[NoControllingLegalAuthority]

The term is "Faraday Shield." It can be something as simple as a covered, metal garbage can grounded with an attached wire running to a ground rod or with the can sitting on the concrete floor of the garage.

Anything you want to survive an EMP event can be stored inside the metal (covered) garbage can in a small plastic tote so the device protected is isolated electrically from the can. The concept is the garbage can sends the EMP's directly to ground.

Even a metallic screen can shield if it is a fairly small mesh. The openings in the mesh screen just need to be smaller than the wavelength of the EMP's.

It's not certain that all IC's would be fried but the damage could be very widespread.

I know a guy whose entire (large) house and attached garage is a Faraday Shield because the house is framed with steel, sided in metal, has a metal roof and is well grounded.

Any electronics inside the house, electrically isolated from the structure of the house, should survive an EMP event.

[_Jim]

The term is "Faraday Shield." It can be something as simple as a covered, metal garbage can

Bzzzzzt wrong!

Faraday shields only work on the electrostatic portion of the EM wave ... you're still going to be magnetically affected ...

(What is the fetish all you ppl have on the 'Faraday cage' thing anyway?)

[GeronL]

Interesting

[matt1234]

I have a shortwave radio that I want to protect from EMP. Can I place it in a grounded ammo can to achieve this? Thanks in advance.