Re: Flipping Magnetic Fields??

Sorry if you have already seen this, but if you haven't or you know more please take a look at this.  I've attached the original email for reference.

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Hi Everyone,

I just dug up this email Jerry Decker sent a few months back, and I tried to duplicate this effect.  I got the effects mentioned except the poles do not appear to flip as indicated below.

This is the key statement:

>>  He says this happens not because the attraction to the plate is
>>  stronger than the pole repulsions (after all, it has magnetized the
>>  plate with the same polarity so is essentially an extension of the
>>  magnet pole energy)....but he says he watched the fields at different
>>  points and when the magnets begin to attract, the moving magnet pole
>>  actually FLIPS!


From what I see, the attraction IS from the plate being stronger than the pole repulsions.

If we have magnet A, B and C with A's north pole stuck to one side of an iron rod and then bring B's north pole close to the other side of the iron
rod, we get a repelling zone until we bring B up closer to the rod and then it sticks.  According to the attached email, the poles actually flip.  Now
if this were true, wouldn't we be able to bring magnet C's north side up to B's south side and they should repel?

If this switching of poles did take place, I have an idea of how to make a device that should work and it would be very easy to build.  However, this doesn't appear to be the case.

Has anyone else played more with this and can comment?  Thanks.

Regards,

Ed