i used to work long hours in a lab full of geiger counters all making various different pitch and tone beeps and chirps at various intervals. didn’t love it, but it was fine
but if there is ONE screaming/crying baby/child near me, that’s it, I’m donezo, fetal position time, i have no say in the matter :[
Depends how they’re designed. Some only sound an audible alert once a set exposure rate or total exposure is reached (this is how the clicking in Fallout works IIRC)
The ones we worked with were set to make a chirp for every nuclear decay they detected, as audible feedback that they were powered on and functioning.
(Cosmic background radiation produces a few chirps a minute even with no radioactive material present).
i used to work long hours in a lab full of geiger counters all making various different pitch and tone beeps and chirps at various intervals. didn’t love it, but it was fine
but if there is ONE screaming/crying baby/child near me, that’s it, I’m donezo, fetal position time, i have no say in the matter :[
I believe, Geiger counters are not supposed to make regular noises…?
Depends how they’re designed. Some only sound an audible alert once a set exposure rate or total exposure is reached (this is how the clicking in Fallout works IIRC)
The ones we worked with were set to make a chirp for every nuclear decay they detected, as audible feedback that they were powered on and functioning. (Cosmic background radiation produces a few chirps a minute even with no radioactive material present).
Ah, that makes sense. Thanks! 🙂