Haha dude that happens all the time, I feel your pain. But, we all bring different and valuable perspectives to our own audiences so I consider it a win. The fact that multiple channels accidentally cover similar topics around the same time means we are collectively on the same wavelength. The big win is that we get people critically thinking about these subjects so they can make the wisest decisions possible. The fact that it’s all unplanned is just mind blowing. 😂 Can’t wait to see yours. I feel like we had to omit so much data and other perspectives just to get it at a decent timestamp.
I spent three years in utilities. We just finished a major transmission line rebuild. Every component was stamped CHINA except for the actual towers. Which were made in Mexico. Think about that.
We are screwed for sure. I will still do my best to help rebuild when the time comes. You have to do the best you can for what you can actually control.
My take on this video is: * Make sure my bicycle works. * Make sure I have enough fishing gear for a year without resupply. * Buy more Twinkies because they never go bad! Got it! Great video!!
Except for when a government agency comes in and shoots your dog and kids because they didn't want you having the things you have . Those people died from being prepared.
Electrician here, I feel like some of the products are a scam. The OBD2 Plug is basically useless since that plug is only there for communication, the actuall sensors and can system don't run through there, you can also see on the backside there is like 2 pins connected the rest is blank. The Ferrite around the cables is not going to do anything. The AC plug is only protecting the Mosfets, which are so beefy they are going to be unimpressed by an EMP, and not the sensitive switching circuit. The defcon could actually do something since it could in theory equalize the voltage across any part of the car, but then it's also adding long wires that are basically antennas for an EMP. And the plug with the green and red wires could also do something similar to the defcon, but it's leaving out the chassis. These products are also incredibly expensive for what they are, the diode they are using can be bought for cents plus a plastic box and some wires, the defcon for example probably costs them less than 25 bucks to make and they are charging 400 for it. If you want to protect your car against an EMP you should disconnect the battery terminals and tie them and your chase into your house's ground, this will prevent any voltage differential no matter how much power the EMP is pumping out, sadly it might also be impractical.
The GoDark Bag website has a bunch of BS about protecting you from 5G waves too. People have limited resources to use for being prepared and he's telling them to spend it on snake oil. Yikes. You don't have to be a rocket scientist to pick up on these scams.
Engineer here…i agree and im glad you mentioned this. Im too lazy to write a long explanation that nobody will read. These products are snake oil. I don’t blame users trying to prepare for a very complex topic.
@kylehill4437 I read it, and appreciate it. These videos are not sources I rely on, but depend upon to initiate conversations like this, so I can be better educated and hopefully, equipped to take care of my family. I'm a dad of a type 1 diabetic, and we heavily rely on tech to keep him alive and us sane. If an EMP attack were to occur, I'd like to have done something to care for him in advance, you know?
I prepped for an EMP without even meaning to. I have an 80's diesel Defender without even a radio, an off grid cabin on a freshwater lake, and a very large library.
As I understand it it's unlikely that say Russia would launch one nuclear bomb EMP because even one launch would Trigger an entire Annihilation response so they would have to send everything and then we'd all end up in a nuclear winter, the few that survive. I imagine your odds are better than most either way.
@@yyy-875 Way ahead of you. Already on a well. Lake is stocked with fish, and drains into a pipe with a 3kw hydro turbine. Outbuilding has 3kw solar panels and a 12kw battery system. We have a 5kw USMC diesel generator, and a plastic to diesel conversion still for truck & genny fuel. Our cabin has two wood stoves, so we barely break 1kw as the electricity is only needed for our laziness and our central air. The windmill is our next addition, but it hasn't been necessary yet. We have a 1/2 acre garden for seasonal veggies, a micro green growing rack in the basement, a small greenhouse for cultivating micro green seeds, a small orchard of apple, pawpaw, and mulberry trees, and a great berry patch. We have goats for milk, quail for eggs, and three bee hives for honey. I also have a an extensive camera/alarm system on my property, and enough firepower to fend off a siege. We didn't even mean to prep like this. The cabin already had most of the stuff when we bought it, and the rest was just because we wanted some hobbies that could save us money and get us a farm tax credit. Next thing we knew we hadn't paid a utility bill or left the house for groceries or necessities in months, and had no need to head into town except to see a play or go to a restaurant.
