[greeneyes]

Thanks. I was wondering what the devil it would matter regarding the card board. I have an old micro wave and a metal trash can, so I’ll just wrap everything really well in 2 layers of foil and put it in one or the other-things that I don’t use all the time.

[mairdie]

Assuming that there wouldn’t be advance notice of NEEDING to protect devices, am I understanding it right that there are some things one would want to have after an emp attack that you’d put in a protective area like having extra cans in your pantry for an emergency. If so, what extra devices would one expect to have duplicates of to put away?

[TEXOKIE]

Thanks. I was wondering what the devil it would matter regarding the card board. I have an old micro wave and a metal trash can, so I’ll just wrap everything really well in 2 layers of foil and put it in one or the other-things that I don’t use all the time.
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My understanding is that you would not want a metal (the foil) directly on anything metal being protected, which would also be touching the metal trash can. If it touches meta to metal, outside to inside , the conduction can occur. The object of the cardboard, to me, would be to allow electronic parts to “float” inside a metal container. For extra protection, line the trash can with cardboard, put your component in a cardboard box and wrap it in foil, then insert into the cardboard lined trash can.