Theoretically you could, but the problem is holding the needle to point in the right direction. The easiest way to magnetize a needle is to take it and stroke across a permanent magnetic. Not sure why the stroking makes it work, but I do it with screwdrivers when I get them so they don't drop the screws.
Marshall Katarina Wittich wrote: > Hi Marshall, so I guess that's what happened. Could I possibly remagnetize > it by exposing it for a while in the opposite direction?? > K > > > Exposing a compass to a strong magnetic field can permanently > > remagnetize the needle. A group I was with in 1982 had one get totally > > messed up when a flying saucer passed overhead a few 100 feet away, and > > the compass had to be returned to the company on their lifetime > > guarantee. They said they had never seen one so badly messed up before. > > > > Marshall > > -- > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: > [email protected] -or- [email protected] > with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
