I still can't find directions to tell which is the north side of a magnet, that make sense. Please someone, is there a way to tell without using a compass? all of the compass instructions contradict each other, or my magnet does the same thing to the compass no matter which side of the magnet I have facing the compass.
forget north and south - they are interchangable. sometimes north is geomagnetic north, which is negative, and sometimes it is north-pointing which is the north needle on a compass which is positive so it will point to the negative pole. geomagnetic south(the actual magnetic field at that point) is positive. i go exclusively with pos and neg and eliminate all of that confusion. negative is the healing energy and positive is the stimulating energy.
if you are making alex chiu rings, then pos goes up on the right hand and neg goes up on the left hand.
if you have magnets and you dont know what they are, first find the poles that attract - you know you have opposites. then use a compass to determine: if the north needle points to it then it is negative like the north pole. that should get you where you need to go
Thank you, but the instructions you had included: "if the north needle points to it then it is negative like the north pole" do not work with the magnets I have bought, and seems that still compass is needed to figure out north even if we then wish to go with positive/negative as you suggest. The shape of magnets that would be useful to me is flattish, for example a flat disk. "pointing the compass toward the magnet" doesn't give me anything consistent as to which side of the magnet is north. Holding one side of the magnet's flat side near the compass sometimes gives me the same result on the compass as holding the other side of the magnet toward the compass.
The north pole of a magnet will attract south on a compass. The south pole of a magnet will attract north. Most magnets that are available have 2 sides. One being the north pole and one being the south pole. The main thing is the strength. The magnets for sale in stores are weak. Although radio shack and hardware stores sell some stronger ones.
the compass is weak and the magnets are strong. you are changing the polarity on the compass with the magnets. i have experienced this as well. when the north needle is pointing north, then move the magnet in from the side(like east) slowly and see if the needle moves toward or away. this way you should be able to tell without adversely effecting the compass. you should know which way is north where you are at so check the compass first.
one other thing. some magnets are both pos and neg on the same side. fridge magnets are notorious for this. you want dipole magnets where one side is all pos and the other side is all neg.
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