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Re: Custom sensor current drain - use two sensor ports?
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Date: 
Thu, 30 Jun 2005 17:19:04 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics.rcx, Philippe Hurbain wrote:

Uranium or thorium ores are easily found in mineralogic
collections... very nice radio-sources

   Much easier than that - run down to the local camping store and buy some gas
lantern mantles. Unless they've changed something in the last five years or so,
they incorperate a reasonable amount of Th-232 which makes geiger counters click
happily away. No need to even take them out of the plastic packaging (in fact,
probably safer if you don't - there's a reason you're supossed to be careful and
wash after changing the mantle in a lantern).

--
Brian Davis



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  Re: Custom sensor current drain - use two sensor ports?
 
(...) Also you are likely to get a reasonable reading from Smoke detectors - though please dont dismantle the one that could save your neck! Danny (19 years ago, 30-Jun-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)

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  Re: Custom sensor current drain - use two sensor ports?
 
(...) Uranium or thorium ores are easily found in mineralogic collections... very nice radio-sources ;o) Of course precise calibration is another story! See for example (URL) (19 years ago, 30-Jun-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)

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