> wrote in message
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> Our microwave died after 12 years. It was a costly over when it was new
> and it had lots of bells and whistles and could be set to the desired
> power level. Until we can afford a new microwave, I found a small one
> for cheap at a local second hand store. It's a very basic model and is
> 19 years old, but it still had all the labels and looks like it was
> never used. It works and that's mostly what mattered.
>
> It has a rotary setting to set the minutes, rather than push buttons.
> That's eacy enough to figure out. But there is another setting to
> choose COOK or DEFROST. Is this a power level setting? In other words,
> if this is set to DEFROST, is the power lower than COOK? If so, can
> that be used to slow cook things that tend to boil over?
>
> Thanks
>
> Marge

Defrost on mine cooks at half power in small intervals. It shuts off
repeatedly and you have to keep pushing it back on. I wouldn't try to cook
with it but I would use it for melting chocolate.