The Mark-Super-7 Quantum E-Meter (PWJ104)

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  • čas přidán 16. 07. 2018
  • This is not the Ultra-8 E-Meter but it's predecessor, the Super-7. Sold from the 1990's until 2006ish for $5000 by Scientology. Is it worth that much money?
    EDIT:
    The "unmarked chip" is a MC14013 flip-flop.
    The labeled "ROM" is an ST62T10 uController.
    The DIP8 next to it is a digital potentiometer X9C103.
    Voltage at the electrodes is 2.9-7.2V DC depending on large dial setting.
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Komentáře • 529

  • @mattb8436
    @mattb8436 Před 3 lety +181

    I wonder how many lives that particular device ruined.

    • @madmax2069
      @madmax2069 Před rokem +3

      Oh man, I couldn't even begin to imagine

    • @mirabilis
      @mirabilis Před rokem +17

      As effective as Jesus, albeit more expensive.

    • @rainblaze.
      @rainblaze. Před rokem +3

      No more than it took for miscavege to buy a new holiday home i warrant

    • @laughingoutloud3713
      @laughingoutloud3713 Před rokem

      it fixed my ptsd pretty quick.. where years of psychotherapy made it rather worse. no wonder sciento gets so demonised, they're a threat to big pharma and and people totally buy the "sciento is bad" propaganda as they eat any crap from the newspapers

    • @counterfeit6089
      @counterfeit6089 Před rokem +4

      ​@@mirabilis Edgy.

  • @MelvinWillikers
    @MelvinWillikers Před 6 lety +260

    The MK 7 is a good bit of kit, it's cleared many bank accounts.

    • @disconductorder
      @disconductorder Před rokem +10

      probably better at telling if youre more likely to get hit by lightning

    • @midclock
      @midclock Před 4 měsíci

      So that's what "clear" means 😂
      Light & clear

  • @frac
    @frac Před 6 lety +180

    Never has "Playing with Junk" been a more apt title!

  • @counterfeit6089
    @counterfeit6089 Před rokem +16

    My favorite type of machines are ones like this, well-made and engineered with complexity yet serve absolutely no discernible purpose

    • @PlaywithJunk
      @PlaywithJunk  Před rokem +12

      But you can't say it has no purpose. It makes certain people very rich...

    • @counterfeit6089
      @counterfeit6089 Před rokem +4

      @Play with Junk Considering these things sell for ungodly prices brand new, you're not wrong. I've heard they even make new Scientologists buy two "in case one breaks".

  • @smeezekitty
    @smeezekitty Před 6 lety +61

    It has more guts inside than I expected

    • @stevenbass732
      @stevenbass732 Před rokem +8

      That's simply to impress. 80%of the components serve no purpose.

  • @rokljhui864
    @rokljhui864 Před 5 lety +32

    Super-7 E-meter = 100 dollars. Removing your phetans and becoming a level-10 Bobbledy-bop = Priceless

  • @terryhayward7905
    @terryhayward7905 Před rokem +85

    That is a well over complicated resistance meter. I guess it has to have a lot of components to make it LOOK as if it actually does something.

    • @disconductorder
      @disconductorder Před rokem +8

      it lets you know if youre at danger for lightning strikes

    • @stevenbass732
      @stevenbass732 Před rokem

      Bingo.

    • @smokyprogg
      @smokyprogg Před rokem +6

      "I guess it has to have a lot of components to make it LOOK as if it actually does something."
      Totally on-brand for Scientology lol

    • @laughingoutloud3713
      @laughingoutloud3713 Před rokem

      lol.. hobos making comments about something they know nothing about

    • @dibblemcbibble2787
      @dibblemcbibble2787 Před rokem +1

      @@laughingoutloud3713 ok, secretly gay criminal

  • @DoRC
    @DoRC Před 6 lety +202

    Its the first thing youve gotten that was complete junk when it was new!

    • @nowaymuller6643
      @nowaymuller6643 Před 6 lety +1

      haha you not know your Ofen the is junk to.

    • @pacman10182
      @pacman10182 Před 6 lety +8

      the english is strong with this one

    • @Killerspieler0815
      @Killerspieler0815 Před 6 lety +8

      +Do R/C! - YES, scam pseudo scientific but quality components junk

    • @fss1704
      @fss1704 Před 6 lety +5

      +Killerspieler0815 turbo remastered super quantum nitro mega bullshit.

    • @Killerspieler0815
      @Killerspieler0815 Před 6 lety +2

      +fss1704 - YES , just like Globoli / Homeopathiy

  • @juankerr6626
    @juankerr6626 Před 6 lety +71

    Lord Xenu is gonna be pissed !!! ;-)

    • @douro20
      @douro20 Před 6 lety +9

      Xenu is Scientology's enemy

    • @IFZEX09
      @IFZEX09 Před 6 lety +4

      douro20
      More like it devil.

    • @therrydicule
      @therrydicule Před 6 lety

      Al coholic
      If he can start by not having his fanboy bully people and scam others, than he can be pissed at video like that

    • @louistournas120
      @louistournas120 Před 5 lety

      ​@@douro20 :
      "Xenu is Scientology's enemy"
      ==It's really no different than Yahooway (the god of the jews) being mad when other countries attack jews or if an atheist puts up arguments why this god is violent, hate filled, racist, misogynist.
      It's really no different than Mohammed being mad that some guy draws his picture.
      It's really no different than the devil (the anti-god) of christianity being mad when christians hate him and call him a liar.
      We are talking about characters from a book.
      In the case of Mohammed, a real guy who has been dead for a long time and AFAIK, dead things are really dead.

