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| Thread ID: 141969 | 2016-04-03 22:41:00 | Can a compass be affected (permanently) by a microwave oven? | John H (8) | PC World Chat |
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| 1418575 | 2016-04-04 01:34:00 | Zippy - ya gotz it all wrong! Upside-Downers would never guess what's the best way to rectify this problem. Send it to me in Rightsideup Land and I'll fix it! I'll put it under MY northern hemisphere microwave and reverse it for you. This just requires some good ol' Yankee Ingenuity! |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1418576 | 2016-04-04 01:55:00 | I think it was caused by the recently detected gravity waves , that opened up a micro-portal to Upsidedown land. We use gravy waves down here instead . Much tastier & easier to detect with our many KFC portals . |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1418577 | 2016-04-04 02:35:00 | If you return the "stuffed" compass to the drawer beneath the microwave, make sure that you put in back in up-side-down :) Actually I think that is probably true. As well as reversed polarity, the needle dips downwards instead of lying level like it used to do. |
John H (8) | ||
| 1418578 | 2016-04-05 02:23:00 | Is it still under warranty? Unless there's a specific warning and advisement in the warranty concerning being under the microwave, you might have a shot here. |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1418579 | 2016-04-05 03:20:00 | Could try this Cure - Quickly stroke the "South" pole of a strong magnet outwards along the "North" end of the needle. Repeat vice-versa. Compare with a compass that is known to be correct." From here answers.yahoo.com |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1418580 | 2016-04-05 07:00:00 | I would be inclined to use Google maps or a android compass App. (www.androidauthority.com) Possibly overlay on a map, an add geo tags, notes, and probaly text/email/share with others or even upload/archive the tags online. Maybe some of those vehicle DVR's include a compass and related features... | kahawai chaser (3545) | ||
| 1418581 | 2016-04-05 07:19:00 | It is unlikely that the static field emitted from the magnetron would cause a compass to change polarity, because although it is very powerful, that energy is focussed in the cavity. Also, the compass would always align with the opposite polarity (like poles repel, opposite poles attract) which would maintain its correct polarity. Conversely, a more likely cause is the power transformer, because the 'thung' noise you hear when starting a microwave is the inrush current causing a powerful magnetic pulse alternating at 50Hz. There are positive and negative half cycles, so the output is at 100 Hz and it is a very effective demagnetiser. However, when it is switched off, if that happens at the peak of the current cycle then the collapsing field could easily demagnetise a compass or change its apparent polarity. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 1418582 | 2016-04-05 15:52:00 | This is exactly the reason why Christopher Columbus didn't take his microwave on the Santa Maria. If he'd have had the oven on his ship, then New Zealand would be on the trade route to The Orient and North America would still be an undiscovered land mass. There'd also be 318 million more people on North Island. |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1418583 | 2016-04-05 18:05:00 | To put it succinctly, the rediculum larportium influence is to blame. Eg when a compass negates the flaturecence or bugaratule affect it compromises how Mars interfaces with our Moon, therefore sending pistronic waves to our polar regions, which in turn reverses all incoming bratocular impulses. A good example is how a simple farmyard hen always knows where her eggs lay... does she actually know where, how or when they land up in the pot? Well that of course is a good thing cos if she did, we'd end up with half scalded chooks :eek: |
Greg (193) | ||
| 1418584 | 2016-04-05 18:22:00 | Can you say: "pistronic waves" on a family site? I should think not! | SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
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