sweetI just made a faraday cage out of a paint can. Lined it with cardboard similiar to the trash can video. Tested it out with the radio and it works! Pretty amazing.
sweetI just made a faraday cage out of a paint can. Lined it with cardboard similiar to the trash can video. Tested it out with the radio and it works! Pretty amazing.
Guys i hope this link can give you all more detailed info on emp. Its a really useful page with so much stuff! It also gave me ideas on designing a big faraday's cage cheers!
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i havent read all of it..but it sure enough backs up what i been thinking about emp's.mainly when it comes to the 1859 solar flare.
Guys your car is also a faraday cage it's built from factory to Handel lightning strikes and its grounded with the rubber tires so for those who can't build them just use your car. Watch this video
Ok here is the first "how to" I found using a metal cabinet. I like this one due to its size.
I was just looking at this video from MIT, should give ya guys some info on how a faraday cage works!
It wouldn't.. A gun safe would probably have a very small attenuation.. not nearly enough to protect something electronic..Im wondering how a gun safe would work as a faraday cage. They're made out of metal usually with some sort of interior padding so I think they must be somewhat effective. And speaking of EMPs, that's a good reason to prefer gun safes with purely mechanical locks as opposed to electrical ones.
Not sure about your shipping container, but mine has a wood floor that would make the entire thing transparent to an E1 pulse.The charge is only on the exterior surface of the metal. Consider a shipping container. Buried it is already grounded well. I also think if your cage is tight enough, place it under water. The water would rapidly dispell any charges to ground long before damaging your articles. But if it ain't sealed up , the emp would have been nicer
That part is understood; I just used cell phone as an example. I'm thinking more like handhelds like CB, Ham and other two-way communication devices. If they are in a box or a can, they're really not that portable on a day-to-day basis. However, if they are in an insulator, then wrapped in foil, then in a waterproof sleeve to protect the foil from damage, they could easily be kept in an EDC pack.
yeah, there was some guy on the news back along when they had a power cut in the south east, asked about it by some reporter he said " its like living in the middle ages", the power had only been off for about 24 hours!!! makes you wonder how they will cope when its off for good? not well probably.Well bigpaul.you should of seen and heard some of my neighbors.when we were without electric for 3 days.lol.
Storing our sensitive items in an old microwave to stop them getting fried might be a good idea-
Guys your car is also a faraday cage it's built from factory to Handel lightning strikes and its grounded with the rubber tires so for those who can't build them just use your car. Watch this video
But would not the windows allow EMP waves into the car?
That's the reason I don't think my home is a faraday cage -- windows. The entire rest of the home is surrounded by metal backing on the 2" foam panels AND by metal mesh on the entire home to hold the stucco in place. If it wasn't for the windows, I would think my home, too, would be an excellent faraday cage. Am I wrong on that?
But would not the windows allow EMP waves into the car?
That's the reason I don't think my home is a faraday cage -- windows. The entire rest of the home is surrounded by metal backing on the 2" foam panels AND by metal mesh on the entire home to hold the stucco in place. If it wasn't for the windows, I would think my home, too, would be an excellent faraday cage. Am I wrong on that?
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