How Does the PKE Meter Work? | The History and Physics of Ghostbusters Equipment

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  • @ChannelingSpirits
    @ChannelingSpirits  2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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  • @nunavyourbiznas8660
    @nunavyourbiznas8660 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I remember being mesmerized by the PKE meter in the real ghosbusters cartoon.
    "Holy cow, it's in full color!" back in the 80's any screen that small being in color was a technological marvel.

  • @adamhutchins1981
    @adamhutchins1981 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    As a long-time nuclear power plant operator, I have to say this was actually a very good explanation of the BF3 proportional detectors used in many nuclear plants to measure reactor power when operating at very low power levels. We use BF3 counters to detect and measure neutrons that escape the reactor. The neutrons interact with the boron coating to produce an ionized lithium nucleus, an alpha particle, and 5 electrons. The positively charged lithium and alpha particle are attracted to one terminal and the electrons are attracted to the other, and a voltage is measured.
    In our case, detector voltage is low enough that the detector does not continuously discharge, but rather produces a pulse for each neutron interaction. The circuitry counts the pulses, and our meters give an output to tell how many neutrons are being detected each second. But other than that, you actually just described source range nuclear instrumentation used in nuclear power plants.

    • @KrimsonStorm
      @KrimsonStorm 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Love the additional background and how similar tech works here in the real world. Also makes sense it's used in nuclear power, since the power for the proton packs is radioactive carbon.
      Also, in general, thank you for doing your part to bring us safe, steady, and clean power. Georgia just added 2 new reactors and one day I hope to get to tour the power station.

  • @Darklg23
    @Darklg23 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    As a Ghostbusters fan I am loving your content

    • @ChannelingSpirits
      @ChannelingSpirits  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you so much! We work so hard and love your support!

  • @gmansgnarlyscienceshow2820
    @gmansgnarlyscienceshow2820 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    10:42 Bill Murray the Science Guy!

    • @seatspud
      @seatspud 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      More like game-show-host guy. Science guys are usually pretty stiff.

    • @gmansgnarlyscienceshow2820
      @gmansgnarlyscienceshow2820 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@seatspud Well, he’s sorry, but he’s just not getting any reading off his ghost pump sniffer.

  • @jeyfromnowhere
    @jeyfromnowhere 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I cannot describe the wave of nostalgia I felt when you showed the "famous radar ghost image."

  • @spider-turtle481
    @spider-turtle481 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    In ghostbusters afterlife. The PKE meter had a brief moment where if it had a high reading it could be used as a tazer against ghosts. However it only happened when there was a terror dog

    • @Timeward76
      @Timeward76 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I read on the wiki and theres apparently a button on the back of this upgraded pke meter that switches it to taser mode.

    • @CYNical332
      @CYNical332 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Timeward76 it's probably mixed between auto and manual, when u expect the ghost u use manual to open it first, but when u don't see it at first it will automatically open

    • @flaysol7719
      @flaysol7719 ปีที่แล้ว

      Movie sucked

    • @spider-turtle481
      @spider-turtle481 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@flaysol7719 your opinion. Not gonna hate

    • @flaysol7719
      @flaysol7719 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@spider-turtle481 thats right stay in place

  • @berniedavis6676
    @berniedavis6676 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    sounds accurate with me. and another great episode in the can. well done .

  • @GBRyker61
    @GBRyker61 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    The term PKE was used in the first film. Near the start of the film after Peter's ESP test. Ray comes in to get some gear, and he tells Peter about what happened. Then after Peter says to get back to him, Ray says "Spengler went down there. He took PKE valences, went right off the top of the scale. Buried the needle. We're close on this one, I can feel it."

    • @lonewolf9390
      @lonewolf9390 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      “As a friend I have to tell you: you’ve finally gone round the bend on this ghost business. You guys have been running your ass off meeting and greeting every schizo in the five boroughs who says he has a paranormal experience. What have you seen?”

    • @Ben-pd2bx
      @Ben-pd2bx 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@lonewolf9390 "Of course you forget, Peter, I was present at an undersea, unexplained mass sponge migration."

    • @lonewolf9390
      @lonewolf9390 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Ben-pd2bx "Ray, the sponges migrated about a foot-and-a-half."

    • @nicholastosoni707
      @nicholastosoni707 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@Ben-pd2bxAh, so, THAT'S where SpongeBob came from.

  • @Potrimpo
    @Potrimpo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Today, we use EMF detectors like on Ghost Adventures and other ghost hunter TH-cam channels.
    So I would not be surprised if Egon refined the research into a PKE meter.

    • @spg1794
      @spg1794 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      egon turned it into something that actually works

    • @CYNical332
      @CYNical332 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I will create a frame for an EMF detector that looks like the pke meter

    • @nicholastosoni707
      @nicholastosoni707 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@CYNical332Haslab has made a Meter which also functions as EMF. If you backed it, it's yours!

  • @spottyhead
    @spottyhead 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Well edited and researched. Keep 'em coming!

  • @GoGoVengo
    @GoGoVengo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I would like to know how the slime blower works next.

