Guest guest Posted October 20, 2000 Report Share Posted October 20, 2000 Patty, Buy any compass or take one magnet to any store with a sporting goods department. DO NOT put the magnet next to the compass or you will ruin the compass permanently! First, notice which direction is North on the compass. Hold the magnet at least 6 inches away 90 degrees away from North. In other words, hold the magnet east or west. One side attracts the south & the other the north. If it does not, the magnet is NO good for this purpose! There are many different kinds of magnets. For these purposes it has to be a " bi-polar " magnet, meaning it has a north & south. You can tell by putting two of them together. With bi-polar magnets one way will repel. With unipolar magnets they will attract each other but they will not repel. The side that attracts the north end of the compass needle is the side that touches or points to your body. This is very important, because the wrong way will make you worse, not better! But, don't be intimidated, just do it right. Then, mark the compass so you don't forget which side is which. To test other magnets put them next to the first magnet with the mark. Opposites attract, so, the side of the 2nd magnet that sticks to the north side of the 1st is south. jim Patty wrote: > > I have a few Nikken magnets....but I don't know how to use them in terms of > knowing what the poles are... > Can someone enlighten me about the north pole/south pole idea? > Thanks, > Patty > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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