# Microwave Question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microwave-question/276833>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 27, 2004, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microwave-question/276833 "2004-11-27T04:05:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Oat1957](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Oat1957](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oat1957)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2004, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microwave-question/276833/1 "2004-11-27T04:05:22Z")

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Inspired by this [post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=288701) in MPSIMS.

What causes the carousel to travel in different directions (clock vs counter clockwise) whenever you use it?

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**Author:** ![Pasta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecccb3/32.png) [@Pasta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pasta)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2004, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microwave-question/276833/2 "2004-11-27T05:02:56Z")

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> [@Oat1957](#):
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> What causes the carousel to travel in different directions (clock vs counter clockwise) whenever you use it?

[A previous thread.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=253710&highlight=motor+direction)