Timeline for How did the wizards learn that electricity does not work around Hogwarts?
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| Mar 1, 2016 at 19:47 | history | edited | vap78 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 1, 2016 at 19:45 | comment | added | vap78 | (I can't target the comment to more people) ThruGod, A. Darwin, Skooba - you could try to add your comments as an answer. | |
| Mar 1, 2016 at 12:32 | comment | added | A. Darwin | What about radars? Muggle-born wizards may be bound to bring something electrical, but I don't see an eleven-years old student bringing a radar (especially, a navigational radar for air traffic control) to Hogwarts, and wizards don't seem to care about advanced Muggle technology. IMO, the only possible ways in which wizards could have learned that "radars go haywire around Hogwarts" are 1) an aircraft didn't see Hogwarts on the radar and collapsed somewhere, perhaps in the Forbidden Forest , or 2)the Muggle Prime Minister told the Minister of Magic that radars don't work around Hogwarts. | |
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| Feb 27, 2016 at 21:28 | comment | added | ThruGog | How did they find out? Well all Muggle-born wizards are likely to bring something electrical, and they'd find out. It doesn't say on the welcome letter "Don't bring electrical items," and I'm sure they aren't banned. People like Harry, Hermione and Dean Thomas are bound to shove a portable radio or a Gameboy or something in their luggage - it is probably a lesson learned on a regular basis by a new generation of those from a Muggle background. | |
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| Feb 27, 2016 at 17:45 | comment | added | Skooba - Stands Against AI | to quote Ricahrd - scifi.stackexchange.com/users/20774/richard - I think this is a case where the tail is wagging the dog. There's no sensible explanation because the reason (worldbuilding-wise) is that JKR didn't want modern electronics in her magical school of wizardry | |
| Feb 27, 2016 at 17:44 | comment | added | Skooba - Stands Against AI | We also see that cameras and radios will work at the school... and other things. scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/119628/… | |
| Feb 27, 2016 at 17:41 | comment | added | Skooba - Stands Against AI | @vap78 "There is no electrical power supply in Hogwarts so actually most of the devices will not work due to lack of power." Why are you assuming there is a lack of power? How is an electrical device running on DC power different than one running on AC power (e.g. plug a radar device into my car, or a computer into a diesel generator). So, yes I am sure it was not that hard to bring an electrical device into school. | |
| Feb 27, 2016 at 17:36 | comment | added | vap78 | @Skooba no - my question is about how did the wizards (to be more specific - the author of Hogwarts: A History) learn that electricity does not work in Hogwarts. Did they bring an electric device inside or something? | |
| Feb 27, 2016 at 17:34 | comment | added | Skooba - Stands Against AI | @vap78 you ask about a source/supply of electricity. Why would something run differently if the power supplied was AC or DC? | |
| Feb 27, 2016 at 17:33 | comment | added | Skooba - Stands Against AI | @vap78 namfuak that is already addressed on this site scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/33963/… | |
| Feb 27, 2016 at 17:27 | comment | added | vap78 | @Namfuak you better wonder how the electric impulses in the brains of the students and the teachers don't stop. But it's all magic after all :) | |
| Feb 27, 2016 at 17:26 | comment | added | IllusiveBrian | I wonder what would happen if you rubbed a balloon in your hair at Hogwarts? | |
| Feb 27, 2016 at 16:48 | comment | added | vap78 | @Skooba I don't get your point. | |
| Feb 27, 2016 at 14:19 | comment | added | Skooba - Stands Against AI | How would you get a power supply to Hogwarts in the first place? Poles, wiring, meters, and all the paperwork! Just think of all Confundus charms going on... Also, what is the difference between "computers, radar, etc" running off of DC power in the vehicle they are in vs running AC power out of a normal outlet? | |
| Feb 27, 2016 at 14:03 | comment | added | Janus Bahs Jacquet | Arthur Weasley dropped by with his collection of spark plugs. | |
| Feb 27, 2016 at 13:58 | history | asked | vap78 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |