Ambient rotating magnetic fields!?!?!?

[jkgulick]

What's going on here?  I was testing the polarity of a magnetic foot brace today by hanging it from a thread and the darn thing just spins around going faster and faster until it is stopped by the tension of the thread.  Then I tested other magnets, and if the mass is enough to keep it from being pinned, the darn things just keep spinning faster and faster.  I tested this all over the house and there are no motors running or anything.  What could be causing this?  If I had a good bearing, the things would just keep turning.

I would like to hear if this is the case for anyone else.

Best regards,

Josh

[brnbrade]

Hello

turn to diodo and  go to gnd
Gnd salt water and earth.

Regards

[forest]

Can you post a picture or schematic how you did it ?

[sparks]

    How bout a compass or magnometers (vertical compass).  The Earth nearfield is generated by magnetohydrodynamic flows in the mantle.  Your area may be in the center of a whirlpool down there.  The compass had to be abandoned for navigation because of what you are experiencing now.  The bermuda triangle I am sitting on the edge of has the same problem.

[Anothertruthfinder]

hi @ jkgulick ive done that one before and been puzzled for weeks then i found out it was the thread causing spin -  i used neodymium magnets and tried a piece of stainless steel on thread and that did the same thing. I also tried making a smooth slip ring type principle add- on and no spin it just locked into the earths mag field like a compass would - i think that is what is happening by the sound of it,

eel