Off topic but interesting?? Magnetics

From: Richard W. Schauer <rws_at_enteract.com>
Date: Mon Nov 6 20:16:18 2000

On Mon, 6 Nov 2000, Chuck McManis wrote:

> Hmm, they are probably concerned about destroying magnetic media in
> neighboring packages. Other than that I can't figure out why they would
> care (it won't be enough to pull a magnetic compass off course for
> example). There are gauss meters around, if this is there requirement I bet
> they have one in their pickup stores.

No, actually they are concerned about the airplane's compass. This is
why there are shipping placards that read "Magnetized Material, Keep Away
from Aircraft Compass Detector Unit" that must be applied if the material
exceeds a certain limit.

Richard Schauer
rws_at_enteract.com
Received on Mon Nov 06 2000 - 20:16:18 GMT