    • @mrwhatsin8431
      @mrwhatsin8431 Před 4 lety

      Open up the máterial, unscrew it, change up all the chords, change the charger and use low quality batteries, and there you have it the Scientologist will go insane

  • @_who_cares_1123
    @_who_cares_1123 Před 6 lety +30

    Now we are all on their watchlist.

  • @ChipGuy
    @ChipGuy Před 6 lety +35

    To be honest: I would not have expected any digital processing power, but a clock chip off the shelf and some ICL7106. Signal processing all analog. That surprised me.

  • @AnonyDave
    @AnonyDave Před 6 lety +70

    $100 product, $4900 snake oil

    • @Killerspieler0815
      @Killerspieler0815 Před 6 lety +5

      +David Richmond -
      YES , Scientology makes it just like the Banks , creating money from less than thin air

    • @fss1704
      @fss1704 Před 6 lety +1

      hey, i bet you the scientologist dude who invented it made much more than that from the first dumbass he extorted with it.

    • @dickfantastic7908
      @dickfantastic7908 Před 4 lety +3

      This isn't worth $100 bucks, this is junk with absolutely no purpose.

  • @mitfreundlichengrussen1234
    @mitfreundlichengrussen1234 Před 4 lety +43

    Great - what fantastic machines these brainiacs are able to build... and they already use Quantum technology. I guess this device also enables them to talk to their home planet (the green connector), how cute.
    PS: I actually expected to see the hot air in the device.

  • @bborkzilla
    @bborkzilla Před 6 lety +67

    That right there truly is junk.

    • @therrydicule
      @therrydicule Před 6 lety +1

      Borkzilla
      Just a misused ohmmeter, nothing else.
      It's not even junk. Junk can be used properly - it can be recuperated or store in a landfills. Here, due to the Scientology doctrine, this piece of equipment cannot be used properly. I wish it was junk.

    • @km5405
      @km5405 Před 5 lety +5

      and here I thought apple was the king of making overpriced, overmarketed and underwhelming products.

  • @tigermarcel1997
    @tigermarcel1997 Před 6 lety +14

    Thank you so much for this video, I have always wanted to see whats inside of it !

  • @johnsenchakinternetnetwork2025

    Overpriced ohm meter that measures body resistance The pot is upside down , all the electrons are going to fall out . I don't see anything special , you would think it would have gold plated boards for $5000 Ohm (Georg Simon Ohm) is spinning in his grave over that junk (laugh it u p ) I love the church bells, don't edit them out

    • @themoviedealers
      @themoviedealers Před 6 lety +1

      According to former members, this has less than $100 worth of parts and they sell it for $7000 nowadays.

    • @km5405
      @km5405 Před 5 lety

      steal the high quality pots and then hook the mains up to the copper tubes.

  • @videosuperhighway7655
    @videosuperhighway7655 Před 4 lety +17

    Wow nice. They should start making stereo components made in USA. Those pots are nice for projects.

  • @--Zook--
    @--Zook-- Před 6 lety +200

    So this device measures Midi-chlorian's?

    • @sheep1ewe
      @sheep1ewe Před 6 lety +4

      You hawe that clorofyll device (from another video here) for that i suppose...

    • @marekstanek112
      @marekstanek112 Před 6 lety +18

      Nope. That name is trademarked by George Lucas. Please refrain from infringing on his intellectual property, or else...!

    • @DankUser
      @DankUser Před 6 lety +3

      It's heroin.

    • @exceedinglycurioable
      @exceedinglycurioable Před 6 lety +13

      Your a Jedi Frodo, now you must beam up and defeat Darth Vader.

    • @PlaywithJunk
      @PlaywithJunk  Před 6 lety +15

      don't know but maybe mitochondria ?

  • @abdielvelazquez773
    @abdielvelazquez773 Před 2 lety +10

    The only believable thing that works with that machine is the clock

  • @jk-76
    @jk-76 Před 6 lety +13

    The 1/4 inch jack on the hair curlers is really cool. I want one of these just for the old electronics!

    • @PlaywithJunk
      @PlaywithJunk  Před 6 lety +5

      Well 2009 is not that old. Only the design is a bit old fashioned.

    • @jk-76
      @jk-76 Před 6 lety

      Play with Junk
      I commented before the video was over. My wife and I were in Nashville, Tennessee years ago and we came across a couple who had some sort of shaved monkey and an e meter. I pretended to be intrigued and took the test. I am apparently full of thetons and need to be audited.lol

    • @PlaywithJunk
      @PlaywithJunk  Před 5 lety +8

      I took one of the tests without the e-meter.... of course I also had a couple of problems that needed a cure in form of books, courses and seminars... costing many 100s of $$$.
      It's all about money and the best part is that they don't have to pay taxes in the US because it is a "church". The religion of perfect moneymaking.

    • @cebruthius
      @cebruthius Před rokem

      @@jk-76 Shaved monkey... ehm?

  • @heliarche
    @heliarche Před rokem +10

    It's a wonder that it's not completely potted with asphalt.

    • @PlaywithJunk
      @PlaywithJunk  Před rokem +2

      Watch my video about water treatment. That's where the asphalt lives!

  • @Guds777
    @Guds777 Před 4 lety +9

    I am watching particular episode of Southpark regarding thetan levels and e-meters, and i got curious about what is inside, so i found your video. Jolly good show...

    • @ChiDraconis
      @ChiDraconis Před 4 lety

      In 3 decades no one *ever* brought that up;
      What few leaks I could pull always had clues of maybe it was not what I thought it was;

  • @Halloween111
    @Halloween111 Před 2 lety +14

    The hand drawn scale in the movement window hasn't changed, at least, since the mark 5 out of the 80's. It was a wheatstone bridge built out of around 25 bucks (at the time) worth of radio shack parts.The step down for the line voltage to charge the battery was an archaic design with explosion potential too.Looks like, with the exception of some LCD drivers, line noise reduction, better parts, and the counter, not much has changed

    • @PlaywithJunk
      @PlaywithJunk  Před 2 lety +7

      Yeah... but I still wonder what those dozens of trimpots are doing if this is just an ohm-meter...

