>> I am setting up an additional Solar panel system <<
I guess solar panels wouldn’t be affected by a CME, unless maybe they happened to be attached in some fashion to the grid.
But what about an EMP? Wouldn’t it fry the panels just the way it would fry transistors and other solid-state devices?
“But what about an EMP? Wouldn’t it fry the panels just the way it would fry transistors and other solid-state devices?”
No, because EMP does NOT destroy all things electronic and electrical, contrary to Internet rumors. EMP relies on long wires to generate the energy needed to harm those things attaches to such wires. EMP, in effect, needs an antenna to generate its electrical signal strong enough to harm anything. Your radio just sitting there isn’t going to be harmed.
I keep my emergency radios pack for EMP event. Doe not take much to protect your equipment.