Comment on Scientologists Tell Feds They Don't Want Randos Repairing Their E-Meters
PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world 1 year agoIt’s measuring resistance, just like a multimeter can. Basically, it’s measuring how “difficult” it is for electricity to reach from A to B. High quality wire will have low resistance, while something like rubber has a very high resistance. This is basically just measuring resistance and moving a needle back and forth on a meter. It’s an Electrical Engineering 101 class project.
cheese_greater@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Isn’t there a name for bullshit devices that produce some ouput that has no bearing on what is being tested? Like that device Dee and Charlie use when they are in the superberry MLM on Sunny in Philadelphia. Like, its snake oil but I thought there was a word for that kind of thing.
jscummy@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
What do you mean? That machine measured stress very accurately and displayed it in standard stress units
cheese_greater@lemmy.world 1 year ago
My biggest issue was the lack of clarity over where one should place their feet. Kinda important
OneCardboardBox@lemmy.sdf.org 1 year ago
I don’t know about one word, but generally I’ve heard “quack medical device” used to describe such things.
cheese_greater@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Like a polygraph I guess but slightly seedier