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LPT: Bring a magnet with you when picking out refrigerators (lemmy.world)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/lpt@lemmy.ca
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I don't know if this is common knowledge, but not all refrigerators nowadays are magnetic. When going out shopping for one, bringing a small fridge magnet can help you easily rule some models out if you care about that.

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[–] 6 points 4 months ago (3 children)

I used to do the same thing but when I was shopping for CD's

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Why?

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  • [–] 16 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Its how you shoplift cd's. or at least it was back in the day. There is a metal band usually inside the CD or on the back of the CD which has a magnetic metal strip. Running a strong magnet against that strip was how they would disable the anti-theft device. YOU could achieve the same thing using a strong magnet.

    This didn't work or tapes or VHS, because a magnet would destroy the content on the tape.

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