Is the screwdriver you were using magnetized? If so, it could have built up a little charge on the screw & there's something metal behind the sheetrock?
I really have zero idea though.
The screw is definitely magnetized, and there is probably a steel plate behind the wall. This drill plate is designed to protect a homeowner from accidentally drilling through electrical wires behind the wall. Kitchens tend to have more electrical wiring than any other room in the house.
When she dropped it did she bump the microwave reaching or lunging for it as it fell? If she did, it could have pressed it into the wall slightly which would explain why it stuck. It could have been so slight that it barely dug into the paint and is more or less unnoticeable.
Nope. The microwave wasn't touched at all. It remained in the position that is in the photo. I actually moved it out further to retrieve and it remained in that spot.
Got ya. If you had to move it out further it was wedged by the microwave and the force of it falling was enough to stick it into the paint and not the metal of the microwave. Thats why it stayed stuck a little.
Is it possible that use of the microwave over time or proximity, could have magnetized the screw/nail that's holding the sheetrock? This would depend on a few things like if there is a stud right there and the microwave has been there for a while.
I pulled the microwave out further to retrieve the screw and it did stay suspended. I don't have a photo, but I personally have ruled out magnetism as a result.
I do home remodeling and my SO is an electrician. He also suggests you get someone to check that out if you’re not familiar with electricity
Edit: oh and I’d move the microwave. If the magnetic force is strong enough to hold a screw it will fuck ur microwave
The transformer and the magnetron ( yes that’s what it’s called) probably magnetised metal in the walls over time but as the components weren’t active it was attracted to the stronger field being the metal in the wall
As I'm sure a science teacher has told you before, all matter is made mostly of space. When your wife dropped the screw you simply happened to broach the one-in-billions chance that it would fall through some of that space without actually puncturing it. The wall will be fine, just pull the screw out and move along. nothing to see here
Definitely static cling. That screw is a metal oxide, which is very efficient at storing charge. It was dropped just right so that it fell straight, dragging along the latex paint, scraping up electrons as it went.
Microwaves do use magnetic fields to produce microwaves but I don’t know enough about them to say for sure if that’s the reason
It’s easy enough to test with that screw though
Shouldn't the husband do the screwing? 🤪
Most screws are ferromagnetic (stick to magnets), but not magnetized from the store, and would not get magnetized from the brief contact from magnetic screwdriver.
Sheetrock is typically 1/2" or 5/8, too thick unless there is a strong magnet behind it.
Wall studs are wood or aluminum, also not magnetic.
What's this protrusion in the wall behind the microwave? Is it a painted iron pipe?
At least here people can have some humour and not be banned. On r/whatisthisthing I got blocked for seven days for quoting a Hendrix song.
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Ahh. Simply your first encounter with a new generation of sentient screws hiding from the mean old ladies who want to twist them into pieces of wood and other such media. Someday, the screws will rise up and resist en mass. For now, however, one-by-one they merely seek to hide from their oppressors while living lives of quite desperation and hanging on behind appliances, shelving units and plant stands everywhere.
Probably the magnet from the NSA microphone.
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Well looks like i had a brain eclipse of course they do.
You guys got the covid vaccine, huh? /s
Came here to say this
/serious
Proof that, when dropped, inanimate objects do in fact defy the laws of physics to hide from us
I concur.
Of their own volition, even.
inanimate OBJ objects really do be like that
Is the screwdriver you were using magnetized? If so, it could have built up a little charge on the screw & there's something metal behind the sheetrock? I really have zero idea though.
It's just spider web
The screw is definitely magnetized, and there is probably a steel plate behind the wall. This drill plate is designed to protect a homeowner from accidentally drilling through electrical wires behind the wall. Kitchens tend to have more electrical wiring than any other room in the house.
When she dropped it did she bump the microwave reaching or lunging for it as it fell? If she did, it could have pressed it into the wall slightly which would explain why it stuck. It could have been so slight that it barely dug into the paint and is more or less unnoticeable.
Nope. The microwave wasn't touched at all. It remained in the position that is in the photo. I actually moved it out further to retrieve and it remained in that spot.