I have not ever sought out protection from an EMP - I just assumed it would wipe out all electronics and put us back in the horse-and-buggy era. You have given me hope! It sounds like there are some fairly easy ways to mitigate various dangers. I will be investigating more. Thank you.
One word of warning that I have not heard anyone talk about, is that CMEs may last for several days or weeks. So don't just break out all your protected electronic gear as soon as an EMP happens. Wait a week or two or those things that were once protected get fried as soon as or the next day after you bring them out to use, thinking its all good. With CMEs, it isn't. Wait a week or two before pulling out your gear, after a CME. Or you may regret it! Godspeed!
CME,s are an issue but keep checking with something you are not reliant on like a solar powered light to see if it has dissipated. This way you know when it's safe to use other electronics.
@@araina5896 true,we have two of them as well,totally "green" fascists.... but what are they gonna do!? run over us? one of them is vegan... i feel sorry for them in advance to put it mildly...
I was a shielded enclosure construction supervisor many years ago . Keep your larger items like nods,automotive ignition module etc. in a larger steel ammo can , remove the rubber gasket and clean the paint off the sealing surfaces like the channel and the edge , then get some steel wool and roll it into a continuous gasket or find the mesh gasket with the carbon impregnated rubber center as it's electrically conductive. Hope this helps
@@vern9093 There are a lot of videos on YT showing how to build faraday cages out of ammo cans and also metal trash cans. th-cam.com/video/2s8CpK6F7UM/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/sBl552KdLbY/w-d-xo.html
@@vern9093 Just snag some faraday cloth instead of steel wool. Close the conductive envelope, essentially. Microwaves, steel trashcans with lids. Just search DIY emp box. You'll find what you're looking for.
@Wangelectricsystems as long as there's no gaps and the material is ferrous, it should work the surface also should be corrosion free. We built many RF/ EMP/ Tempest. Some were panel type and others welded. The story I was told 40 years ago when I started out that a 40 megaton nuke over the geographic center of country world disable the entire system nationwide. That means even if you save some of your electronics working it's short lived as you'll run out of good fuel for your vehicles and you have to figure out how to keep comms working to your family and close neighbors. As far as vehicles get an diesel hmmv or any old gas car with points they're less susceptible to emp
The thing about faraday bags (especially soft cover type) is you want to make sure they have been tested/vetted through a reputable laboratory. Lots of junk out there. And not all work for the same frequency bands and signal strength. due diligence is important on this one.
I realize it's not a bag, but microwaves are great. I mean they are literally designed to deflect radiation. So an old junk microwave makes for an excellent storage box for smaller electronics. It's suggested in order to test that it's shielding is working properly to place a cell phone in side, when try to call it. It the call doesn't for through, it's doing it's job
I've been using the term EMP loosely in conversations recently and believe that we will see the use of an EMP in the Middle East, either over Iran, and or Israel. I understand the devastating effects it would have, but this video has provided me a MUCH better understanding off this loosely used term.👍👍
What do you mean by loosely? You said it twice and to me loosely used would mean used sparingly, not often etc. Do you mean you’ve just been subtly bringing it up?
@@Dreidelmeista For me, I hear and see people on channels, in conversation, on the TV or wherever it might be mentioning EMPs, without fully understanding what that means. For me, up until I watched this video, an EMP was just a missile with a specifically designed warhead that detonates way above our heads. I wasn't aware of the different categories, the Natural EMP threats from the Sun, and the vulnerability of those Key Components that make up the Grid, so I to would talk about EMPs without Fully understanding what I was talking about, and therefore, using the word/term loosely. Kind of talking about a subject without too much detail, and vaguely, or, the term "loosely" means applying it in a way that is not strictly accurate or precise. That's been me when talking about EMPs without fully understanding all the details.
