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Reverse the polarity of the magnet.
Use a compass. It will always point to a magnet's south pole.
Reverse the polarity of armature windings of the motor.
'Magnetic North' is the name of a location, or a direction, and has nothing to do with the magnetic polarity of that region. In fact, its magnetic polarity is a south pole, which accounts for why it attracts the north pole of a magnet or compass (unlike poles attract).
Permanent magnet field motors. With a these motors, a permanent magnet is used to replace the field coil. DC power is connected via the brushes, to the armature only. Reversing the polarity, will cause the motor to reverse its direction of rotation. It is very common to use a switch to intentionally reverse to the polarity, to allow reversal of the motor if desired.
About 0.15% chance to happen within a time period of a year.
Demagnetize it, then remagnetize it the opposite direction. It's a lot of work and it would undoubtedly be easier just to repaint it and claim you reversed the polarity.
A compass is a magnet. It reacts like a magnet.
The needle on a compass points to the North Magnetic Pole. CommentA compass points to Magnetic North, not to the north magnetic pole. They are two different things -the first is location, the second is magnetic polarity.
The polarity of both ends of a magnet is different. The positive and negative polarity exist for a magnet.
What can reverse magnetic polarity
The compass needle.