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Old December 9th 06, 05:05 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Jim Macklin
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Default degaussing for compass

opposite polarity, switch direction manually. Use less
current (amps) with each cycle. There are machines that do
this automatically, but you can rig up something to do it
from odd bits and pieces.



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| (2) DC method. Place the part in the
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| same relative position as when magnetized and
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| apply reversing DC current.
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| What's a reversing DC current?
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