Muggle things in Hogwarts

[Fefe]

No: HPFGUIDX 9104

Hi all !

In GoF, Chapter 28, Hermione explained why Muggle things are useless 
in Hogwarts:

"All those substitutes for magic Muggles use - electricity, 
computers, and radar, and all those things - they all go haywire 
around Hogwarts, there's too much magic in the air.  No, Rita's using 
magic to eavesdrop, she must be."

Then, i started to think about the Muggle things they used in 
Hogwarts and i remembered two things. The first one was the Ford 
Anglia, in CoS, and it DID go wrong near Hogwarts... I don't know how 
much electronics are in an Anglia, but the ignition system is surely 
electric (at least partially) and if it goes wrong, it should be 
enough reason for a flying car to fall down :) The other one was 
Colin Creevey's camera, also in CoS:

"He was clutching what looked like an ordinary Muggle camera, and the 
moment Harry looked at him, he went bright red."

(I think this means that it WAS a Muggle camera.)

Maybe J.K. forgot about this when she wrote GoF, but Colin could have 
also used a fully mechanical camera... I think that fully mechanical 
Muggle machines doesn't go wrong in Hogwarts, because i can't imagine 
any reason for them to do so. When i found this, i was happy because 
i just hate those automatic "soap-dish" cameras most people use 
nowadays :) I have two cameras, a German (to be correct, Eastern-
German) "Praktica" and a Soviet "Zenit", both of them are quite 
professional, fully mechanical, only the light measurement is 
electronic. (Zenit is still produced in Russia, and it costs about 
$40 :) I'll take one of them with me when i'll visit Hogwarts :)

Btw Harry's watch was surely a magical one, but then, why did it go 
wrong underwater ? Oh yes, it could also have been a fully mechanical 
Muggle watch, although i can't imagine the Dursleys buying him such 
an expensive thing :)

Does anyone remember any other Muggle things that were used in 
Hogwarts ?

Bye
  Fefe