Any way to EMP proof a vehicle?

[dantheman]

Gov't buildings (pods) are protected from EMPs with sheets of copper

GOOGLE Faraday cage .

 

[themcfarland]

lights out has been pulled due to movie deal..

 

[CloudStrife]

I have Lights Out in a pdf. Never read it though. Maybe I should.

 

[Silent Thud]

Isn't an EMP created from a nuclear explosion that is detonated at high altitude? Just wondering. Will there be an impending "nuclear fallout" afterwards? Anyone care to help me ease my troubled mind? LOL.

 

[oleheat]

They were a pretty good band back in the day......

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Wait, ****....That was ELP....

 

[Ragin Cajun]

lights out has been pulled due to movie deal..

Damn glad i saved it when I did then

 

[blackened1313]

What about a metal shipping container for a garage

 

[biggie1447]

how about instead of emp proofing the vehicle you emp proof its garage. it seems like it would be easier to build a faraday cage in the building you park the car in....

 

[nola_]

Disassemble it.

 

[JadeRaven]

You have to steal the tiger helicopter off of the destroyer, but first you have to squeeze the captain to death with your thighs and then shoot the pilots.

Suriously tho, I think one of those old toyota pickups would survive is you had it shut off during the pulse.

 

[nolaOE800]

??????????

just keep extra spark plugs, and plug wires on hand?!? (can't be fuel-injected, if it's computer-controlled then it's fu*%'ed)

everything else is supplementary.

I'm not a mechanic, but I AM an electrician, and there's no way any kind of EMP or anything like it could physically damage circuitry if there's no juice flowing through it. it's all just bits and pieces of metal and plastic until a voltage is applied.

like I said, I'm no expert, but I would think that just keeping extra plugs and plug wires would do the trick for a carburetor motor.

 

[dockbox]

Jeep CJ7 enough said.

 

[yamatitan]

??????????

just keep extra spark plugs, and plug wires on hand?!? (can't be fuel-injected, if it's computer-controlled then it's fu*%'ed)

everything else is supplementary.

I'm not a mechanic, but I AM an electrician, and there's no way any kind of EMP or anything like it could physically damage circuitry if there's no juice flowing through it. it's all just bits and pieces of metal and plastic until a voltage is applied.

like I said, I'm no expert, but I would think that just keeping extra plugs and plug wires would do the trick for a carburetor motor.

I know very little about emp but isnt that how it works by sending juice through anything that is a conductor.

 

[jimdana1942]

I heard that a Nuke exploded "x" number of miles above an area induces about 3000 volts of electrical energy per cubic meter.

 

[MALIBU12]

Something Non computer controlled and Diesel .

 

[oleheat]

Just as is the case with GLOCK- when you want something that works, look no further than those clever Austrian craftsmen!

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[dantheman]

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I'm not a mechanic, but I AM an electrician, and there's no way any kind of EMP or anything like it could physically damage circuitry if there's no juice flowing through it. it's all just bits and pieces of metal and plastic until a voltage is applied.

[/QUOTE]

Google search " Electrostatic Discharge " , and " breakdown voltage " .
Have you ever worn an ESD bracelet when working ?

 

[jimdana1942]

[QUOTE



I'm not a mechanic, but I AM an electrician, and there's no way any kind of EMP or anything like it could physically damage circuitry if there's no juice flowing through it. it's all just bits and pieces of metal and plastic until a voltage is applied.

Google search " Electrostatic Discharge " , and " breakdown voltage " .
Have you ever worn an ESD bracelet when working ?[/QUOTE]

What about that movie "War of the Worlds" with Tom Cruse. Everything quit working. If it was in the movies it must be true.

I think it can do damage to logic circuits maybe but I ain't no xpert.

 

[oleheat]

Google search " Electrostatic Discharge " , and " breakdown voltage " .
Have you ever worn an ESD bracelet when working ?

What about that movie "War of the Worlds" with Tom Cruse. Everything quit working. If it was in the movies it must be true.

I think it can do damage to logic circuits maybe but I ain't no xpert.[/QUOTE]


If we actually had been invaded by Martians, Tom Cruise (the scientologist) would have probably run up to them and formed a group hug, anyway...

 

[dantheman]

About 20 years ago I went to the high voltage laboratory at Mississippi State University . They do a lot of testing and research using extremely high voltages . The control room had a desktop computer that was protected by a Faraday cage . It was literally covered by a cage made of copper mesh .

I have also seen an equipment room in a high voltage switchyard that was enclosed by 4 x 8 sheets of copper to protect electronics from static voltages .

My point ? Yes , I have one . A piece of equipment does not have to be energized and a vehicle does not need to be running to get put out of action . You might get by with something old and analog , but anything electronic is probably screwed .