• @[email protected]
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    378 months ago

    The random one that I remember and don’t see anywhere, is the tv getting staticky whenever we ran the microwave

    • @na_th_an
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      118 months ago

      In my house it was running the vacuum. TV became unusable.

    • Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod
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      98 months ago

      One of my friends had a really old microwave that would work with the door open. He’d stand there watching his food spin.

      He’s a weird dude.

    • @Thrashy
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      28 months ago

      Similarly, my grandma had a set of electric carving knives that would wash out the game on TV every time she started cutting the Thanksgiving turkey.

    • DumbAceDragon
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      28 months ago

      The modern day equivalent of that happens to a friend of mine. His wifi goes out whenever the microwave is running.

    • dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️
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      28 months ago

      Now we have the same effect, but digital: Running the microwave might take out everyone’s wi-fi signal in the house. Mine will poleaxe my Bluetooth earphones as long as it’s running.

      • @Malfeasant
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        18 months ago

        That really shouldn’t happen… I’ve owned a few microwave ovens, and a few wifi routers, and I’ve never had that problem…

        • @Gabu
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          18 months ago

          It does happen, and it’s perfectly in-spec for it to happen (with some frequencies of wifi). WiFi & BlueTooth use generic bands of the RF spectrum which are also reserved for emissions by unshielded equipment. While the oven part of a microwave oven must be shielded, the transformer circuit isn’t required to be. Also, the house wiring can oscillate at a similar harmonic frequency.

    • @[email protected]
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      18 months ago

      My bluetooth headphones still do this when I use the microwave at work. I have learned to stand back from it when it’s in use.