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Old 05-02-07 | 09:15 PM
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Originally Posted by nobrainer440
That's not what the article said. Non-ferrous materials are not magnetic, but that is totally different from induction. Non-ferrous metals will affect a changing magnetic field, which is how inductive loop sensors work. Same principle that is used in metal detectors. Note they are not called "iron detectors."

Here is an article about this exact topic.

From that article:



After reading that article, it says that the best way for a bike to get detected (if it has metal rims) is to ride directly on the wire.
I was really buying what this guy was saying until he cited an internet newsgroup as reliable authority. My son's 5th grade teacher would give him an F if he did that.
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