    • @bcdoggie
      @bcdoggie Před rokem +7

      @@PlaywithJunk Perhaps they are there just to add to the "woo" factor for the electronically uninitiated and easily impressed "skeptics."

    • @CineSoar
      @CineSoar Před rokem +4

      @@PlaywithJunk maybe it's for 'tuning' the filtering behavior you noticed, in various regions of the scale? It would be interesting to do slow, controlled resistance sweeps, and see if the needle behavior is different, in certain 'ranges' of the meter. If they want the meter to 'magically' dwell in certain areas of the meter, as the sucker is telepathically auditing their BT's, it might add to the woowoo, if certain 'readings' are 'sticky'. "Floating" the meter is supposed to be a big success. Maybe there is resistance (pardon the pun) to getting the needle into that region, but once it's there, it takes some doing, to move it back out.

    • @midclock
      @midclock Před 4 měsíci

      I guess that the two unknown chips can tell much about those potentiometers.
      Now I'm curious to see if the firmware is available online somewhere, that probably would contain some hints too.

  • @Aengus42
    @Aengus42 Před rokem +1

    Fascinating, thank you!

  • @MadyWinter
    @MadyWinter Před 6 lety +41

    Seems crazy that they reverse engineered / emulated the original cpu. Maybe they don't have the source code anymore, so they had to resort to this :)

    • @PlaywithJunk
      @PlaywithJunk  Před 6 lety +32

      I think it's cheaper to keep the original mainboard and add an adapter board instead of re-designing the whole thing.

    • @MadyWinter
      @MadyWinter Před 6 lety +7

      That makes sense as well. Though at a >25x ROI, that shouldn't be too bad :)

    • @simontay4851
      @simontay4851 Před 6 lety +15

      But its just an overcomplicated analogue ohm meter. why would it even need a microcontroller in the first place. A presision DMM with more functions has less circuitry inside.

    • @tabijas
      @tabijas Před 5 lety +15

      I guess that's due to organisational logic. The original layout was probably conceived by some holy super being, you can't possibly change that on the lower level. It might lose all it's spiritual powers. Adding to that, they probably don't build or fully understand those things themselves. Factory says: part xy no longer available. Then they simply order a replacement part to be made without systemic thinking

    • @ethannickerson1901
      @ethannickerson1901 Před 2 lety +4

      It’s mentioned in an announcement video for the super 7 quantum that an original super 7 can be upgraded - that might explain the confusion with different dates of manufacture.

  • @canttouchthis6439
    @canttouchthis6439 Před 2 lety +5

    People will fall for anything if you shine it up just right

    • @PlaywithJunk
      @PlaywithJunk  Před 2 lety +4

      And if you add "quantum" "scalar" "fifth-dimension" or Tesla... it sells like hot cookies

  • @robertkilbourne323
    @robertkilbourne323 Před 6 lety +10

    It looks really cool - it'd make a neat Steampunk style movie prop. And it has a clock!

  • @JourneyPT
    @JourneyPT Před 6 lety +29

    Yea if audiophile companies can sell high-end cables for 10k they certainly can sell that for 5k lol.

    • @PlaywithJunk
      @PlaywithJunk  Před 6 lety +8

      10k per meter.... but you need at least two for stereo :-)

    • @fss1704
      @fss1704 Před 6 lety

      +Play with Junk don 't forget the monitor unit before you call the prank..

    • @jarls5890
      @jarls5890 Před 6 lety +7

      Just for giggles I checked my local high-end hifi shop the other day. Some highlights:
      Speaker cable (Nordost) 3 meters - 40.000 Euro
      Power cable (from wall to device) 1.25m - 17.000 Euro
      USB 2.0 Cable !!! (Nordost) 1m - 3.500 Euro

    • @louistournas120
      @louistournas120 Před 5 lety +3

      @@jarls5890 :
      Back in the old days, some company named Monster was selling HDMI cables for 100$. The real production cost is probably 50 cent.

    • @jarls5890
      @jarls5890 Před 5 lety +2

      @@louistournas120 O, i know! I think i still got some of those lying around from my "hifi days" in the 80s. Got some half-inch Supra speaker cables in the attic too. Cuz you know you need cables that can carry 300 amps at 200v is what you need to hear all the "details"...

  • @25maxman
    @25maxman Před 6 lety +1

    I found this video relaxing. He spoke so slow!

    • @PlaywithJunk
      @PlaywithJunk  Před 6 lety +2

      it was a bit too hot that day for making videos.... but hey, thanks anyway! :-)

    • @simontay4851
      @simontay4851 Před 6 lety +1

      Yes, me too. That is one of the reasons I subscribed.

  • @stuartthegrant
    @stuartthegrant Před 6 lety +19

    Very good quality crap. A most enlightening video.

  • @Peter_S_
    @Peter_S_ Před 5 lety +3

    I'm curious what microcontroller U12 is? There is a ceramic resonator next to it but it's too long to be a PIC16C54.
    My guess is the TO-92 marked U13 is a local 5V regulator and the DIP-8 marked U14 is an EEPROM. Maybe to run a "test sequence"?

  • @martin8934
    @martin8934 Před 10 měsíci +3

    Would be interesting to see what the RJ connector does. Maybe just for recording the reading for protocol. But it could as well be used to manipulate the reading from outside.

