out when my microwave is on. I know my WiFi also has issues streaming video when the microwave is on as well. When I was little I had a remote control car that if you turn it on and then turn on the micrwave the car would randomly start and stop driving by itself. Crazy stuff with microwaves.
Anyone who’s been alive long enough to remember cordless phones will remember that the microwave interfered with them.