One Second After rocked my world and was the first thing to actually get me serious about prepping. If I’m ready for that, I’m ready for anything. Of course I’m not ready for that but at least I’m working toward it.
@fivergorums976 I’ve read those. Pretty fun reads but it definitely feels like the author thinks he’s basically a superhero. Not that I can criticize all that heavily considering I’ve read every book in the series.
@@TangoGulf In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war!.... It's a Warhammer 40K reference. And to try to explain it here, is not going to happen. There is way, way, WAY to much lore and background to..... it would be, literally days worth of videos, to fill you in. But if you want to learn, you can jump in literally anywhere and learn from there.
@@TangoGulfWhile I've been into WH40K for well over 20 years, and you are just getting into it...... I'm sorry, but not really. Cause if you like really nerdy shit, you will have fun. Just realize that the table top game is fucking expensive. The lore is just fun.
Same. Since the mid nineties. Waaaay too much lore. I used to hate Space Marines, but now that I’m older and the new models are not derpy, I kinda dig ‘em. Still love me some Chaos & Eldar though, lol
I'm educated on the subject. Good layman's overview. I appreciate the blurb pointing out the tech used in each protection device. MOVs are what we use for surge protection in utility scale equipment. I appreciate knowing it's not just a BS black box.
Here in my part of Texas they did away with vechicle inspections. Im in the process of down grading my van and truck to mechanicalinstead of electronics. Im also going to turn my entire shop into an emp proof building or at lease as close as possible. Its nice being retired in my 50s. It all keeps me busy out here on my ranch.
I recommend anyone that's afraid of EMPs to check out Dr. Arthur Bradley's video as I've found the whole topic is something that gets less scary the more you know about it. And a key thing to remember is just like you can install those simple devices on your cars to protect them, the private utilities that own the power plants have over-voltage and over-current protections in place to protect their equipment too. They don't want their multi-million dollar transformers to break either.
@@threat2demoracy5454I mean we did get a 1 Trillion Dollar infrastructure bill, I’m in the Civil Engineering field and literally 99.9% of the infrastructure is covered in that bill, there is even mentions that since the Hoover Dam already powers 1/3 of the country we can triple the flow rate and it will actually produce 6-10X as much power enough for the entire nation, there’s a reason that Dam has more security than the White House, deep down in the bill it even mentions the ability to upgrade power lines and protect them from power surges because of EMP type stuff
@@tjboylan20 Well son of a gun! I was not aware of any of that. Appreciate it! My dad used to be a Civil Engineer. Thanks for taking the time to share that u just changed my night. 👍🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Actually, the power grid protection is for lightning and mild E3 protection (5,000 V/M I think and not 50,000 V/M which can be the case with EMP). Our grid is on the verge of collapse as it is. Both electric vehicle charging and the massive power needed by AI can not currently be handled. The state of California and several major cities are already experiencing brown outs. The grid needs a lot of work and including EMP protection. I am an electrical engineer and well aware of grid problems and EMP.
I lived through Hurricane Ike and recently Beryl. 15 days with no electricity of any kind in the aftermath of Ike. 9 days after Beryl. Beryl hardly even brought much water to my area so at least I was able to leave. I slept on the patio outside because it was pushing 100 degrees inside my home. Elderly people died from heat stress and at least one person died when they couldn't get power to some sort of oxygen machine they needed. That was barely a week without a functioning electrical grid. A man made attack on the U.S. power grid would destroy this country in probably about 30 days. Way too much of our things rely not just on electricity, but the internet. Some people literally go insane when they're sitting in 100 degree heat, can't watch TV, can't cook food, and have no clue when/if they'll ever get to do those things again. Those hurricanes were isolated events. People from other towns came to help us (God, Bless Them!). A nationwide event would offer no such relief as we'd all be in the dark.
I have a bunch of questions for you if you don't mind answering, as I live in ND and haven't been able to learn about this. 1) What is the status of plumbing? Are you still able to get water from sinks, flush toilets, etc? If not, how long did it last before it stopped working? 2) What method of cooking do you use to cook food? I have a dual burner stove that runs on propane that I use for canning, but I am concerned about refilling the tanks if power is still out at the local gas station. 3) I am hearing reports of shootings targeting utility workers. Is any of that happening where you are at?