  • @Conenion
    @Conenion Před 6 lety

    Is the instruction set of the Microchip PIC that replaces the 8051 compatible to a 8051? I looked at the PDF you mentioned and couldn't find anything. Thanks.

  • @rhfweb
    @rhfweb Před 6 lety +47

    Dump the flashrom and publish online.

    • @feekes
      @feekes Před 6 lety +3

      Absolutely! That would be interesting to see.

    • @rhfweb
      @rhfweb Před 6 lety +6

      Would have to post in a few places, I'm fairly sure the church would DMCA every copy of it they could find.

    • @fss1704
      @fss1704 Před 6 lety

      i doubt this has anythinv digital.

    • @sugarbooty
      @sugarbooty Před 6 lety +4

      fss1704 it has a micro

    • @trollenz
      @trollenz Před 4 lety +1

      @@rhfweb you mean the "church"

  • @mollybolton8425
    @mollybolton8425 Před 11 měsíci +1

    The device DOES NOT do what scientologists say it does--detect what they call body thetans, which, as scientologists describe, are isolated spots near the dermal layer that impede electrical conductivity. Because different combinations of these thetans could produce the equivalent level or resistance (different combinations of resistors connected in series and/or parallel can yield the same net resistance), so the device can't distinguish between those combinations, making it virtually useless in terms of its intended functionality

  • @andyhasi6142
    @andyhasi6142 Před 5 lety

    Love your accent!
    Yahushua with you man

  • @peteb2
    @peteb2 Před 6 lety +8

    Amazing to see how complex something as simple as what's probably just a variation on the wheatstone bridge can be engineered into all in the name of some weird-assed ridiculous Cult Religion.

  • @rollomaughfling380
    @rollomaughfling380 Před 6 lety +15

    Great idea! May you receive no visits from strange men in black.

    • @fss1704
      @fss1704 Před 6 lety

      lol smurffs2

    • @Ray2311us
      @Ray2311us Před 4 lety +1

      _____ Damn I hate when that happens...

  • @--Zook--
    @--Zook-- Před 5 lety

    So being unfamiliar with old school analogue multi meters, is the smaller secondary potentiometer a smaller division of the larger one? Like a fine tune?

    • @PlaywithJunk
      @PlaywithJunk  Před 5 lety +2

      This has not much to do with an standard multimeter but yes, this is a coarse and fine adjustment. There is also a range switch x2 x4 x8.... and so on.

  • @stickyfox
    @stickyfox Před 6 měsíci

    I'm a CIT in J-STD-S, 620S, and 610; and not only is this meter beautifully constructed, it's almost worth $5000 just as a training aid because it contains examples of nearly every feature in those standards. By now I'm sure I've spent $5000 worth of classroom time googling examples of things like discrete IDCs and turret terminals.
    Whatever it does, it was assembled by a professional.

  • @smokyprogg
    @smokyprogg Před rokem +2

    Has there been any sort of leaked manual on this thing? The potentiometers have to be there so the auditor can control the needle, right?

    • @PlaywithJunk
      @PlaywithJunk  Před rokem +2

      I have never seen one. There is a manual for the very early e-meters and they work in a similar way. But I fear for the modern stuff you'll have to be member of the club 🙂

  • @JamesDonatelli
    @JamesDonatelli Před 4 lety

    where would you be able to purchase a replacement for the rechargeable battery? Do you think you could get a similar resistance output reading from simply connecting the cans to a Fluke Multi-meter?

    • @PlaywithJunk
      @PlaywithJunk  Před 4 lety +1

      I could make a battery pack myself, no need to buy one :-)
      And yes, I think an ohmmeter would do the same. But then you don?t have the fancy counters.

  • @douglaswilliams6834
    @douglaswilliams6834 Před 4 lety +11

    I can take my old analog volt ohm meter from Radio Shack, turn it to resistance, and make the needle move by holding the probes and squeezing them.

    • @Testequip
      @Testequip Před 2 lety +1

      Yes, then re-case it and sell it for $6000 and make a cool 5900 dollars profit.

  • @blackbeardthepirate7467
    @blackbeardthepirate7467 Před rokem +2

    Wow internet, you've failed this comment section... ahem
    "IT'S OVER 9000!!!"

  • @SIC66SIC66
    @SIC66SIC66 Před 6 lety

    Super 7? Did they make Slot 1 versions later?

  • @aocplusme5676
    @aocplusme5676 Před 3 lety

    What kind of loupe is that you're using? I want one. Thanks in advance

    • @PlaywithJunk
      @PlaywithJunk  Před 3 lety

      That is a lens from a projector of some sort. I don't remember where it came from. It's not the best lens possible :-)

  • @jackmcmorrow
    @jackmcmorrow Před 5 lety +4

    Send it to Ben Hack so he can discover what those ports send out

  • @MagnumInnominandum
    @MagnumInnominandum Před 5 lety +1

    IT'S OVER 9000!

  • @christianh2581
    @christianh2581 Před 4 lety +3

    I wonder why they labeled it the opposit way every normal analog meter is labeled, where to the right the higher values (rising) are.

  • @algergonzalez
    @algergonzalez Před 5 lety +6

    People, people, settle down.
    This device DOES WORK, it measures ignorance.
    The more you use it and believe in it, the less intelligent you are.
    Go ahead try one!

    • @PlaywithJunk
      @PlaywithJunk  Před 5 lety

      Well it seems that religion is killing intelligence. But much more it kills humour... or do you know of a religion that is funny? Everything is dead serious.

    • @algergonzalez
      @algergonzalez Před 5 lety

      ​@@PlaywithJunk Well, actually I do think all religion is funny or at least it WOULD be funny if it not were responsible for so many killings. As you state, religion is DEAD serious.

