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

[@ChannelingSpirits]

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[@nunavyourbiznas8660]

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]

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]

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]

As a Ghostbusters fan I am loving your content

[@ChannelingSpirits]

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

[@jeyfromnowhere]

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

[@berniedavis6676]

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

[@gmansgnarlyscienceshow2820]

10:42 Bill Murray the Science Guy!

[@seatspud]

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

[@gmansgnarlyscienceshow2820]

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

[@spider-turtle481]

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]

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]

@@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]

Movie sucked

[@spider-turtle481]

@@flaysol7719 your opinion. Not gonna hate

[@flaysol7719]

@@spider-turtle481 thats right stay in place

[@spottyhead]

Well edited and researched. Keep 'em coming!

[@GBRyker61]

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]

“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]

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

[@lonewolf9390]

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

[@nicholastosoni707]

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

[@Potrimpo]

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

[@spg1794]

egon turned it into something that actually works

[@CYNical332]

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

[@nicholastosoni707]

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

[@GoGoVengo]

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

[@spg1794]

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

[@orinanime]

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

[@Revan2908]

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

[@ChannelingSpirits]

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

[@seanpvs101moviesproduction3]

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

[@scottsoltani3203]

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

[@Styner09]

I love this series

[@BlackTungsten]

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

[@Fulkrum378]

I love these videos! Very well done.

[@station240]

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.

[@faithknight400]

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

[@justan324]

Love these videos.

[@leodziurka7709]

Love the videos keep up great work

[@Kevo20]

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

[@ghostface1529]

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]

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

[@veraciouspatriot4297]

More fantastic videos!

[@simancena1737]

I miss Harold.

[@johnmccain1460]

Nice I love your channel. Extremely plausible breakdown.

[@escuelademanejodelsur840]

Grandioso canal Felicidades.

[@Olkv3D]

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

[@Dargonhuman]

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]

@@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]

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

[@Demolitiondude]

Bill Bill Bill Bill Bill Murray, the ghost guy.

[@atticbear5098]

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

[@ChannelingSpirits]

BUT HE COULD!

[@DangerDave-e7u]

Spooky channel 👻💕

[@joshdavis416]

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

[@LPTV84]

Well, yes and no.

[@joshdavis416]

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

[@AgentExeider]

@@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]

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

[@lethaljohn1a]

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 😂🙈👍

[@kylebrooks338]

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

[@magnusmaul5447]

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]

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]

@@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.

[@SpaceWizardCosplay]

Someone's done their homework.

[@apershin77]

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

[@cyber4209]

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]

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

[@cyber4209]

@@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]

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​

[@Doc2NerdJulian]

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

[@VTuber_Central]

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

[@leonarddement4058]

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

[@FrisktheBunny]

6:15 Doctor Who×Ghostbusters comic when IDW?

[@lucassiccardi8764]

6:57

[@timafiggy]

Egon : 😂Boop

[@leonarddement4058]

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

[@videocommenter235]

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

[@bradpeterson7957]

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@Detailedstream]

10:48 Watch your mouth kid.

[@PeridotFacet-2F5LCut-XG]

Very horny and glad thought this series was over

[@bttfspencer]

It doesn't.

[@robbiebowman7137]

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

[@puppetmaster1420]

Boo

[@Olkv3D]

Are you saying Boo or Boo-urns?