# It is accuatly a real thing... **URL:** \ **Category:** Giga Meters\ **Created:** [March 30, 2007, 6:28pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/it-is-accuatly-a-real-thing/2209 "2007-03-30T18:28:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sam\_G](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Sam\_G](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Sam_G)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 6:28pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/it-is-accuatly-a-real-thing/2209/1 "2007-03-30T18:28:07Z")
It is accuatly a real thing, although you guys spell it wrong. It is more commonly know as a Geiger muller tube but can be called a Geiger meter or counter. They are used to detect levels in radiation (which is what egons doing in the street) and make an annoying bleep every time a radioactive particle passes through its sensor (what the sensor is, i have no idea). They usually look some thing like this, with the sensor in a tube, hence the name Geiger muller tube. But receintly i belive some are being made like this funkey little thing (which looks suspisiously PKEish) ![image](http://www.pnl.gov/interdict/training/images/eq12.jpg) I apoligise if this has been posted about before but im new here and dont know much about the post history, and i couldent find anything about it. ---
**Author:** ![secrecyguy](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/secrecyguy/32/5879_2.png) [@secrecyguy](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/secrecyguy)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 7:03pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/it-is-accuatly-a-real-thing/2209/2 "2007-03-30T19:03:01Z")
I don’t think this been posted before. Thanks for the information! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Ray\_Stantz](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@Dr\_Ray\_Stantz](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Dr_Ray_Stantz)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2007, 4:59am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/it-is-accuatly-a-real-thing/2209/3 "2007-03-31T04:59:24Z")
Similar…but not the same. Nothing is spelled wrong. ---
**Author:** ![kingpin](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/kingpin/32/188026_2.png) [@kingpin](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/kingpin)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2007, 10:45pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/it-is-accuatly-a-real-thing/2209/4 "2007-03-31T22:45:29Z")
> [@Sam G](#): > > It is accuatly a real thing, although you guys spell it wrong. > > It is more commonly know as a Geiger muller tube but can be called a Geiger meter or counter. > > They are used to detect levels in radiation (which is what egons doing in the street) and make an annoying bleep every time a radioactive particle passes through its sensor (what the sensor is, i have no idea). > > They usually look some thing like this, with the sensor in a tube, hence the name Geiger muller tube. > > But receintly i belive some are being made like this funkey little thing (which looks suspisiously PKEish) > > ![image](http://www.pnl.gov/interdict/training/images/eq12.jpg) > > I apoligise if this has been posted about before but im new here and dont know much about the post history, and i couldent find anything about it. Not really, as listed in the script and all other material… the device Egon has in _[Ghostbusters II](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/games/ghostbusters-ii-activision)_ is the [GIGA Meter](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/equipment/giga-meter), designed to measure Giga Electron Volts (and no, no such device actually exists). The Geiger Meter (or Counter) is designed to detect/register radiation levels as you mentioned. They’re not meant to be the same device. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_G](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Sam\_G](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Sam_G)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2007, 4:07pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/it-is-accuatly-a-real-thing/2209/5 "2007-04-01T16:07:06Z")
Damnm i swear he said he was reading the levels of radiation. Oh well. ---
**Author:** ![ectoneon](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/2acd7d/32.png) [@ectoneon](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/ectoneon)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2007, 9:46pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/it-is-accuatly-a-real-thing/2209/6 "2007-04-05T21:46:42Z")
and im pretty sure that the geiger counter was named after the guy who invented it. still though it woulb be a sweet addition to your ghostbusting gear ---
**Author:** ![fifth\_beatle](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/e9a140/32.png) [@fifth\_beatle](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/fifth_beatle)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2007, 11:40pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/it-is-accuatly-a-real-thing/2209/7 "2007-04-05T23:40:39Z")
Yeah, they’re different, but that Geiger Counter still looks pretty awesome. Is that a handle on top? Definitely a GB looking device for sure. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_G](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Sam\_G](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Sam_G)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2007, 6:16pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/it-is-accuatly-a-real-thing/2209/8 "2007-04-06T18:16:30Z")
> [@fifth\_beatle](#): > > Is that a handle on top? Yes it is a handle on the first one, at least, im pretty sure it is! > [@fifth\_beatle](#): > > Definitely a GB looking device for sure. > [@ectoneon](#): > > still though it woulb be a sweet addition to your ghostbusting gear Yea, you’ve both got the same opinion as me, thats why i was sure they where the same thing, i’d love to get a real one, though i think their expensive, i’ll have to look around… The one in the second one looks so much like a PKE… ---