    • @PlaywithJunk
      @PlaywithJunk  Před 5 lety

      @@algergonzalez Religions may be funny when watched from outside. All those rituals of Catholics, Jews, Muslims.... but don't dare to criticize them. Not funny anymore :-)

  • @w00dyblack
    @w00dyblack Před 6 lety +14

    looking at the readings when you were hold the cans - you are swarming with body thetans - you need to do some scientology courses fast !

    • @louistournas120
      @louistournas120 Před 5 lety +2

      +W00dyblack:
      In the ghostbusters, Egon invented the slime thing that is positively charged.
      I am going to invent that machine and claim that it gets rid of thetans.
      We shall call ourselves The Thetan Busters.
      I need to buy one of those old ambulances.

  • @elektro-peter1954
    @elektro-peter1954 Před 6 lety

    With what voltage and current does the meter operate? Is it using AC or DC resistance?

    • @PlaywithJunk
      @PlaywithJunk  Před 6 lety

      good question... I could measure the voltage at the electrodes.

    • @PlaywithJunk
      @PlaywithJunk  Před 6 lety +2

      OK... seems to be a simple DC powered resistance meter with an open circuit voltage of 2.9V - 7.2V at the probes dpending on the large dial setting.

    • @JohnnyV_Val
      @JohnnyV_Val Před 5 lety

      @@PlaywithJunk Does the AC adapter charge those batteries to provide the direct current?

  • @andywood2012
    @andywood2012 Před 6 lety +20

    Wow, interesting tear down, and with such nice build quality, I wonder if this device could be re-purposed for something useful?

    • @spacewalker8262
      @spacewalker8262 Před 6 lety +5

      Kay Kay bingo winner winner chicken dinner

    • @TrapperAaron
      @TrapperAaron Před 2 lety +5

      U could use it for an ohm meter to measure only between 4k and 6k resistance. U could also use it as a current detector. But you get allot more options w a free meter from harbor freight.

    • @anonops1980
      @anonops1980 Před rokem +3

      It’s only good for measuring resistance between 4k and 6k ohm, nothing a 40 bucks meter can’t do. Also useful as a clock, I suppose.

    • @JungleLibrary
      @JungleLibrary Před rokem +1

      I would love to use the dial as a very exotic speedometer complete with pencilled in speed markings and drawings of aliens

  • @kennethsouthard6042
    @kennethsouthard6042 Před 6 měsíci

    Now I know where the look of the radio and heater controls for the 1996 Ford Taurus were derived from.

    • @PlaywithJunk
      @PlaywithJunk  Před 6 měsíci

      Yeah, from an Isuzu D-Max 2005.... that has the same gray color interior. 🙂

  • @lorenzoboyd6889
    @lorenzoboyd6889 Před 5 lety +3

    Nice, pretty bit of industrial design. Bolstered by adept marketing, one hella product/service.

  • @InssiAjaton
    @InssiAjaton Před 6 lety +9

    I have one guess: Besides the obvious Ripping Off pricing, there probably is a huge amount of labor, a little in manufacturing a a whole lot in adjusting all those trimmer potentiometers.

    • @fss1704
      @fss1704 Před 6 lety +1

      i'd turn that piece of plastic into a vaporizer or a radio or some shit.

    • @david203
      @david203 Před 3 lety

      Why do you assume there is much labor involved? Just because there are many trimmer pots doesn't mean they do anything. Other videos make it clear that not much useful is actually done by the fancy components.

    • @InssiAjaton
      @InssiAjaton Před 3 lety

      @@david203 Well, then it only leaves the obvious -- ripping off. They want to create an excuse for it.

    • @rkvktmen
      @rkvktmen Před 3 lety +3

      The labor that assembled these consisted of "religious volunteers" earning $50 a week, so they wouldn't affect the price.

    • @cebruthius
      @cebruthius Před rokem +1

      @@fss1704 "I'd rather clear my thetans by smoking them" 😆

  • @sheep1ewe
    @sheep1ewe Před 6 lety +14

    It had added a bit more fun if those copperhandles where plugged in directly to linesupply instead of batteries...

    • @Killerspieler0815
      @Killerspieler0815 Před 6 lety

      +Sheep Eve - Like a Chinese ultra portable water cooker czcams.com/video/EViyccc2t9w/video.html

    • @fss1704
      @fss1704 Před 6 lety

      yeahhh... if i saw that shit i wouldn't think it's a meter at first glance

    • @sheep1ewe
      @sheep1ewe Před 6 lety +2

      Yes, And the self heating shower (of death) or the brown "magic cleansing" footbath... ha ha!

    • @WineScrounger
      @WineScrounger Před 6 lety

      Just a large trembler coil would do it

  • @VileVermin
    @VileVermin Před 6 lety +4

    One of the BEST owner's stupidity meter!!! LMAO and ROLF!!!

    • @VileVermin
      @VileVermin Před 6 lety

      Funny - some similar but simpler devices was used by crooks here is Russia in very beginning of 90' at local markets to measure "health state" or something like this... it was just simple Ohm-meter :-)
      And it is funny 'cause here such shit vanished many yrs ago... but in US it still actual... my bad - not completely vanished - some "magic" healing devices still sold thru TV-shops - I wonder who buy this shit...

    • @PlaywithJunk
      @PlaywithJunk  Před 6 lety

      I do... when I get it cheap :-)

    • @fss1704
      @fss1704 Před 6 lety

      +VileVermin hey, some have interesting components inside, people just see the broken part.

  • @Tocsin-Bang
    @Tocsin-Bang Před rokem +1

    The original E-meters used baked bean cans.

