# Switching On The Proton Pack **URL:** \ **Category:** Proton Packs\ **Created:** [August 10, 2006, 8:54pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/switching-on-the-proton-pack/1008 "2006-08-10T20:54:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Stantz1981](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Stantz1981](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Stantz1981)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2006, 8:54pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/switching-on-the-proton-pack/1008/1 "2006-08-10T20:54:20Z")
Apologies if this has already been posted… In GB1 when the Ghostbusters are in the lift Egon switches on Ray’s pack somewhere around the [power cell](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/equipment/proton-pack/power-cell). I can’t for the life of me find out where this switch is. Anyone any ideas?? ---
**Author:** ![ecto\_skywalker](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/97f17d/32.png) [@ecto\_skywalker](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/ecto_skywalker)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2006, 9:46pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/switching-on-the-proton-pack/1008/2 "2006-08-10T21:46:30Z")
That’s known, I think, as the _[phantom](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/characters/the-phantom) switch_. It does not exist on any pack and was done just for the esthetics of that scene… I too pondered that “switch me on” scene for long time. ---
**Author:** ![jdawg](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/ed8c4c/32.png) [@jdawg](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/jdawg)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2006, 10:05pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/switching-on-the-proton-pack/1008/3 "2006-08-10T22:05:22Z")
You know I never thought about that till now , when I was younger I thought it was a switch on the wand , or near it , but forgot about it till now ---
**Author:** ![dustin993](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@dustin993](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/dustin993)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2006, 2:34am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/switching-on-the-proton-pack/1008/4 "2006-08-13T02:34:48Z")
To get get around the “[Phantom](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/characters/the-phantom) Switch” thing, because I’m picky, I just tell myself that they used the screw top on the Clippard Valve for the switch. There’s just something that gripes me about building a fictional prop and using a pretend switch. If they wanted to flip a switch, why didn’t they build one in? Movie magic is so wasted on me… ---
**Author:** ![ecto\_skywalker](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/97f17d/32.png) [@ecto\_skywalker](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/ecto_skywalker)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2006, 3:17am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/switching-on-the-proton-pack/1008/5 "2006-08-13T03:17:07Z")
> [@dustin993](#): > > To get get around the “Phantom Switch” thing, because I’m picky, I just tell myself that they used the screw top on the Clippard Valve for the switch. There’s just something that gripes me about building a fictional prop and using a pretend switch. If they wanted to flip a switch, why didn’t they build one in? Movie magic is so wasted on me… I’m sure Ivan Riteman said something like… “That’s looks funny, reaching across to the wand to turn it on. Harold, just pretend there’s a switch on the back pack itself.” :lol: That’s how most of that stuff goes when the prop doesn’t quite fit the lay out of the scene. ---
**Author:** ![RoboProp](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/b77776/32.png) [@RoboProp](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/RoboProp)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2006, 5:13am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/switching-on-the-proton-pack/1008/6 "2006-08-13T05:13:27Z")
If I ever get around to adding lights to my pack (ha ha!) I’ve always wanted to make the [crank knob](https://www.gbfans.com/shop/crank-knob) the on/off switch, not because of [the phantom](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/characters/the-phantom) switch theory but because it seems the most practical. After all, if the [proton pack](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/equipment/proton-pack) was a real machine, how would a person turn on? Darrin ---
**Author:** ![darthviper77](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/8e8cbc/32.png) [@darthviper77](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/darthviper77)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2006, 11:45am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/switching-on-the-proton-pack/1008/7 "2006-08-13T11:45:31Z")
what is really the purpose of the crank nob?do you crank it up like an old model t if it dies? lol ---
**Author:** ![BSjohnson](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/bsjohnson/32/115_2.png) [@BSjohnson](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/BSjohnson)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2006, 2:44pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/switching-on-the-proton-pack/1008/8 "2006-08-13T14:44:52Z")
> [@darthviper77](#): > > what is really the purpose of the crank nob?do you crank it up like an old model t if it dies? lol No, but it you turn it long enough the Ghostbusters theme plays and a miniature Stay Puft pops out of the EDA Box. Cheers, Patrick ---
**Author:** ![ecto\_skywalker](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/97f17d/32.png) [@ecto\_skywalker](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/ecto_skywalker)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2006, 3:06pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/switching-on-the-proton-pack/1008/9 "2006-08-13T15:06:13Z")
> [@BSjohnson](#): > > No, but it you turn it long enough the Ghostbusters theme plays and a miniature Stay Puft pops out of the EDA Box. > > Cheers, > > Patrick :lol: ---
**Author:** ![uscm\_buzz](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/c6cbf5/32.png) [@uscm\_buzz](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/uscm_buzz)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2006, 10:14am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/switching-on-the-proton-pack/1008/10 "2006-08-23T10:14:30Z")
I thought he reaches up.. and presses the resistor on the [ion arm](https://www.gbfans.com/shop/aluminum-welded-ion-arm).. my wooden pack I bought had a radio shack pushbutton there.. and I just thought it was supposed to be there..