Hurricane Maria went pretty much ignored despite the fact that Puerto Rico is in fact US territory. The federal government did very little to step in and help with disaster recovery, which resulted in some areas being without power for months. Studies since have attributed THOUSANDS of deaths to the lack of power and infrastructure as people were unable to get medical care, supplies, etc. the official government death toll from the storm is much lower, because they only wanted to be track people who died from the weather and not those who died from administrative incompetence/apathy in the aftermath.
@@jchirschfeld1101 As a Floridian, I can answer some of these: 1. Plumbing varies. Most water plants are rather secure and maintain pressure. That said, if you're on a well and have no power, you're screwed. You should keep 3 gallons of water per person. 2. Gas, charcoal, etc. Typically tanks are available after a couple days, but keep extra if possible and don't be wasteful. 3. Never heard of utility workers being attacked. People want power back.
@MrSchism Thanks, I appreciate your input. I kind of was looking at this specific example, BECAUSE it has lasted so long. I wanted to see how ugly it can get in a scenario like this. Yeah, it's insane that people are shooting at utility workers, but it's happening.
As an RF Engineer with heavy hands on experience I'd like to openly say an EMP is so much less of a threat as it was before when we had lower tech that got cooked back then during a mass ejection. Nobody ever notices how the "Air" is basically full during modern times, full of signals WiFi, Bluetooth, walkie, short waves, long waves, etc. Essentially the world around you in a city is so full of RF trash that all modern electronics have to be up to standards "to receive interference" and are designed to handle surviving constant RF radiation. Modern electronics when quality are "potted" in most cases significantly reducing the already low chance of arcing across components and juntions. Essentially modern equipment (when you keep up with the times) can mostly handle a stupid EMP/EMF/RF. Those people whom believe old tech is better and would hold up better are just nerfing their own capabilities. Old tech was overbuilt inefficiently so could handle things it really shouldn't have. Old components are also harder and harder to source daily if you were to try and make repairs. The cheapest way is to create a ground around an object without making contact, a Faraday enclosure. Ground it's self is a target to Ground through for RF EMF that cause charges, those high charges can run through and fry things trying to reach ground. A ground enclosure of the correct mesh to block the correct waves can prevent any RF EMF from reaching inside. Basically one of those cages that merds get in when they want a giant tesla coil to through lightning at them, the people survive the same way electronics would. Mesh size IS ABSOLUTELY IMPORTANT TO THE WAVE SIZE IF USING MESH. that's why your microwave doesn't cook you through the window. 🤣 the waves are too large to fit through that mesh.
Man I was just going to say about mesh size, I’m no RF or any electrical Engineer but I did have to take some courses that covered it, I’m in the Civil Engineering field and specifically Structural Engineering so when we do government contracts, all I can say is they’re EMP proof, Bomb Proof, Fireproof, and even will survive Indirect Nuclear Weapons, instead of extra rebar in the concrete, Steel mesh is added into the concrete, it also helps that concrete is not a conductor, and wood isn’t either but you can penetrate through wood with RF.
It’s not about all of the gadgets and up to date tech. It’s our out of date grid. It’s my understanding from what I’ve read and heard from our own geniuses, that an EMP will wipe an entire region. That is, the exposed power grid near the site of detonation. So let’s say a region would be the size of a major city up to or even a multi-state area. So great, your gadgets will work fine as long as you can keep them charged, of course most can’t. 🤷🏻♂️
@@marcuse7322 well you see the infrastructure bill that was passed is going to completely upgrade the entire grid over the next 10 years, if you want to know a lot more about it the American Society Of Civil Engineers talk about every day pretty much
@marcuse7322 you are taking your heard "expert" advice and I suggested mine based on decades of my own personal first hand knowledge. Basically you brought hearsay to argue against shit I can physically prove and back up with data 🤣 I'm not here to argue about what you heard from someone I'm only stating reality based on real experience. Keep your mind closed and fold into the dark quietly.