    • @PlaywithJunk
      @PlaywithJunk  Před rokem

      You can use any conductive material. In fact you could also use thin air and the results were the same ;-)

  • @huntermcgahan930
    @huntermcgahan930 Před 5 lety +1

    So basically when you get stressed you tense up and that’s all this thing does is read when you grip them a little more

  • @davidthomspson9771
    @davidthomspson9771 Před 10 měsíci +2

    A quackification meter....nice!

  • @L2STQGB_Continuum
    @L2STQGB_Continuum Před 2 měsíci

    I want one, tried it once it was so freaky how it moved when the cans where held, theres some deep stuff that came up and instantly let it go, would so like to use it now.

  • @Penfold8
    @Penfold8 Před 4 lety +4

    What amazes me is if this was released in 2006 you would expect to see more SMD components which would have made this POS cheaper to manufacture. Everything looks like it's through hole. It looks like it has a shitload of trim capacitors too (blue rectangular things), which I don't think you even need this many.

    • @PlaywithJunk
      @PlaywithJunk  Před 4 lety +7

      The whole device is useless... and it's an old design that never changed. Not changing a design is the cheapest you can do.

  • @jochenblacha7241
    @jochenblacha7241 Před 6 lety +4

    The date code of the PIC µC board is in the bottom right corner: 0923 ... 23rd week 2009? Would make sense given you mumbled something about "2009" when zooming in on the PIC via your lens. Might also be 9th week of 2003 if the 06/06 sticker on the battery pack would indicate that it has been put together in June 2006 ... though I don't think it would be unlikely that the battery pack simply sat around in a shelf till 2009.

    • @PlaywithJunk
      @PlaywithJunk  Před 6 lety +2

      That would make sense if the battery was also 2009 but the batt is clearly marked 06/06 (or 90/90? no...) Maybe the ebay seller has changed a good 09 battery to a leaky 06 ...? Or the devive has been updated in 2009 and they left the old battery inside because it was still ok.

  • @marknpm
    @marknpm Před 6 lety +21

    You should let Big Clive have a look at it :)

    • @PlaywithJunk
      @PlaywithJunk  Před 6 lety +8

      Oh yeah, he would certainly have some funny comments about it :-)

    • @capth00k
      @capth00k Před 5 lety +2

      He would analyze the circuit and actually explain how it functions I think that would be really interesting

    • @rodsims8471
      @rodsims8471 Před 5 lety +1

      @@capth00k They used the same circuit for the guts , over gained , galvanometer , with a delay , to ignore slow changes , and is designed to look like it is giving stable readings , but they're not . just squeezing the electrodes , causes it to "false " read . but most people can be fooled by any technology ie " magic " to them

  • @LordNeuf
    @LordNeuf Před 6 lety +1

    so what are the pot trimmers for exactly?

    • @Mick_92
      @Mick_92 Před 3 lety +3

      They trim pots.

  • @stumpy1495
    @stumpy1495 Před 6 lety +2

    I've read that book! The chips are a disguise!! You need to look at the board itself for the fused components within the surface... ;-)

    • @PlaywithJunk
      @PlaywithJunk  Před 6 lety +4

      you mean they used IMD's ? In-board Mounted Devices? Wow...! Men in Black style technology....

    • @mikeoliver3254
      @mikeoliver3254 Před 6 lety +5

      Play with Junk I kind of wonder if half the shit on the board is just a diversion. Cause how much do you really need for a fancy omh meter.

  • @dazuk1969
    @dazuk1969 Před 3 měsíci

    I have to say I expected it to have the very cheapest components inside and look like the inside of a small child's electronic toy. The usefulness of this device is debatable but whoever designed it obviously took it seriously enough to manufacture it to a reasonably high standard. But 5,000 dollars worth ?....no. Very interesting tear-down.

  • @douro20
    @douro20 Před 6 lety +4

    There is a small amount of current across the electrodes when the unit is turned on. It's actually enough to cause a physiological response. It has been part of the specification since the Mark V.
    The galvanometer also has a special undampened movement.

    • @PlaywithJunk
      @PlaywithJunk  Před 6 lety +6

      I suspect there is more chemical reponse between my skin, salt and copper that makes the needle dance. I wonder if stainless steel would be different.

    • @douro20
      @douro20 Před 6 lety +3

      The aim is a little more sinister. They actually set the current at a specific amount at the factory- about 300 microamperes. It is actually enough to be felt by certain people, and it is believed that in some cases it can actually be addicting.

  • @Swampyankeehomestead
    @Swampyankeehomestead Před 4 lety +1

    That's a money machine!

  • @Roboterize
    @Roboterize Před 6 lety +3

    Very cool. Motherboard Germany brought me here. :D

    • @PlaywithJunk
      @PlaywithJunk  Před 6 lety +1

      Thanks for the information. I didn't know that website... looks interesting.

  • @erik61801
    @erik61801 Před 5 lety +9

    hack a defilberator into it and send it back for testing. ;)

    • @PlaywithJunk
      @PlaywithJunk  Před 5 lety +3

      What if I test this thing with a defibrillator attached to the probes... hmmm... I have an old defi here.... ;-)

    • @erik61801
      @erik61801 Před 5 lety

      Play with Junk i didn't even see your reply, thats brilliant!

  • @ShiceIceDice
    @ShiceIceDice Před 4 lety +1

    I have no clue about e-meters, but I wonder waht they teach them how they use it. I feel like you might actually use it to get certain information.
    If you calibrate it to the way someone holds it and so on, you kinda get their baselevel. So if you now start with question you could probably determine for example these 2 things: A firmer grip results in a change, so they could assume someone is tensening up due to a certain question. Also if your hands get sweaty they could see a change that occurs for loger duration, as hands wont suddenly absorb the sweat again.

