Google The Carrington effect
Google Solid State Circuit Breaker. Then do some reading
Carrington event was a CME producing charged particles which is a vastly different form of EMP than say a gamma ray burst. Unfortunately, both are types of EMP and public conflation of the two is rampant.
Do you think a CME can impart a higher charge to a piece of electrical transmission equipment than a lightening strike?
In the event of a CME people may have to replace their power strips and some electronics. I keep most of my valuable electronics connected via $140 UPSs which incorporate a solid state circuit breaker. Any UPS with line conditioning has one. “Click-click” and it’s over.
The worst thing that can happen in a CME is ppls houses will catch fire as their power strips blow past all their breaker wires and catch fire. I saw that happen to a cheap, Chinese power strip during a 2004 CME event.
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The Carrington effect