Registered: 12/01/05
Posts: 616
Loc: Oakland, California
You cannot put compasses "side by side" this throws off the magnetic fields. The way I test a compass is place it on on a flat surface (non-magnetic) and hold the other compass a foot or so above it and align the arrows. Remember to keep them apart.
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