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
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…
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
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.
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.