Check out some TH-cam videos on how to make your own with manilla envelopes, foil, and duct tape. I've made a few and tested them. They DO work and block signals. Cheaper than the cost of some popular brand bags that have quite a few negative reviews on performance. Just a suggestion. Take about 15 mins per bag to make.
Watch the brass facts video on emp. He is an engineer and gun guy. Emps are not as bad as people think for individual electronics. They are bad for power plants.
if you say you're prepping but you don't study physics, you're not prepared. the level of ignorance on this topic is concerning, we need more of these explainer videos.
It's amazing. It's like listening to your grandparents cover the "TH-camS AND GOOGLES. WHAT ON THEM INTERWBEBS, BACK IN MY DAY YOU HAD TWO TIN CANS CHALK FULL OF LEAD AND A STRING. That's how I talked to Johnny before the neighborhood pedophile abducted him in his CONESTOGA WAGON." It's like NO ONE HAS CRACKED OPEN A MODERN DEVICE and noticed the COPIOUS amount of metal boxes in them... WONDER WHAT THEY'RE FOR? 90% of Apple's internals are hidden behind those strange metal boxes, no clue what they're for. Also, realistically, any emp that could mess up your iPhone would also most likely mess up your own internal nervous system. And by that time, you wouldn't be alive to worry about frivolities like this.
Faraday bags are relatively inexpensive and are an insurance policy for things like comms, data storage, and even whole firearms with all the "lights and lasers".
Turbo diesels with manual transmition, my first car in highschool the alternator broke and I just bumo started it and while nothing electronic ran as in no lights, instruments. ABS or the ECU worked (it just put it into limp mode) it drove just fine and the power steering still worked as it was hydraulic and driven but even if it was it was I would be able to steer it, I drove it for a week (not at night) and yes I had to bump start it but I was a broke highscooler and it took me some time to get an alternator. Sure I had to use hand signals but I avoided busy times and roads and just used my phone to see the speed, fuel pump must have been mechanical or a natural siphon effect and while I lost a little MPG and power drive just fine. So if you wanted to find a car/truck just look for a used one and remove the battery contact and see if it will bump start and run. Maybe on more modern stuff it would not run without the ECU but on others maybe you just have to disable the immobilizer.. Also a big advantage is that a diesel engine is multi fuel as in maybe all the gas has gone but slot of diesel will be left over, you can use engine oil, 2, stoke oil, hydraulic oil (most oils) kerosine. Naptha and even gasoline mixed with engine oil also vegetable oil and biodieselnor filtered used oil (just make sure it's clean with no water and lubricates enough. You can even get it to run on any flammable gas but you have to set the fuel pump to it only ours in 20% fuel or you can make a type of carb that just spits in some oil for lubrication (it will also work as fuel but you can't just use gas with no lubricstion. Mixed with those items and some shelving in the engine bay and around essential electrical components you would be golden. Some cars have a rubber looking tail that touched the road when still but also when firing as a factory thing but it's to provide extra ground protection. I have seen some British army land rover defenders that seem to have EMP shielding. In the US I guess you would want to go with a car that has common parts available or it's not hard to modify others. Personally I would go with German or Japanesex for a pickup an older Toyota Hilux as those things are very hard to break but easy to repair. Also diesel engines are very economical and are built much stronger than gas engines so unless it's a small car or classic / sports. (Yes they do make very fast diesel sports cars) Since a diesel engine has so much torque and nearly all are debited if you have something heavy. A pickup or need to haul a diesel will be much better than a gaslobe engine in nearly all ways plus if your new to stick shift it's much more forgiving than a gas engine due to torque. On modern diesel's you can completely disable the AD blue system and whatever you like. To be honest I'm surprised that since the cold war started thst the government did not pass legislation to protect the power grid down to consumer electronics in case of an EMP. Also most quartz watches would fail and while alot of mechanical watches may rub fast if it's not an anti-magnetic watch, it's easy to denag them. From an EDC perspective if you want a big brand name watch with a reliable movement I would go with a 200m Orient auto diver with sapphire glass. Seiko is fine but you can get watches that are 200 - 300m with sapphire glass, ceramic with good lume with a Seiko auto movement for 100 dollars (the brand name may be odd,) Alot of these movements won't need a service for many decades and even if they do any watchmaker can. Miyota (citizens) new movements are great but expensive, but some of those and some Swiss movements have silicone balance springs. Old CB radio equipment would be very valuable also. You could probably get a used car and mad max it for not alot of money.