**Author:** ![jhsanny](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/jhsanny/32/163_2.png) [@jhsanny](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/jhsanny)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 2:10am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/it-is-accuatly-a-real-thing/2209/9 "2007-05-05T02:10:07Z")
Interestingly enough, some paranormal investigators use Geiger counters for ghost hunting. It really just depends on which paranormal theories you believe to be correct or possibilities. So, although the [Giga meter](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/equipment/giga-meter) and Geiger counter are not the same device, in the real world of paranormal investigation and research the Geiger counter makes a logical choice for a real version Giga meter.. More or less.. Just my two cents! :lol: ---
**Author:** ![aj-quick](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/aj-quick/32/188008_2.png) [@aj-quick](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/aj-quick)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 5:00pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/it-is-accuatly-a-real-thing/2209/10 "2007-05-05T17:00:08Z")
In real world paranormal investigation… people are nuts! ---
**Author:** ![jhsanny](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/jhsanny/32/163_2.png) [@jhsanny](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/jhsanny)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 10:50pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/it-is-accuatly-a-real-thing/2209/11 "2007-05-05T22:50:00Z")
> [@AJ Quick](#): > > In real world paranormal investigation… people are nuts! Uh huh.. Strangely enough, most people think I’m more “nuts” for building props for a movie that came out 23 years ago rather than for my interest in the paranormal. So - Whatev! - to you good sir! :lol: ---
**Author:** ![reaper1394](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/e9a140/32.png) [@reaper1394](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/reaper1394)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2007, 1:40pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/it-is-accuatly-a-real-thing/2209/12 "2007-09-05T13:40:22Z")
that’s pretty funny actually. Just found a few boxes of the old civil defense ones in my garage and fixed one of them. It’s this style. [http://radiation.fallout.cz/mainphp.php?id=700](http://radiation.fallout.cz/mainphp.php?id=700) Away at college right now so don’t have access to the others, but took the one I fixed right along with me 😃 ---
**Author:** ![bradboss12](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/a88e4f/32.png) [@bradboss12](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/bradboss12)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 11:18pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/it-is-accuatly-a-real-thing/2209/13 "2007-09-06T23:18:45Z")
I got one of those off of ebay. It would probably work if I got a coil for it… ---
**Author:** ![PeteVenkman\_Jedi](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/petevenkman_jedi/32/5868_2.png) [@PeteVenkman\_Jedi](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/PeteVenkman_Jedi)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 8:00pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/it-is-accuatly-a-real-thing/2209/14 "2007-09-10T20:00:40Z")
Kids today don’t know nothin’. I cannot believe people didn’t know what a Geiger meter is. It hasn’t been that long since the cold war and living in fear of the bomb. grumblegrumble… largest nuclear arsenal in the world and they don’t even know what a Geiger meter is…shakes head in disbelief. ---
**Author:** ![RoboBusterX19](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/robobusterx19/32/5921_2.png) [@RoboBusterX19](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/RoboBusterX19)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 8:16pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/it-is-accuatly-a-real-thing/2209/15 "2007-09-10T20:16:41Z")
O\_O How old are you then.lol ---
**Author:** ![PeteVenkman\_Jedi](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/petevenkman_jedi/32/5868_2.png) [@PeteVenkman\_Jedi](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/PeteVenkman_Jedi)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 10:23pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/it-is-accuatly-a-real-thing/2209/16 "2007-09-10T22:23:32Z")
Hey, I’m not _that_ old. ---
**Author:** ![jhsanny](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/jhsanny/32/163_2.png) [@jhsanny](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/jhsanny)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 10:48pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/it-is-accuatly-a-real-thing/2209/17 "2007-09-10T22:48:19Z")
> [@PeteVenkman\_Jedi](#): > > …grumblegrumble… :roll: ---
**Author:** ![PeteVenkman\_Jedi](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/petevenkman_jedi/32/5868_2.png) [@PeteVenkman\_Jedi](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/PeteVenkman_Jedi)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 11:00pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/it-is-accuatly-a-real-thing/2209/18 "2007-09-10T23:00:35Z")
> [@jhsanny](#): > > > [@PeteVenkman\_Jedi](#): > > > > …grumblegrumble… > > :roll: What? ---
**Author:** ![jhsanny](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/jhsanny/32/163_2.png) [@jhsanny](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/jhsanny)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 2:10am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/it-is-accuatly-a-real-thing/2209/19 "2007-09-11T02:10:24Z")
Quite frankly, it’s not even really worth the effort to explain myself. After the last thread that ended in such a debacle, I’m not even going to bother with my point. ---
**Author:** ![PeteVenkman\_Jedi](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/petevenkman_jedi/32/5868_2.png) [@PeteVenkman\_Jedi](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/PeteVenkman_Jedi)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 7:25am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/it-is-accuatly-a-real-thing/2209/20 "2007-09-11T07:25:33Z")
Oh lighten up, I’m just playing around. [Next page](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/it-is-accuatly-a-real-thing/2209.md?page=2)