Any idea what is going on here?

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QUOTR FROM Gyulasun

"I think the steel balls get magnetized and as they turn their poles trick normal movement as they oppose or attract the Neo magnet.
Such steel balls may have remanent magnetism too, so after a certain rotation this may also become a disturbing factor against normal mechanical rolling." END QUOTE

I agree with Gyulasun, residual and induced magnetisim from the magnet and within the bearings / races.

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I put a second magnet on the other side so S and N points in the same direction. There is no such thing going on then.
And "No", webby - I'm not nuts (this time), hoho 

[Low-Q]

But there IS still time

Have you ever wondered,,

Since we "charge" these PM's to make them magnetic,, and since you can use the PM after it is charged to "charge" other things into becoming magnetic,,,

How many times can I charge some other object from a given PM before I will have a measurable drop in flux???

I have never actually tried to answer this question,, but I do have a lot of magnets from many years ago that are still the same now as they were then.

That is an excellent question! PM's has been viewed as super conductors since they keep the magnetism all the time. Maybe it's a clue right there? I don't know.


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