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FOAK: Magnets in the house
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Can anyone think of 5 uses for magnets in the house. I've done the
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I notice no girlies have replied...
"But it can't mow the lawn or pay the mortgage".
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Television
Washing machine.
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fridge door and speakers but need another three. I need to know where
they are used and what they are doing.
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Magnetic pick-up tool, the infamous 'magnet-onna-stick' that TOG
should have remembered.
Magnetic wrist bands that are supposed to counteract
travel/seasickness and arthiritis.
The compass wot every boy should have.
The little magnet in the handle of a decent screwdriver that holds the
screw to the tip.
The stylus of your record player.
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That would be the cartridge in your record deck, if you're an old git.
The thing that moves the wotsit in a max/min thermometer.
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In your microphones.
The magnetic strip on your credit cards.
In televisions and monitors.
Take your pick.
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Magnetic "bits" trays, like what you use so's your bike bits don't get eaten
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What you need is a magnetic wing cover, not one that just has a strip
to attach to the car, you can get them that are magnetic all over. I
put mine under the bike/car just in case when I'm tinkering.
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by the nut monster.
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moving towards on-topic uses: (some) tankbags; older ignition systems;
speedometers (impulse giving), also for cycle computers.
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..and yes. I _am_ asking for help with my 8 year old son's homework :)
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Telephone, loud speakers, electric clocks, door closures, tv, radio
is this enough?
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Cupboard doors, anything with an electric motor, some types of
electronic scales, vital components of the 'magnetron' in a
microwave...
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Magnetic knife rack in kitchen
As part of any electric motor
Kitchen cupboard doors
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Here's one you should've thought of earlier. Guitar pick-up's
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Storing pins, if there's a sewing machine in the house. Erase head on
cheap cassette recorder. Cupboard door catches. Magnetic pick-up
tools. Magnetic screwdriver. Most DC motors - I'm assuming just
permanent magnets here.
Outside the house: compass.
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1. Magnetic knife holder
2. Holding doors closed
3. Television/monitor to bend the electron path in a CRT
4. Powercord on a Mac Book Pro so that it pops out if the cable is tripped
over
5. Magnetix kids toys to hold things together
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Aren't there magnets in those catalyser things[1] that pull the ions out of
your hard water?
Oh, yes, so there are:
[1]We found an inline jobbie that had been fitted to the incoming water
supply by the previous owners when we bought this house. It's gone now.
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Do electro-magnets count? Door bell.
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Got any on the fuel lines in your car or bike?
Anything wiv an electric motor.
Anything with a relay/solenoid.
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Knife rack
electric motors
video and tape recorder heads
etc. etc.
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alarm sensors on windows and doors
catflaps
fridge door seals are also magnetic to keep the doors shut
Ainslie
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Vibrators.
That thing wot holds the rechargeable torch to the charging unit on
the wall.
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Computer hard disc drives.
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..and what do they do?
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Work like a speaker with a coil of wire, but move a read / write head
across the disk instead of moving a bit of paper / plastic in and out.
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Read and write the data to the patter by arranging particles or summat
like that.
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A picture frame I've got attaches it's back with magnets.
The front of my fireplace in the living room also attaches with
magnets.
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Oooh when did you get that?
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Television, they're used to keep the picture in proportion.
Microwave oven magnetron magnets
Magnetic cupboard door latches
Electric clock motors
Lots inside a VCR
Pickups on electric guitars
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