Home› General› Lego Questions

Its all done with magnets

Brick-CatBrick-Cat
in Lego Questions Vote Up0Vote Down
Thinking of listing some Black Cylindrical Magnets (73092) but notice that royal mail prohibitions says-

"Magnetized material (with a field strength of 0.418A/metre or more at a distance of 4.6 metres from the outside of the package"

Not being very scientificaly minded,how powerful are those magnets and have any sellers had experience with them?

Comments

  • 3 Comments sorted by Votes Date Added
  • White Horse BricksWhite Horse Bricks
    Vote Up0Vote Down
    They aren't even rare earth magnets, you are pretty safe 4.6 meters away from a lego train coupling..
  • StellarStellar
    Vote Up0Vote Down
    "0.418A/m is 0.00525 gauss at 4.6m (15 feet). This equates to 2° of compass deflection at 4.6m from the outside of the package."

    If you have a compass you can test it.
  • Jay37Jay37
    Vote Up0Vote Down
    I've shipped some in the past and haven't heard of any catastrophic consequences at the Royal Mail. Obviously if you ship more than one together they'll probably stick together in the package. Reckon you'd be OK, but clearly I haven't been as diligent as you!
Sign In or Register to comment.