It works fine when it's not in the car, but as soon as I go inside the car with it, it wont' work. I tried placing it on the sun visor, but it wouldn't work. I placed it on the top left of my wind shield... no dice. I put it on my dash board... nope. Is there some reason that it won't work when it's in my car?
2007-03-15 08:04:34 · 4 answers · asked by Ford Mustang FTW 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
A car is a big cage made of ferrous metal. Is it really a surprise to you that it has it's own magnetic field?
2007-03-15 13:11:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A compass points to magnetic north. ( a few degrees off true north) it dose so because the tip of the needle is magnetized.....well your car has alot of metal in it, and that is going to throw off the magnetic field the compass is trying to pull towards.
Short answer, it's not gonna work in your car, most of them don't.
2007-03-15 15:10:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My compass always points north. That's such a problem.
2007-03-15 15:07:10 · answer #3 · answered by zil28ennov 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
you have to make sure it is not close to metal. did you adjust it according to directions,etc.
2007-03-15 15:10:48 · answer #4 · answered by Tired Old Man 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