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Investigation Equipment

The equipment used by PSI on investigations will be familiar to most investigation groups. To find out more about how the equipment is used please consult the methodology section of this website, or for a more full discussion download a sample full paranormal investigation report.

Equipment falls roughly into four categories:

■ Basics: Health, safety and recording equipment needed for the smooth-running of investigations.

■ Environmental monitoring equipment: Used to monitor environmental fluctuations from the baseline.

■ Recording equipment: Used to attempt to record any evidence of phenomena.

■ Monitoring and measuring equipment: Used to attempt to record any evidence of phenomena.

PSI tends to hold duplicate copies of most equipment, so all groups can be fully equipped.

The basics:

Including:

■ Torches

■ First aid kits

■ Legal and insurance documentation

■ Voice-activated digital note-takers

■ Multiple channel two-way radios

■ Trigger objects

■ Anti-static wrist bands

■ Power backups for all equipment

Environmental monitoring equipment:

Including:

■ Stationary thermometers

■ Mobile thermometers

■ Spot-temperature thermo-guns

■ Humidity detectors

■ Air pressure detectors

■ Electromagnetic field meters

■ Negative ion detectors

■ Data loggers

Recording equipment:

Including:

■ Camcorders with night vision functionality

■ Infra-red boosters

■ Digital cameras

■ 35mm cameras: SLR (single lens reflex)

■ 35mm cameras: compact

■ 35mm cameras: Polaroid

■ External flash units

■ Sound recording machines

Monitoring and measuring equipment:

Including:

■ Ultrasonic sound detectors

■ Medium-range ultrasonic distance meters

■ Short range digital distance meters

■ Sound equipment to produce white noise

■ Motion detectors

■ Anemometers