The king of cost effective EMP protection is a Home Depot bin with faraday tape. It’s not perfect, but it will give you that piece of mind for those items that aren’t actively in use.
If you also line it with copper and a layer of insulation so that your things are not touching the wall. It may work. Technically you need 1/8 thick steel to make sure. Jonathan Hollerman is the Expert on EMP issues of all kinds and has been for years. Check out his books, Survival Theory 1 & 2.
Well done! I've been studying this topic for 40 years since I became a broadcast engineer. One cheap and simple countermeasure for standalone electronics is a faraday shield. Wrap your electronic devices in aluminum foil while in storage. And if an acute risk emerges, put devices in your microware oven (unplug it first!). Steel ammo cases are also good if you replace the rubber gasket with copper tape after sanding off the paint at the contact points on the lid.
@@daneengibson7336Best to not have metal on devices touching metal case. An excellent DIY Faraday cage for individual devices. Remove all batteries from your devices. You can wrap individual batteries with plastic wrap and store them with your device. Depending on the length of time they are stored, they may not retain a charge. Wrap your device in several layers of plastic wrap. Then wrap with a couple of layers of aluminum foil, then a couple more wraps of plastic wrap, and another wrap of aluminum foil. End with plastic wrap. Be sure to label the package and number & type of batteries required to operate your device.
1. Your vehicle is already a partial ungrounded faraday cage theoretically offering some protection from the effects of an EMP with no modifications. 2. Your battery and all electronics in your vehicle are already grounded to the body of the vehicle (which is where the EMP Shield claims to "shunt" the current created by an EMP) making the EMP shield redundant. 3. The video admitted there has not been a comprehensive test of the vehicle EMP protection equipment. 4. The video also admitted that plug in surge protectors do not work to protect from EMP generated power surges in the home (and the EMP Shield is basically a surge protector for your car's DC electrical system). 5. Spend your money on something else.
Although blunt. Yes but the information is still great like the vid. I would say the only thing good is that vehicle surge protector. Probably cheaper onces online. You never know when you need to gtfo. A vehicle is a must. Just rarely use it. Because it does alert attention
All OBD-1 Vehicles Would Still Be Functional After An EMP This Is Because OBD-1 Doesn't Use Software But OBD-2 Uses Software And As Such An EMP Would Scramble The System Software And Would Require A Reflash So Even Though The Hardware Would Be Totally Fine After An EMP That Software Reflash Issue Would Render Every Electronic Device That Runs On Software Completely Functionless However Your VCR Would Still Record And Playback VHS Tapes Your Cassette Deck Would Still Work And So Would 8-Track Tapes This Is Because Magnetic Storage Mediums Like Those DO NOT Rely On Software To Record And Store The Information Microprocessors And Solid-State Storage Mediums Would Still Be Functional At The Hardware Level But Without Software To Tell The Little Transistors When To Turn On And Off The Information Stored In Them Would Be Unrecoverable Yeah Sorry But Digital Is No Match For Analog An EMP Won't Even Put A Skip In Analog Electronics
That OBD2 port thing (a diode LOL?) is just killed it for me. I know electronics a little bit and this part just smells super bad. I'm not paying $70 for a diode and a fuse in my OBD2 port....
