Let's talk EMP

[clay_fv]

If we go to WWIII, I believe we stand a really good chance of seeing EMP attacks. My question isn't about the likelihood or what will happen, it's what will happen to everything I own and use.

As I understand it, if it has a battery in it, or is plugged in, it's dead. Not just a reboot needed, it's dead. But what about an electronic that doesn't have a battery in it? Dead too? What about my gas generator? No electronics, but would it still be incapable of producing electricity?

I'd just like to think all this out with my preps.

 

[Flashpoint]

The prevailing theory I believe is that if it contains integrated circuits it is toast. Ironically, your toaster should still work.

 

[AirForce85]

12 Things That Will Survive an EMP and 11 Things that Won't - Survival Sullivan

When an EMP strikes, many if not most electronics will cease to function. We tell you exactly what will and won't work after an EMP pulse.

www.survivalsullivan.com

 

[HawgBonz]

This vid was interesting.

 

[Flashpoint]

Not sure where they were going with this. Most electric heaters (at least portable ones) have mechanical switches, not delicate ICs to switch them on and off. Of course it won't matter when the grid is down. You likely won't be able to generate enough power with solar panels to run one.

 

[noway2]

Ok. Career electrical engineer here, but not an expert by any means.

an EMP pulse will generate an electromagnetic wave. Such a wave will nduce current in any wire (inductance) it encounters. Long wires like transmission lines are long conductores and May generate high voltages, thereby breaking down the insulation in and shorting out transformers. That all being said, electronics today are such high speed, meaning high switching frequency, not clock speed as to require designing at an entirely diffferent level (ground planes, controlled impedance, etc) such thst it may be a non issue.

The last product I designed, used two computers to talk back and forth.we used a Fletchers checksum (google itj to detect errors snd set two relays at 120vac to doorbell each other. The nearby pc went nurs and required a power down. Out of 13,000 communication packets a few corrupted ones were identified in our product, but it kept on chugging,

one can design for an emp,or noise environment, but its not cheap.

 

[MacEntyre]

Tests have demonstrated that cell phones not connected to a charger are immune, being significantly smaller than the wavelength of the damaging pulse. Of course, they won't be of much use after an EMP...

 

[Darkhorse]

I am personally more worried about a CMI event then an EMP.