EMP proof car

[mx'r]

I think an EMP already hit Colorado, but it only affected the Turn Signal board in people's cars.

No Shit.

[theskalickys]

yeah, I've never seen so many people not use their blinkers in my life! I've heard a lot of EMP talk and I don't know if thick metal would really do the trick.Your best bet would probably be to have a second car that doesn't have much for electronics. Make sure it's a manual so you can push start it.

[ChunkyMonkey]

As i posted on a vintage car thread on the GD...



In case my 2005 one goes down in EMP attack, I'll be riding in the original S class.

[theskalickys]

That would be definitely one of the classier cars you would see on the road.

[Byte Stryke]

"EMP Proof" Car

[SA Friday]

You have to understand just boxing computers and other microchip boards in a vehicle won't really work. The farady cage is going to stop the impulse from directly impacting the microchips, but any wiring into the board is going to act like an antenna and channel the emp from outside the cage to the board and fry stuff. Essentially, unless all wires entering and exiting a cage are set up to stop the influx of energy, the cage is putting a bandaid on a sucking chest wound.

If you garage your vehicle, the best thing to do is turn the garage into your controlling system. Cage the garage. Only problem with this is figuring out how to ground the cage. The ground has to be corrctly done or it will fail. Some of the tests on this concept that I've read point some amount of protection even if done without grounding.

[SA Friday]

BTW, this event can and has happened naturally. Solar storms with enough intensity can cause the same effect. Radioactivity drives electrons off of oxygen and nitrogen atoms in the atmosphere and accelerate them towards the planet. This causes a focused microwave burst, EMP. The solar storm just has to be big enough to overcome the magnetic forces exerted from the earth to cause this or we just see aurora borialis (sp).

[TFOGGER]

EMPs damage most electronics through induced currents, which are created by a change in magnetic flux affecting wiring (much like the coils in a generator passing through magnetic fields). The more wire you have, the greater potential current you generate. A Faraday Cage would reduce or prevent damage to electronics by disrupting or redirecting the lines of magnetic flux. Most military hardware that is "hardened" uses some sort of metal braided covering (grounded) over the wiring to simulate the effects of a Faraday cage, plus surge suppressors and encapsulated electronics to reduce the potential for damaging current/voltages.

Pretty sure my 70 Powerwagon will still run, as it's on points, carbed, and I have spares for everything. The only issue would be the 60 gallons of fuel necessary to go 150 miles....

[Rust_shackleford]

Got my 72 Chey camper with a 402 EMP proof ready to bail out.

[divideman]

Check out Rushauto.com for back up starter and ignition control module. Good luck prepping!