Definition of electronic’s please, the generator is an old AJAX that runs off it’s own power generation, the gas comes from an old well under it’s own pressure. Does the EMP effect electronics if they’re not running.
It is my understand that the pulse travels through the ground so to protect it, it would have to be disconnected.
I have seen arguments that a Faraday cage would sheild electronics. I have seen arguments that it would not. The more sensitive the electronics, the more damage. CMOS chips, etc. toast.
I don’t know who is right.
“Definition of electronic’s please, the generator is an old AJAX that runs off it’s own power generation, the gas comes from an old well under it’s own pressure. Does the EMP effect electronics if they’re not running.”
It will fry circuit boards if the are not protected by a Faraday cage. The old cars and machinery with mechanical ignition would probably be OK.
Ah. Your own gas well. You will probably be reasonably OK.
For a while.
That question has been the topic of much discussion, some acrimonious, over the years.
Yes
Should the EMP induce voltage levels sufficient to exceed the semi-conductors voltage ratings and force conduction of excess current, damage could occur. Wire runs act as antenna to collect and feed energy into equipment. Emergency equipment connected by wiring but not powered is more susceptible to imposed external voltage spikes.
Lightning arrester equipment may not have sufficiently fast response time to clamp the overload spike to ground generated by an EMP weapon. Special fast response protection devices may be suitable. High frequency components of EMP will pass through small gaps of metal enclosures—the computers in automobiles have dozens of connections for a destructive signals to enter—get a spare and place in protective quarantine.
“Does the EMP effect electronics if they’re not running.”
It’s the chip in the electronics, not “electrnics” writ-large.