Coming from a electrical enginner you did a great job.all your hard work is to be rewarded.thanku🙂movs maybe the wave of the future.they are simply a voltage clamping device that breaks over at a given voltage.sometimes they self destruct in the process,depending upon how much energy they dissipated.😀
@@lordhuck2689HOB Is a Sensored Fuse In Weapons That Usually Works Either With A Small Doppler Ranging Radar Altimeter In Them Like The DSU-33 Used on GP Bombs ( Mk.80 Series , JDAM … you name it ) Or Barometric Fuse Which Senses Altitude Based on Air Pressure and Plus some more methods The Height of Burst Is Preset ( Before Launch ) and Used To Maximize Damage For Certain Goals Like , DSU-33 Has a Fixed HOB of 20 feet with Error of about +3/-3 Feet meaning when the bomb is 20 feet above ground , DSU-33 Will Send a Signal Pulse to a Fuse Like FMU-139 or 152 To Initiate Detonation Used With Mk.80 Series It Is an Extremely Lethal Anti Personnel Weapon ( Other Fuses That are impact Fuse , When They Detonate The Ground Tanks A Decent amount of Force and Shrapnels , if bomb explodes before hitting ground , There is nothing in its way to tank the Force except for targets , before DSU-33s there were Fuse Extensions like M1A1 Daisy Cutters which was basically a Comp B Filled 36 inch tubes that you can stack on eachother and slap a Impact Fuse Like M904 on the end and Mk.80 series bomb on the other end and that gives you a physical Height of Burst For Same Effect as DSU-33 ) Nuclear Weapons Also Use Proximity Fuse For Same Reason To Maximize Damage and Lethality They Explode at a Certain Altitude and That Altitude is Set By HOB Hope This Answered all your questions
Tests on youtube are largely accepted even though the tests are mpstly only validating showing reduction of RF. Not EMP. The real test is of course "the big one". If that happens, no one would be able to go to get their $ back would they? Probably no one to come take your claim either. Skeptical? How would you stop magnetic wave from passing though anything?? An invisible force. Trap it in a sacrificial metal passing it around your possessions to the direction said wave is travelling?? I dunno.😮
Use both canisters on your gas mask, that rubber one way valve comes off once in a real scenario you’re toast. You have to cant your rifle to shoot with both and it’s how we qualify in the AF. Love your content bros 👍🏼
EMP a way less of a worry compared to the impact to my bank account buying any of these things I'd need to protect since I'm not backed by sponsors, you probably made 1/3 of my salary from this 1 video after the various sponsors and links in desc
1. We straight up say this should not be a high priority. 2. You have a grossly inflated perspective about how much people earn from TH-cam. 3. Zero of the EMP products were provided or discounted and Zero EMP companies sponsored this or any other video we’ve ever done. We purchased things at full price after doing our own research. We are legally and ethically obligated to tell you otherwise. 4. We reported on the EMP Commission findings that only a few out of 55 vehicles had major damage after EMP testing. Any product is optional is only about mitigating an already small issue statistically. 5. 🤙
@@dirty-civilian all I can say is don't waste money on any of that crap, instead buy a good book on emi shielding as all an emp is emi by another name, once you understand it, making a MOV clamp and or zenar type clamp will be easy these are very common circuits through out electronic syou can combine them, the name of the game is clamping the voltage rail to a not go above nominal.
Thank you for this video. You've learned more than me about the CME and nuke emp threats, but one that I experienced recently, and is apparently pretty common, is the EMP produced in the near vicinity of lighting strikes. I've had 3 strikes recently about 25 feet from my house. They took out about 10% of my electronics, like you mentioned, cheap/sensitive electronics like transformers and power adapters made in China. They were plugged into professional-grade high joule surge protectors, but this electromagnetic pulse didn't go through the electric wires, it radiated through the air in every direction in the vicinity from the lighting bolt. I realized how common these small EMPs are and the need for protection of electronics that I want to continue working. Luckily most items shorted out were under warranty and replaced for free. The intensity of the EMP depends on the length and power of the lightening bolt and the atmospheric conditions, so I'm sure there are more powerful ones than I experienced.
