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To: Ol' Dan Tucker; Bruce Kurtz
A metal box is not a Faraday cage unless the metal box is grounded.

This is untrue.

Any conducting material with grid spacing significantly smaller than the wavelength of the signal to be attenuated is a Faraday Cage.

In particular, a metal box with thickness greater than the skip depth of the wave (which is no more than 100 microns or less) is always a Faraday Cage.

Grounding is required to avoid damage to objects outside of the cage, because induction currents induce charge on the outside of the box, which can be quite large if the signal has high energy. It does not affect the effectiveness of the cage as a shield. [I have demonstrated this to undergraduate physics and EE students, many times.]

62 posted on 11/10/2013 4:01:13 PM PST by FredZarguna (The sequel, thoroughly pointless, derivative, and boring was like all James Cameron "films.")
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To: FredZarguna
This is untrue.

Did you read my follow-up post #58?

67 posted on 11/11/2013 7:50:09 AM PST by Ol' Dan Tucker (People should not be afraid of the government. Government should be afraid of the people)
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