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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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They do not, with some very important exceptions such as pacemakers and some mechanical hard disks, which rely on magnetic fields to store information. A strong magnetic field can wipe data on magnetic strips, e.g. on a credit card or electronic key. On the other hand, a large surge of powerful electromagnetic energy (it can be created by discharging a large amount of current through a powerful electromagnet, or through the use of a nuclear weapon) can render all electronics useless.

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