EMP Proofing HMMWV

[Hummerhmm]

I have an 1165 A1 With lots of electronics that do not appear to be EMP proofed. Please put on your tinfoil hats and join me as I begin my deep dive into this.

Here is what I have come up with so far.

This is a unit that attaches across battery terminals (not sure it will work with 24 volts)

T.R.A.P

They have other options on the site as well.

 

[simp5782]

I have an 1165 A1 With lots of electronics that do not appear to be EMP proofed. Please put on your tinfoil hats and join me as I begin my deep dive into this.

Here is what I have come up with so far.

This is a unit that attaches across battery terminals (not sure it will work with 24 volts)

T.R.A.P

They have other options on the site as well.

Let us know how you are going to test your purchase to ensure it works

 

[NDT]

Hmmwv has the world’s most delicate electrical system, merely slaving one off is likely to smoke the alternator start box and trans controller.

 

[Milcommoguy]

Truly EMP proofed ?? This Covid is showing its side effects. Really... you'll have much BIGGER problems than just a HumV.

Does it work for a meteorite strike too?

Looking for the keys to my spaceship CAMO


Look up T R A P... then C R A P.

 

[Action]

Just make a portable metal cage that you can set up around the humvee while you are at the mall or where ever.

 

[TOBASH]

Just store the HMMWV underground in your fallout shelter. Make sure to incorporate a Faraday Cage in your shelter design. Don’t forget food, potable water, and air filtration system that will filter out the radioactive ashes of your neighbors and friends.

 

[frank8003]

Deuce does not have that problem

 

[Hummerhmm]

Let us know how you are going to test your purchase to ensure it works

lol. Cant test it. And agreed about potentially frying the smart box. Also if shtf or whatever you would probably be a lot better off in a lower profile vehicle. EMP attacks would be much less effective and more logistically difficult than biological warfare on a civilian population IMO as demonstrated by covid. Imagine something with higher mortality that spreads as easily. Not too far fetched given what we have seen so far about gain of function research funded by our government.

The EMP stuff is more of a fun thought experiment for me. If it isnt harmful to the vehicle why not? I am suprised that the military hasn’t effectively adressed it for conventional warfare with near peers. As you advance upon the enemy with ground forces an EMP would be logistically devastating.

 

[TOBASH]

We HMMWV owners have electric alternators that are unshielded and electric fuel pumps that are essentially unshielded so even though these are diesel engines with mechanical pumps, there are electronics that would be destroyed. Furthermore, if you were in the way of EMP, that would mean that you were also in the way of gamma radiation and you would have at most four days to live.

Only a tank or some other such sort vehicle would be able to create a faraday cage strong enough to resist that type of radiation, but humans would still be fried inside like they were in a microwave, but electronics should probably function and be protected by the thick metal skin.

 

[18operator]

If you have a metal building to store it in, it'll offer more protection than being outside.

 

[18operator]

I resided my barn with steel siding and have a metal roof on it, after that, I couldn't tune in my AM/FM radio until I ran an external antenna.

 

[Hummerhmm]

Another thing I thought about is the aluminum (poor conductor) would be advantageous overall because anything mounted to that would only be affected through the ground. Easier to isolate.

 

[Action]

We HMMWV owners have electric alternators that are unshielded and electric fuel pumps that are essentially unshielded so even though these are diesel engines with mechanical pumps, there are electronics that would be destroyed. Furthermore, if you were in the way of EMP, that would mean that you were also in the way of gamma radiation and you would have at most four days to live.

Only a tank or some other such sort vehicle would be able to create a faraday cage strong enough to resist that type of radiation, but humans would still be fried inside like they were in a microwave, but electronics should probably function and be protected by the thick metal skin.

 

[Hummerhmm]

Also here is a link to the Dr. Shilling stuff on his prepper website I lnked in the original post. He is legit. Electrical engineering from Auburn, currently a department head at NASA. For those of you enlisted types who dont think education is a measure of intelligence (I am definitely in that camp despite holding a doctoral degree myself) he joined the army right out of high school and was a paratrooper. So all of you legs out there should think twice before you start talking smack about his qualifications. If you don’t know what a leg is you are one.

Arthur Bradley

 

[98G]

Another thing I thought about is the aluminum (poor conductor) would be advantageous overall because anything mounted to that would only be affected through the ground. Easier to isolate.

While aluminum is vastly inferior to copper, it is not generally a poor conductor.

61% the ampacity of copper.

 

[Hummerhmm]

While aluminum is vastly inferior to copper, it is not generally a poor conductor.

61% the ampacity of copper.

Good to know. I assumed way worse. Some smart hmmwv owners on here.

 

[frank8003]

While aluminum is vastly inferior to copper, it is not generally a poor conductor.

61% the ampacity of copper.

Most of the wiring in a Deuce is aluminum?

 

[98G]

Most of the wiring in a Deuce is aluminum?

Presumably all copper wiring in deuces.

Aluminum is used in high tension power lines, and other applications not subjected to flexion or where weight is paramount. And also in inferior quality electrical items such as chinese jumper cables and welders.

 

[JetbikeAnt]

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I did some house clearing in that type of Mask a few weeks back. It really sucked!

 

[Mogman]

We HMMWV owners have electric alternators that are unshielded and electric fuel pumps that are essentially unshielded so even though these are diesel engines with mechanical pumps, there are electronics that would be destroyed. Furthermore, if you were in the way of EMP, that would mean that you were also in the way of gamma radiation and you would have at most four days to live.

Only a tank or some other such sort vehicle would be able to create a faraday cage strong enough to resist that type of radiation, but humans would still be fried inside like they were in a microwave, but electronics should probably function and be protected by the thick metal skin.

An EMP event in itself would not be harmful to humans, it could be done in the atmosphere, EMP stands for electromagnetic pulse, it is only harmful to the microscopic connections inside semiconductor devices, well I guess it could blow out someones pacemaker or knock out medical devices which are keeping someone alive but not directly harmful.