    • @PlaywithJunk
      @PlaywithJunk  Před 4 lety +2

      Theoretically it works as you write. But in real life the measured results are very unstable... I doubt that you can get useful information. It's like a lie detector.... and those can be cheated too.
      There are handbooks available about the use of e-meters. Google it.

    • @ShiceIceDice
      @ShiceIceDice Před 4 lety +1

      @@PlaywithJunk Ahh nice, thats good to know! To be honest, Im surprised they "work" at all, but no surprise they are almost useless. Thanks for the answer!

    • @IronHorse1854
      @IronHorse1854 Před 9 měsíci

      @@PlaywithJunk Indeed, just like a lie detector, it is more effective as a psychological tool for getting someone to tell the truth than a practical machine for actually determining the truthfulness of a subject. A person who believes they are hooked up to a machine that can tell if they are lying about something may be coerced to be more honest if they truly believe their lies will be detected by the machine. In my country, law enforcement don't use lie detectors at all, but I understand some other countries do, including the US. What I have heard from lie detector operators in the states is that the machine is used in interrogation primarily for its psychological effects on the subject, although they can sometimes also extrapolate "some" scraps of potentially useful data from the measurements (none of it court admissible anyway). The e-meter probably is used in a similar capacity by the church of scientology, it's a very basic bootleg lie detector basically.

  • @vlads98
    @vlads98 Před rokem

    Smooth Zoom

  • @332ARA
    @332ARA Před 5 lety +1

    Will this help me diagnose my car's charging system?

    • @JohnnyV_Val
      @JohnnyV_Val Před 5 lety

      Actually, an oldschool Ocilscope can do the same thing but it's a little more powerful ,than what you need according to Mr. Lafayette Ronald Hubbard

  • @goddessintriptych7046
    @goddessintriptych7046 Před 6 lety +5

    Thank you for posting this. Do you think Wal-Mart sells these things in the personals section near the condoms, tampons, and HIV tests? Only asking because I don't want to be seen purchasing a Thetanometer or whatever the Hell it's called. Cheers

    • @themadlibrarian2933
      @themadlibrarian2933 Před 6 lety

      Try ebay. About a dozen are offered, but the real price appears to be about $90 plus shipping, not the "Buy it Now" price of $249 or more.

  • @fryode
    @fryode Před 6 lety

    NiCd cells? I didn't even know those were still being made.

  • @HappyQuailsLC
    @HappyQuailsLC Před 6 lety

    The teacher's name is the auditor. I'm not a Scientologist, just know about them after having hsd a bad experience with one who was a medical doctor and tried to get me into Scientology.

  • @dhpbear2
    @dhpbear2 Před 6 lety

    1:38 - Who is Mark Super? :)

  • @Thrakus
    @Thrakus Před 6 lety +1

    Its a Polygraph unit works the same way. People would be asked stuff about them as a person then at a later point asked based on what they told them when using the E-Meter. They do not view it as a Polygraph but as a unit that reads a person bad feeling. So the idea is all the bad is taking from you making you a pure happy person.

    • @PlaywithJunk
      @PlaywithJunk  Před 6 lety +4

      I always say, if it helps someone then it's ok. The problem is that others take lots of money for that "help". No matter if it's Bioresonance, Dianetics, Homeopathy.....
      On the other hand, if it costs nothing, it is worth nothing. Maybe the price is half the cure :-)

    • @JohnnyV_Val
      @JohnnyV_Val Před 5 lety +1

      It's only about 1/3 of a lie detector test. It is sort of a galvanize skin response but when it comes to blood pressure and aspirational and Changes in breathing this machine is inaffective

    • @JasperJanssen
      @JasperJanssen Před 10 měsíci

      The point of a polygraph is that it’s *poly* graphs. Many. This thing has only one measurement and it doesn’t even record it to a graph. So it’s a mono-non-graph. Monoagraph?

  • @jonsnow1973
    @jonsnow1973 Před 4 lety +2

    What's the little dial do?

    • @PlaywithJunk
      @PlaywithJunk  Před 4 lety +1

      Not sure. I think it's only a coarse setting and the large dial is fine setting.

    • @ChiDraconis
      @ChiDraconis Před 4 lety

      The smaller dial is a "sensitivity" which - i forget since it is so long since I thought about it - changes a balance /response of a simple Wheatstone Bridge - has to be somewhere in the range of what the practitioner needs to have indicator movements so they can be seen without going off-scale or too small to see: The meter senses or indicates Electrodermal activity (EDA) which is the changing electrical ( edit: resistance ) observed on the surface of the skin ~ at onset of activity person does a few can squeeze and any informed user can set sensitivity within a range close enough to get the session going;

  • @guywithknife
    @guywithknife Před 5 lety

    What are all the blue plastic things on the main PCB?

    • @PlaywithJunk
      @PlaywithJunk  Před 5 lety

      Those are 10-turn trimmer potentiometers. They have a screw head on one side and you can adjust all kind of electric circuits with then very accurately.

    • @guywithknife
      @guywithknife Před 5 lety

      Play with Junk I thought they might be pots, but wasn’t sure. Thanks!

    • @rodsims8471
      @rodsims8471 Před 5 lety

      @@PlaywithJunk very finely adjusted , to be on the edge of stable .. LOL

  • @Thrakus
    @Thrakus Před 6 lety

    Can you try testing it as a Polygraph unit?

