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  "id": "meters:microwave-leakage-tester",
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  "slug": "microwave-leakage-tester",
  "name": "Microwave oven leakage tester",
  "summary": "A 2.45 GHz probe scaled for the FDA leakage limit of 5 mW/cm² at 5 cm — a range where ordinary consumer RF meters saturate.",
  "status": "verified",
  "lastVerified": "2026-08-12",
  "data": {
    "aliases": [
      "microwave leak detector"
    ],
    "measures": [
      "power-density"
    ],
    "bandCovered": {
      "minHz": 2400000000,
      "maxHz": 2500000000,
      "label": "2.45 GHz ISM"
    },
    "priceBandUsd": [
      30,
      800
    ],
    "detects": [
      "Door-seal and hinge leakage at the 5 cm reference distance"
    ],
    "cannotDetect": [
      "Communications signals — single-band instruments are blind outside 2.45 GHz",
      "Compliance, in the regulatory sense: FDA compliance testing uses a specified load and probe"
    ],
    "buyingCriteria": [
      "Range covering at least 5 mW/cm² without saturating",
      "A spacer that fixes the 5 cm reference distance"
    ],
    "related": [
      "emitters:microwave-oven"
    ]
  },
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "fda-microwave",
      "title": "Microwave Ovens",
      "publisher": "U.S. Food and Drug Administration",
      "url": "https://www.fda.gov/radiation-emitting-products/resources-you-radiation-emitting-products/microwave-oven-radiation",
      "kind": "government",
      "retrieved": "2026-08-12"
    }
  ],
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