Re: Side-wise Vectors?????

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Original poster: Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-twfpowerelectronics-dot-com>

Hi,

The magnet is a number 0036 from wondermagnet that happens to be located 
three blocks away from me ;-)

I made a 40MB movie that hopefully plays in CDR format at:

http://hot-streamer-dot-com/temp/TubeMagTest.mpg

The magnet seems to be oriented just as expected.

Cheers,

         Terry


At 07:35 PM 11/19/2004, you wrote:
>Terry,
>
>Orientation of the magnet's magnetic field is very important.  If the 
>central axis of the magnet and magnetic field are the same then this would 
>explain the null effect in your first experiments.  I have observed many 
>different magnetic field orientations in permament magnets.  Most of the 
>time magnet sellers will give the magnetic field orientations (see Wonder 
>Magnets web site).  You can also grossly map the field with another small 
>test magnet probe or compass.
>
>RWW
>
>>
>>         I tried putting the magnet 90 degrees to the arc.  The arc was 
>> very heavily pushed "away" from the magnet in "both" the north and south 
>> orientations:
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