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.
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.
The random one that I remember and don’t see anywhere, is the tv getting staticky whenever we ran the microwave
In my house it was running the vacuum. TV became unusable.
Same
The vacuum only caused issues sometimes, probably a proximity correlation but I was too young to piece that info together
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.
Not as problematic as you might think…
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.
That really shouldn’t happen… I’ve owned a few microwave ovens, and a few wifi routers, and I’ve never had that problem…
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.
The modern day equivalent of that happens to a friend of mine. His wifi goes out whenever the microwave is running.
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.
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.