From: showen@applelink.Apple.com (Don Showen)
Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology
Subject: Re: Independant's E-Meters
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Date: 31 Jul 91 18:49:26 GMT
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Donald Lindsay asks in response to my statement 
>>There are large
>>numbers of us who have left
 >>the church and have retained and
>>expanded on the technology.

>I assume you don't use a Church-made e-meter?  Could you tell us what
>do you use, and why?

Well a number of us independents use the same meter they had when they
left the church.  After all after paying so much for $150. worth of
parts why through it away. I use one made by a individual who
redesigned the churches basic meter.  It uses op amps instead.
My meter was stolen by Scientology  along with mailing list in 
LA in 1978.  So I got another one. 
They are basically nothing but a whetstone bridge with a
highly sensitive meter movement. I am still in touch with the
designer, he also designed one with an automatic tone arm which I
haven't used yet but have heard good reports on.  The basic use is to
keep the meter in a readable state so the needle activity can be
easily observed, constantly making this adjustment is sometimes a
pain.  If there is enough interest I will check into either selling
the schematic or actually building some meters and selling them for
around $400. I personally only use the meter to assist others to
recall their other lifetimes. I have been doing it for the last 20
years. I have done well over 500 people with 90% results.  Although I
don't always use the meter the technique works almost equally well
without the meter. But the meter does help with, how should I say it,
difficult cases, those who do not trust their mind.

Don Showen