  • @spg1794
    @spg1794 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    another piece of paranormal equipment that in real life would win a nobel prize, probably several of them

  • @scottsoltani3203
    @scottsoltani3203 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It’s funny when Harold Ramis pokes the guy in the hotel, just to make sure.

  • @Revan2908
    @Revan2908 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    3:49 Wow. I'd forgotten about the "Ghost Popper" toy lol

    • @ChannelingSpirits
      @ChannelingSpirits  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They actually re-released it recently, different color scheme though.

  • @BlackTungsten
    @BlackTungsten 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I simple man. I see Channeling Spirits, I click.

  • @seanpvs101moviesproduction3
    @seanpvs101moviesproduction3 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I really adore PKE Metter from Ghostbusters Franchises because it’s my favorite I am in this Films. 😍🥰

  • @faithknight400
    @faithknight400 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    my only ponder on the pke meter is how the atoms mentioned can (in the real ghostbusters cartoon) overload when picking up if i'm mistaken norse deity energy from a script that caused it to explode like a bomb

  • @orinanime
    @orinanime 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One of my absolute favorite TH-cam channels puts out a new video! I was getting ready for bed, but that can wait.

  • @station240
    @station240 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I didn't know the PKE Meter prop appeared in other movies.
    Now I have to see if I can get "They Live" and "Suburban Commando" to watch.

  • @Styner09
    @Styner09 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I love this series

  • @Kevo20
    @Kevo20 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Anyone else wish this was a real device that could be used?

  • @simancena1737
    @simancena1737 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I miss Harold.

  • @ghostface1529
    @ghostface1529 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I’ve always wondered something on the rooftop temple egon uses a gamma rate meter to take readings and found some bad readings my question is what purpose would a device designed to measure radiation actually serve when hunting ghosts is there like some form of radiation level shift that happens with certain ghosts or is it just something else altogether in the film that works more like a emf detector you see in ghost hunting shows with the needle that indicates the level of emf readings

  • @harrydbastard
    @harrydbastard 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Do more videos!!! Its nearly new Ghostbusters movie time

  • @Fulkrum378
    @Fulkrum378 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love these videos! Very well done.

  • @Olkv3D
    @Olkv3D 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Our understanding of the world is determined by the quality of the tools used to measure it.
    -
    ✌❤
    NY

    • @Dargonhuman
      @Dargonhuman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That's largely why I'm not ready to completely dismiss the possibility of ghosts, and I doubt I ever will be. It's possible that what we call "ghosts" are something completely different than what we think, and it's very likely that we simply lack the technology to properly identify or observe the entities and the part of reality they inhabit. I'm open to the idea that there are other aspects of reality besides the mere physical that we have yet to encounter and it boggles my mind that people who claim to respect science state with absolute certainty that the physical material realm is the _only_ reality.
      That's not a scientific mindset if you ask me, that sounds more like a religious mindset of "my beliefs are the only true and real beliefs and anyone who disagrees is a heretic".

    • @Revan2908
      @Revan2908 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Dargonhuman Reminds me of a _Stargate SG-1_ where a device they found allowed a "bleed-through" of life forms that existed in a parallel dimension to ours. Come into contact with the machine (or someone else who had) and the charge was imparted to you, letting you see these creatures, and they were translucent like ghosts. They could even interact with objects in our dimension to a limited degree, like sitting on desks or walking across tables.

    • @Dargonhuman
      @Dargonhuman 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Revan2908 Oh I forgot about that one!
      Damn, I need to rewatch that series, it was so good.

  • @veraciouspatriot4297
    @veraciouspatriot4297 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    More fantastic videos!

  • @Demolitiondude
    @Demolitiondude 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Bill
    Bill
    Bill
    Bill
    Bill Murray, the ghost guy.

  • @leodziurka7709
    @leodziurka7709 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love the videos keep up great work

  • @justan324
    @justan324 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love these videos.

  • @atticbear5098
    @atticbear5098 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Even Bill Nye didn't build a meter with a needle that could burst out of the side at level ten.

  • @DangerDave-e7u
    @DangerDave-e7u 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Spooky channel 👻💕

  • @joshdavis416
    @joshdavis416 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It makes sense that the Real Ghostbusters would explain the gadgetry in more detail, considering they canonically come first lol

    • @LPTV84
      @LPTV84 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well, yes and no.

    • @joshdavis416
      @joshdavis416 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@LPTV84 lol I meant according to the characters, I know the movies came first

    • @AgentExeider
      @AgentExeider 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@joshdavis416 Well technically the time line is GB1, TRGB, then GB2, TEGB then GB:A. The real Ghostbusters picks up literally right after the movie, the first episode deals with them having to bust "evil" versions of themselves that were made from the Gozer PKE that had saturated their original boilersuits, Egon makes the new boilersuits, the cartoony color ones that supposedly have PKE repealing lining in them in an effort to prevent another situation like that again. Anyway, the entire cartoon's story happens and sometime after the cartoon ends, Peck manages to get the GBs shutdown and have a restraining order put on them, which is why they get nailed for violating said order in GB2 and have to go to court. Which in that movie gets reversed, then the story of GB2 happens. after that, they have a smaller career which eventually results in the set up for Afterlife. now while never said in that movie, there is nothing in that movie that says that The Extreme Ghostbusters couldn't have also happened. Egon was older but not grizzled like in Afterlife. So you could say TEGB happened but like before the lowered PKE potentials means less ghosts manifesting and thus little to no business and eventually the TEGB crew moves on, then Egon could have gone rogue the way he did and it still make sense for afterlife.

