Even though nobody cares, I’ll give my 2 cents...
Btw, I’ve been involved in nuclear “activities” and work inside and around shielded equipment and assets daily... that’s all I’m saying.
A high altitude EMP is likely to cause +50kV within the local region below the burst, dropping voltage the further out you go. Sure, a bomb going off closer to the surface may produce a stronger EMP, but it would have a smaller radius and therefore you will be dead from the actual bomb or other affects.
As far as the generator and shielding goes, although a complete faraday cage is the best way to protect electronics, it is impractical and unnecessary for most devices. What actually determines wether something will be destroyed is the devices sensitivity to errant voltage (the actual ICs inside a device), and the devices size and ability to pick up enough voltage out of the air to exceed the safe voltage levels of the device.
Take the congressional report from the early 2000s that studied the effects of an EMP on modern vehicles. They tested dozens of modern electronically controlled vehicles by subjecting them to high voltage under the same devices the military uses to test its equipment. Every single vehicle tested survived the EMP just fine when they were turned off and just a few vehicles suffered any malfunctions when hit while running. Only one vehicle actually suffered permanent damage. What the report concluded was that the shielding already incorporated on the computers inside modern vehicle, put there to avoid interference, was sufficient to protect from high voltage radio waves. Additionally, a vehicle does not posses enough surface area to achieve high enough voltages to overcome the shielding. However, the same report pointed to the dangers of the modern electric utility grid and the millions of miles of power lines that would conduct and carry the high voltage well beyond the bombs initial target area.
So taking all this back around to your mep generator. In my opinion only, based on my knowledge of these reports and working with actual protected equipment, I don’t believe you should worry about shielding your generator any more than leaving it in your metal barn with the wires disconnected. I have an mep-802 and that’s what I do, and mines just under a lean-two.
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Btw, I’ve been involved in nuclear “activities” and work inside and around shielded equipment and assets daily... that’s all I’m saying.
A high altitude EMP is likely to cause +50kV within the local region below the burst, dropping voltage the further out you go. Sure, a bomb going off closer to the surface may produce a stronger EMP, but it would have a smaller radius and therefore you will be dead from the actual bomb or other affects.
As far as the generator and shielding goes, although a complete faraday cage is the best way to protect electronics, it is impractical and unnecessary for most devices. What actually determines wether something will be destroyed is the devices sensitivity to errant voltage (the actual ICs inside a device), and the devices size and ability to pick up enough voltage out of the air to exceed the safe voltage levels of the device.
Take the congressional report from the early 2000s that studied the effects of an EMP on modern vehicles. They tested dozens of modern electronically controlled vehicles by subjecting them to high voltage under the same devices the military uses to test its equipment. Every single vehicle tested survived the EMP just fine when they were turned off and just a few vehicles suffered any malfunctions when hit while running. Only one vehicle actually suffered permanent damage. What the report concluded was that the shielding already incorporated on the computers inside modern vehicle, put there to avoid interference, was sufficient to protect from high voltage radio waves. Additionally, a vehicle does not posses enough surface area to achieve high enough voltages to overcome the shielding. However, the same report pointed to the dangers of the modern electric utility grid and the millions of miles of power lines that would conduct and carry the high voltage well beyond the bombs initial target area.
So taking all this back around to your mep generator. In my opinion only, based on my knowledge of these reports and working with actual protected equipment, I don’t believe you should worry about shielding your generator any more than leaving it in your metal barn with the wires disconnected. I have an mep-802 and that’s what I do, and mines just under a lean-two.
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