You are so incredibly enthusiastic, it's contagious !

@Anti-proton

7 жыл бұрын

First video in a month. I glad to be walking again (sprained my knee).

"Kaolin is a white clay (found primarily in Georgia and Alabama) that contains elevated levels of the uranium and thorium decay series. This clay is believed to be derived from the weathering of granites which are know to contain elevated levels of these radionuclides." from the ORAU page on it.

This is my first video after a month from hell... family issues, sprained knee, and so much more... Follow me on Twitter to learn more. My Twitter feed folks voted and chose the toilet as my next video :) More coming now that I am healing lol

@garethdean6382

7 жыл бұрын

So life's been pretty crap for you lately huh?

@oldgoodrandomroutine

7 жыл бұрын

sick pun

This is definitely the first and likely the last time I will see someone on the floor, in front of a toilet, where vomit is not involved.

The Hot Seat was 20.50 CPM(4.5 CPM higher than background), on the GMC-320 Plus(no alpha). Glad you're getting better, Tom!

I went to Home Depot and measured all their toilets with my Inspector. All were radioactive. Typical CPM a little over 100. Found one brand with 80 CPM.

never thought I could love such minimalist editing this much

With a Ludlum 44-9 pancake probe, a high voltage of 900v, and a threshold of 55mv, 1 minute background counts were from 16-40. The toilet tank cover gave 1 minute counts of 100-130.

Hey Tom, used a Ludlum model 2 ratemeter with and Eberline 330 pancake probe. The “hot seat” measured about 120cpm. About the same as my granite countertop!

The random flushing part kills me lol

@Anti-proton

7 жыл бұрын

Has to be done...

Have you tried using Thorium for cal'ing your setup with the 2614 peek to help balance the upper end. I use Cs137, Co60 and monizite ore to give me points across the spectrum. One could also use 2% thoriated tungsten wire, as it is specifically exempted from the source material rule. Just a thought.

The King of Nerds has spoken! Man, you make me laugh so much! Thanks for another lap full of coffee. :)

Mine went out to 0.5. About double background give or take. Sadly it does not show counts per minuet. Only in Rads which after almost 50 years is probably out of cal.

I miss this stuff

@Jesus_paid_it_all

3 жыл бұрын

I know... What happened to him. He hearted your comment from three weeks ago, on the last video he made. Hes still alive, but he just does not upload, or reply. He just hearts. Its weird.

I just ran some measurement with a GMC-320 Plus with stock GM tube (beta and gamma only). The measurements were timed counts made for 100 minutes each. I ran multiple measurements to avoid statistical differences. Background radiation (measured with counter laying flat on a wood talbe) was : 25.74CPM, 25.44CPM and 26.99CPM (this one was made a different week) Toilet seat was : 28.97CPM and 29.36CPM So I definitely get around 3 more Counts Per Minutes against the toilet seat than on a wood table. Wow, now I will be able to look cool during parties by saying that toilets are radioactive. Well... I guess I'll look more nerdy than cool, but whatever.

Thanks Tom.

HA! i asked myself since 2 years if others also discovered elevated cmp´s in their toilets and bathrooms...my floor tiles have elevated cpm: 110 ..thanks for this video !

Hello Tom where did you buy the lead donut ? Thank you in advace. I'vd tested mine with de Ranger Exp 140cpm. Very good video yours.

Is there not software that analyzes the peaks and tells you what is without guessing?

Your toilet sounds like aliens are trying to make contact through it.

@Anti-proton

7 жыл бұрын

Yep. They try to speak through it often lol

Hy, nice and interesting Video! Do you know the MAZUR PRM-9000 counter? I ask you, because you probably know it and can tel me, if this is a good counter and what kind of experience you probably have with it? Thank you for your reply.

very good Video like always Tom! love your work

@PhoenixPLPhoenix

7 жыл бұрын

And By the way... my toilet does About 38-48 cpm on my Gamma Scout Rechargable in Alpha Mode, with an LND712

@Anti-proton

7 жыл бұрын

Guessing that's about 2x background? 712 should be getting ~15-30 CPM in most places.

@PhoenixPLPhoenix

7 жыл бұрын

Yes, right About twice the Background. Even if its harder to find "Hot" Material in Germany nowadays, this throne is a Bit shiny :)

It's not everyday I learn information like this lmfao

Sounds like a happy toilet.

@Anti-proton

7 жыл бұрын

I feed it regularly...

@FishKungfu

7 жыл бұрын

Hahaha! ba-dum-tsss!

Hi Tom, I recently have been put on a prescription of Potassium Citrate, and since hearing on your channel that Potassium is slightly radioactive I decided to check my prescription with my Inspector detector and I'm getting a count constantly above 150 CPM. Do you think this is safe for me to consume or is there something wrong with my prescription ?

@Anti-proton

7 жыл бұрын

I'm not a doc or licensed med person, so I cannot say what is "safe"... But my potassium "lite" salt reads 500CPM on my Inspector and I eat it every day :) If it were me, I would have zero worry. Your body had around 4kBq of K40 (potassium) in your body at all times and eating more does little to alter this.

great video

Real quick test with my SE Monitor 4EC, 28 cpm. About 10 cpm higher than background. Who would have guessed the toilet is hotter than the little uranium glass cup I picked up last year at an antique store.

@23dunmc

11 ай бұрын

That is not uranium glass then 😢

Just tested my toilet with my DP-66, it was subtle, but it was there.

@DagazGriff

7 жыл бұрын

I was curious too. tested my toilet with a DP-66M with the beta 'shield' opened. To be honest, it was really small, something about 0,05 mR/h, but not only on the toilet but on the floor and walls too (tiles). Yet, it was there.

Interesting. I tested my toilette and normal background here is ~.12 μSv/hr and the toilette was .23 μSv/hr. I don't think my geiger is very sensitive tho.

That’s pretty rad ;)

Hi! What software turns radiation into music?

Holy shit! no pun intended, mine is 98 cpm as compared to 40 cpm background prm9000

Here are my results using three types of detectors NaI(TI) gamma scintillator (Ludlum 2221 / Scionix 1.5"x 2.25 crystal) Background avg: 3444 CPM Toilet avg: 6745 CPM Canberra MCB2 Pancake Probe Background avg: 48 CPM Toilet avg: 156 CPM QSafe QSF104 / CsI(TI) gamma scintillator Background avg: 150 CPM Toilet avg: 310 CPM

Feels bad Sitting on a toilet

@Anti-proton

7 жыл бұрын

Shouldn't. It's not very radioactive.

Everyone has a crappy month now and again.LOL.

@Anti-proton

7 жыл бұрын

Yep... That hardly covers how bad its been lol

Tom your house needs a woman's touch. Love your videos by the way.

@Anti-proton

7 жыл бұрын

It has one... which is where 1/2 the messes come from. lol

Can humans sense radiation ??? What kind

I can make toilet sounds for far cheaper than all of this equipment..

Oh dude, no need to turn a short topic into a long drawn out epic. Short and sweet to get my attention. Not an epic monologue. Just saying !