    • @joshdavis416
      @joshdavis416 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@AgentExeider ah, but you're forgetting the episode where they reference their fight with Vigo and use some of their stockpiled psychmagnetheric slime.

  • @escuelademanejodelsur840
    @escuelademanejodelsur840 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Grandioso canal
    Felicidades.

  • @kylebrooks338
    @kylebrooks338 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I’ve always wondered what the range on the pke is

  • @johnmccain1460
    @johnmccain1460 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice I love your channel. Extremely plausible breakdown.

  • @lethaljohn1a
    @lethaljohn1a 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Finally I can now use my Mattel PKE meter properly knowing the screen settings,buttons and wings without looking like a dork more like a nerd 😂🙈👍

  • @apershin77
    @apershin77 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Can you please make new videos and possible updates like updates on the science and abilities because they updated a lot of the abilities and science in frozen Empire and afterlife

  • @magnusmaul5447
    @magnusmaul5447 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi. Just subscribed to your channel and I love it. I noticed you've dine some great videos on the Ghostbusters video game and between you guys and my girlfriend playing Phasmaphobia (a paranormal investigation game), I actually really want to play it now. I tried to find a way to message you, but I couldn't figure out how to do so. I was wondering if you might have a look at Phasmaphobia and possibly do a video or two about it? Thanks and keep putting out the great stuff.

    • @ChannelingSpirits
      @ChannelingSpirits  3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Welcome and sorry you couldn't contact us! I definitely don't know Phasmaphobia. Would you be looking for more of a play through, explanation, or other? We can't always make everyone happy but we definitely want to lean in where we can.

    • @magnusmaul5447
      @magnusmaul5447 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ChannelingSpirits Thank you for reply so quickly. No apology needed. Just curious to see if you might someday have a look at it and just talk about it in a quick, basic overview and give it your opinion.

  • @cyber4209
    @cyber4209 ปีที่แล้ว

    I watched this video a couple of times, and when you explained the part on how it works, you said a rate meter, what type of rate meter, like a heart rate meter? What rate meter?

    • @ChannelingSpirits
      @ChannelingSpirits  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      A ratemeter is a device that measures the average rate of radioactive emissions over a specified time interval.

    • @cyber4209
      @cyber4209 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ChannelingSpirits Okay, I was looking up some of these parts and I just looked up rate meter, and a heart rate meter module popped up, is there another name I could try looking up? Like radioactive rate meter?

    • @cyber4209
      @cyber4209 ปีที่แล้ว

      Okay, I did some research, I know understand what you meant, I just looked up rate meter and heart rate meters popped up, but your talking about the ones in Geiger counters, thank you a lot your reply really helped! Have an amazing, or what you'd probably say, a spooktacular Halloween! @@ChannelingSpirits​

  • @FrisktheBunny
    @FrisktheBunny 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    6:15 Doctor Who×Ghostbusters comic when IDW?

  • @SpaceWizardCosplay
    @SpaceWizardCosplay 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Someone's done their homework.

  • @Doc2NerdJulian
    @Doc2NerdJulian 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hahaha. Awesome in Ghostbuster year one Egon wears the sarf of the 4th Doctor.

  • @VTuber_Central
    @VTuber_Central 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    i really want them to use EMF meters into the look of a PKE meter when paranormal youtube channels go hunting

  • @leonarddement4058
    @leonarddement4058 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Oooooooh. Left is low. Right is high. Ok. Thanks for that.

  • @lucassiccardi8764
    @lucassiccardi8764 ปีที่แล้ว

    6:57

  • @leonarddement4058
    @leonarddement4058 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    But how does the PKE scan???? There is no vents on it.

    • @videocommenter235
      @videocommenter235 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It has a mica window where particles can pass. GB Afterlife shows that window very clearly.

  • @timafiggy
    @timafiggy 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Egon : 😂Boop

  • @bradpeterson7957
    @bradpeterson7957 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

  • @Detailedstream
    @Detailedstream 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    10:48 Watch your mouth kid.

  • @PeridotFacet-2F5LCut-XG
    @PeridotFacet-2F5LCut-XG 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very horny and glad thought this series was over

  • @bttfspencer
    @bttfspencer 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    It doesn't.

  • @robbiebowman7137
    @robbiebowman7137 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    You asked us if you we're full of crap I thought you were awesome with this stuff

  • @puppetmaster1420
    @puppetmaster1420 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Boo

    • @Olkv3D
      @Olkv3D 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Are you saying Boo or Boo-urns?