    • @JohnnyV_Val
      @JohnnyV_Val Před 5 lety +1

      At best it's a GSR or a galvanized skin response.. 1/3 lie detector. It leaves out A person's pulse/blood pressure, respiration And physiological stimulation to unpleasant questions

  • @StephenMatrese
    @StephenMatrese Před 6 lety +1

    One or more of the ports could be for remote monitoring or recording

    • @AurenGlytterkat
      @AurenGlytterkat Před 4 lety

      Stephen M now there’s a terrifying thought

    • @cebruthius
      @cebruthius Před rokem

      Yeah, there is such a thing as auditor training where that is used if I recall correctly

  • @louistournas120
    @louistournas120 Před 5 lety +4

    Basically, the concept is that you measure the body's resistance and when a guy lies or something, then he sweats and conductivity goes up.
    I have measured my resistance with my multimeter. It hovers around 5 Mohm (not kohm!) (I did not use large cans. I used the thin probes).
    Lafayette Ron Hubbard than imagined stuff about feelings having mass and such
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-meter

    • @PlaywithJunk
      @PlaywithJunk  Před 5 lety +10

      5 megohm? You are a truly bad conductor ... ;-)

    • @JasperJanssen
      @JasperJanssen Před 10 měsíci +2

      Yeah, very dry skin. Time to moisturize dude!

  • @rchaffer
    @rchaffer Před 3 měsíci

    That zoom was painful

  • @l3p3
    @l3p3 Před 6 lety +1

    I know at least 3 channels on CZcams that could review that. BC, DJ and TM.

    • @PlaywithJunk
      @PlaywithJunk  Před 6 lety +4

      how avout AvE?

    • @simontay4851
      @simontay4851 Před 6 lety +1

      No, he unnecessarily swears too much just for the sake of it and would probably damage this device.

    • @markg735
      @markg735 Před 5 lety

      Drunk AvE would be best for this device.

  • @azadazady8360
    @azadazady8360 Před 4 lety

    Thanks. Very good info.

  • @arthurdonovan1014
    @arthurdonovan1014 Před 5 lety +3

    The e-meter registers a 10 on my bs-meter

    • @PlaywithJunk
      @PlaywithJunk  Před 5 lety +3

      If the bs-meter is made by Marshall, it goes to 11 :-)

  • @Peter_S_
    @Peter_S_ Před 5 lety +3

    The red dot on the PIC shows it was likely programmed by a vendor which I find disturbing because it shows they were geared up for turnkey production.

  • @outofthebox7
    @outofthebox7 Před rokem

    So what was your conclusion when it comes to its use??

    • @PlaywithJunk
      @PlaywithJunk  Před rokem +2

      My conlusion is that you actually just measures the resistance of a test person. That depends on skin humidity and how firm he holds the probes.
      The rest is psychological mambojambo...
      Ah yes, and you can loose some weight. At least the wallet gets lighter.

    • @outofthebox7
      @outofthebox7 Před rokem

      @@PlaywithJunk OK, thanks. But if it's "more sensitive" maybe it has some other use that you are not aware of, maybe the people using it know something you don't. Is that a possibility? Just saying.

    • @Lobonova
      @Lobonova Před 4 měsíci

      ​@@outofthebox7Flunk you failed. Try again. But try to make sense.

  • @DaveDablave
    @DaveDablave Před 4 lety

    Where do you put your feet?

    • @PlaywithJunk
      @PlaywithJunk  Před 4 lety

      that does not matter. It measures resistance between your hands.

  • @thatguyStrike
    @thatguyStrike Před 5 lety

    Gruess us de Schwiiz, well done :D

  • @Mulletsrokkify
    @Mulletsrokkify Před 6 lety +1

    Wow, that's a highly polished turd you have there! :-)

  • @hubzcaps
    @hubzcaps Před 6 lety +13

    wtf............over glorified continuity tester??????

    • @getxyzzy
      @getxyzzy Před 5 lety

      it's an "e-meter", otherwise known as a very basic lie detector, but of course the settings are fucked up, the components are on backwards and it's usefulness is nil, except to a certain cult that like to bilk money by applying basic brainwashing techniques.

  • @cipmars
    @cipmars Před 6 lety +1

    That yellow resistor box has got some big issues in its past, it needs some serious counseling. It's hiding something. Some resistors, perhaps.

  • @TheFrostEngel
    @TheFrostEngel Před 6 lety

    can you please scan and upload the manual?

    • @PlaywithJunk
      @PlaywithJunk  Před 6 lety +4

      Not necessary, you will find it here: stss.nl/stss-materials/English/Books/EN_BO_Understanding_the_E_Meter_Monitor.pdf

    • @smeezekitty
      @smeezekitty Před 6 lety

      Heilige Scheiße. Das ist unheimlich

  • @wasatchm
    @wasatchm Před 3 lety

    can one use an e-meter to help clear out negative blocks on your own (without an auditor)? I have bought dianetics, handbook to preclears, and self analysis and am doing all the excercises in the 2 latter books. thought adding an e-meter to my therapy would expedite the healing process. but would still like to continue the healing process on my own.

    • @PlaywithJunk
      @PlaywithJunk  Před 3 lety +1

      May I ask how much you paid for those books? I know what the e-meter costs, but have no idea about the books.

    • @wasatchm
      @wasatchm Před 3 lety

      about $20 for those 3 books off ebay. I have seen e meters for sale on ebay but I am not sure how to use one when doing self therapy alone.

    • @rkvktmen
      @rkvktmen Před 3 lety +1

      I don't think it's a useful activity, but yes you can. Most upper levels of in Scientology are "solo audited", meaning you then pay tens of thousands of dollars for something you do to yourself. The cans clip together in a plastic holder that you then hold in one hand.

    • @cebruthius
      @cebruthius Před rokem

      @@rkvktmen Solo auditing solves the blackmail problem 😉

  • @ericlathan6178
    @ericlathan6178 Před měsícem

    that realtime clock is L337 as hell

  • @kevykev9957
    @kevykev9957 Před 3 lety

    Set to any walue. Love it