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I meant 12 not 10. I will check the specs when I get home.

The fan is spinning freely. I did think of trying to put a washer or something on top of the fan and then mounting the magnet to that. I think I'm going to change out the power to 7.5 instead of 10. If that doesn't work I will add something between the magnet and the fan.

I have moved the distance of the fan forward and back. I'm currently using one magnet from a hard drive. I even added two small earth magnets that I bought from radio shack. With the additional magnets on it, it threw the stir bar. I tried as you suggested with a few pieces of paper in between...

Yes the rheostat is all the way down. Yes the stir bar usually stays pretty centered when it stops. Once I turn it off the stir plate the stir bar vibrates and moves. Yes I was talking about when I add liquid to the flask with the stir bar in it. The fan seems to be fine it doesn't seem to stop...

I have seen a lot of post on this topic, but not any answers that will help me. The issue that I'm having is that my 1 inch stir bar won't spin in liquid. It will spin very fast on the stir plate itself and even in a 2000ml empty flask. Once I put liquid in it spins for a second and then stops...