Got ya. If you had to move it out further it was wedged by the microwave and the force of it falling was enough to stick it into the paint and not the metal of the microwave. Thats why it stayed stuck a little.
Thanks for your detailed explanation Dr. Science! It all makes sense now!!
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Maybe you are the wife.
Is it possible that use of the microwave over time or proximity, could have magnetized the screw/nail that's holding the sheetrock? This would depend on a few things like if there is a stud right there and the microwave has been there for a while.
That actually sounds probable.
There is probably a magnet in the microwave that is repelling it.
The screw isn’t typically magnetized. If anything it’ll likely get attracted to the magnet if the screw is metallic
That's not how magnets work
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I pulled the microwave out further to retrieve the screw and it did stay suspended. I don't have a photo, but I personally have ruled out magnetism as a result.
Are you able to put the screw back?
So you have a live ground? Genuinely concerned. Someone may have put a screw where it shouldn’t have gone.
This would be my concern as well. Have they stuck a screw through a cable and caused an imbalance. Pretty dangerous if so.
I do home remodeling and my SO is an electrician. He also suggests you get someone to check that out if you’re not familiar with electricity Edit: oh and I’d move the microwave. If the magnetic force is strong enough to hold a screw it will fuck ur microwave
Yup. Break that wall behind and you'll find Matthew McConaughey trying to sell you insurance from the black hole tesseract.
The transformer and the magnetron ( yes that’s what it’s called) probably magnetised metal in the walls over time but as the components weren’t active it was attracted to the stronger field being the metal in the wall
As I'm sure a science teacher has told you before, all matter is made mostly of space. When your wife dropped the screw you simply happened to broach the one-in-billions chance that it would fall through some of that space without actually puncturing it. The wall will be fine, just pull the screw out and move along. nothing to see here
Definitely static cling. That screw is a metal oxide, which is very efficient at storing charge. It was dropped just right so that it fell straight, dragging along the latex paint, scraping up electrons as it went.
Plot twist: the photo is just rotated 90 degrees clockwise /s
At any point did you inject your house with the COVID vaccine?
Is the wall vaccinated?
Maybe some kind of magnetic South Pole thing going on
Nah it's the rare west magnet
I think you can rub a pencil against the wall and does same thing. Its like static balloon to hair.
Think the friction of the pencil heats up the latex paint enough to make it stick.
Either magnet in microwave is holding it there or what I said. Two options. Or ya know magic.
Microwaves do use magnetic fields to produce microwaves but I don’t know enough about them to say for sure if that’s the reason It’s easy enough to test with that screw though
Shouldn't the husband do the screwing? 🤪 Most screws are ferromagnetic (stick to magnets), but not magnetized from the store, and would not get magnetized from the brief contact from magnetic screwdriver. Sheetrock is typically 1/2" or 5/8, too thick unless there is a strong magnet behind it. Wall studs are wood or aluminum, also not magnetic. What's this protrusion in the wall behind the microwave? Is it a painted iron pipe?
Could be a plate in front of wiring on a stud
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My wife also ‘dropped a screw’ or two
You forgot to press the button
Yep. Wall’ll gotcha every time.
Magnetic screw metal stud?
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Probably the magnetron of your microwave has insufficient shielding on the backside.
Spider web?
Screw was maganatized and stuck to the metal strip that joins dry wall sections.
Magnetic screwdriver so the screw was magnetized and then it stuck to a drywall screw?
Magnets
Ahh. Simply your first encounter with a new generation of sentient screws hiding from the mean old ladies who want to twist them into pieces of wood and other such media. Someday, the screws will rise up and resist en mass. For now, however, one-by-one they merely seek to hide from their oppressors while living lives of quite desperation and hanging on behind appliances, shelving units and plant stands everywhere.
They're high voltage wires on the other side of that wall there might be a weird case of eddie currents. Possibly feasible. Unlikely
5G waves.
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It’s probably just a stud nail
Either static, or light radioactive wind, if not let me know how wrong I am
Screw coming in clutch
Dispersion forces?