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Magnets do not destroy electronic equipment but they do influence their behaviour of shadow mask Colour Television Tubes in that the shadow mask can become manetised from a magnet close by. Magnetization causes incorrect beam landing on the pic tube which shows as multi coloured patches on the screen . The effect can be cancelled out by degausing the CRT using a degauss wand . All CTV have an auto degauss system to take care of impurities caused the earths magnetic field .

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