To: CivilWarBrewing
????? Wouldn't an EMP wipe some car electronics out and not others? Is it 'hit and miss' and you really don't know if your car would start or not? 50/50 chance?
Yep. The testing that was done resulted in random results. Some cars were unaffected and others had to towed away to the shop.
One of the items I keep in my car is a socket wrench to disconnect the battery and reconnect it. This may offer some value in resetting the onboard computers to minimally limp home mode. I had the unfortunate experience of a transmission electronic failure years ago. The ride was rough and inefficient, but I made it 127 miles to my house. That is the default they call limp home mode.
The biggest issue will be the large grid transformers.
I am not convinced that isolated appliances and battery operated tools will be damaged in any way.
69 posted on
04/20/2015 11:32:49 AM PDT by
PA Engineer
(Liberate America from the Occupation Media.)
To: PA Engineer
104 posted on
04/20/2015 2:00:31 PM PDT by
ChocChipCookie
("Demons run when a good man goes to war.")
To: PA Engineer
>> I am not convinced that isolated appliances and battery operated tools will be damaged in any way <<
Anything that uses solid-state devices will probably be inoperative. Older stuff should work OK, unless it’s at the epicenter of the EMP effect.
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