Bar magnet orientation

[Music&Chaos]

Hey @scottosan can you confirm that bar magnets in humbuckers are like diagram 2?

One reason I ask is that it confuses me that people say to push a new magnet end to end with the old to see if it sticks and that is the proper direction. In my mind, that would mean the magnet would have to be upside down, as the like orientation should repel one another, not stick end to end.

Can you confirm the proper way to ensure your magnets are oriented in your pickups when swapping them in and out? I have been swapping so many in and out of these I am going to just put them back stock and now want to confirm some things.

I appreciate your expertise in advance!

 

[scottosan]

Hey @scottosan can you confirm that bar magnets in humbuckers are like diagram 2?

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One reason I ask is that it confuses me that people say to push a new magnet end to end with the old to see if it sticks and that is the proper direction. In my mind, that would mean the magnet would have to be upside down, as the like orientation should repel one another, not stick end to end.

Can you confirm the proper way to ensure your magnets are oriented in your pickups when swapping them in and out? I have been swapping so many in and out of these I am going to just put them back stock and now want to confirm some things.

I appreciate your expertise in advance!

It #2. And yes. Opposites attract which will mean it’s the correct orientation

 

[Music&Chaos]

It #2. And yes. Opposites attract which will mean it’s the correct orientation

Can you further clarify - if it is basically N/S going up the sides, then when I stick the end of another magnet to it, it would only attract if the sides were opposite - meaning the new magnet, to stick to the old, would be reversed by accident, as opposites attract.


MAGNET 1:

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SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
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NNNNNNNNNNNN
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If I line up Magnet 2 so they stick end to end:
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SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS NNNNNNNNNN
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NNNNNNNNNNNN SSSSSSSSSSSSSS
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Now they are reversed, meaning the new magnet is the incorrect directon....?

If the ends were N/S and not the sides, it would make sense to 'stick the ends together' as you would go N/S/N/S, but since it is the sides, when you stick the ends together - opposites attract, meaning the magnet would have to be reversed to stick.


Should I be sticking the sides together instead? I see people stack them on top to see if they stick, but again, that would mean you have the magnet reversed - in the opposite direction of the original.


Why mark one side of the magnet with a dot for North if North runs down the entire side of the magnet and not the end?

 

[Music&Chaos]

Ah, it seems diagram 1 and 2 are both right in ways that the overall object will also have a north seeking end, like diagram 1. So if you want to line them up, you think end to end but would also have to check side to side? I am probably way overthinking this lol

 

[Music&Chaos]

Whoever pushed me to grab the polarity pen from SM for $12 - thank you. I cannot recall who it was - but man is this thing fun to have.

 

[Findthetone1]

Whoever pushed me to grab the polarity pen from SM for $12 - thank you. I cannot recall who it was - but man is this thing fun to have.

Yeah, I bought one of those years ago when I was going through my magnet swapping phase. Boy was it helpful.