From a technical point of view, EMPs are very simple. There are essentially three variables to consider when estimating the effect: - How much energy is released in the event and how long is the event itself? - How is this energy distributed across the frequency spectrum? - How far away from the initial event is the affected system? What is the cross section (circle segment vs. the whole circle) of the affected system? Frequency inversely relates to wavelength, energy over time is power; so, we know how much power is available to be coupled into the affected system, and we know how much of that power is available at each wavelength, and the dampening factor due to the distance inverse square law and the cross-section. In the affected system, every electrical connection (trace on a PCB, cable, trace on a silicon chip, bond wire inside a chip package, lead wire to a part package etc.) has a length and thus for a specific set of frequencies acts as an antenna. An antenna is very effective when its length is an odd integer multiple of a quarter wavelength. With that, you can calculate the maximum theoretical amount of power coupled into the antenna, which tells you the damage potential. Now, all you need to do is add up the damage potential of a gazillion things connected and affected and you arrive at the potential maximum damage to be expected from such an event in the worst case (that's what you learned Calculus for, guys). Reality is probably somewhat smaller than that theoretical maximum, but then again, probably it's going to be bad enough. Anyway, if you acknowledge the physical foundations of the things at play and do a tiny bit of legwork, you can take the guesswork out of the question largely. And then again, looking at those first principles, you can also judge whether some measure of protection from an EMP event will actually offer protection; a faraday cage is only effective against signals with wavelengths smaller than its own dimensions, and if there is enough energy in very low frequencies, even devices in a cage may get fried as a consequence (e.g. if there is a large old-school transformer in the power supply that happens to be tuned to just the right frequency band to be susceptible).
@@supfoo3638 They Wouldn't Anything That Uses OBD-2 Is Gonna Be Rendered Functionless Due To The Software Dependency But If You Could Roll That Back To OBD-1 It Would Work Because OBD-1 Is Analog The Software Is Where The Vulnerability Is At Not The Electronics Themselves A Nationwide EMP Would Knock Out The Internet Across The Entire Country What Does That Mean For You It Means No Bank Accounts No Economic Activity No Bureaucracy And No Flow of Information All Vital Records Would Be Lost You Would Go From American Citizen To Illegal Immigrant Overnight Your Car Won't Start Would Be The Least of Your Problems As Swat Teams And Police Officers Are Escorting You Off The Continent Because Guess What Nobody Uses Paper Anymore That Birth Certificate You Got At The Hospital Is Not "admissible" Evidence To Prove Your American Because The Digital Standard Has Taken Priority In Every Walk of American Professional Life Without The Internet America Ceases To Exist Trucks Would Stop Delivery of Goods And Services Not Because The Trucks Won't Start But Because The Digital Manifests Would Be Unrecoverable The Very Rules That Bring About The Digital Society We Live In Would Require Breaking Those Rules To Keep The Money Goods And Services Moving Basically The Entire Economy Would Cease To Exist Without Internet Access And Whose Fault Is That For Allowing The Internet To Become Such A Big Part of America So Much So That Drastic Reform of The Law Would Be Required For The Economy To Continue After An EMP It Would Be The Damage To Property And Infrastructure That Causes The SHTF It Would Be The Lack of Trust For Others And The Inability To Consult The Third Party That Is The Internet To Undermine This Trust In Others You Would Be Forced To Trust People You Normally Wouldn't And Some People Won't Do That And Those People Are The Problem
Fun fact. We don't have to imagine what it will be like to go through another Carrington event. Recently when the northern lights were visible all the way down in Florida, it was the same scale and size of the Carrington Event. There was a few failures here and there but over all no major incidents. So we can check that off the list.
Close. It was at the highest scale, but the hemispheric power wasn't as high, not that I would worry about it anyway. At most, I might take down my HF antenna.
Not really. The solar storm that produced the Arora was nowhere near a Carrington event. The earth's magnetic field is weakening. And those type of Arora are becoming more common.
@@johnlatsch9720 not the data literally proved it was actually bigger than the Carrington event. Wires and transformers are made differently now, with better shielding. Not invincible but deff saved them during that storm. But it was 100% proven by the data it was more than Carrington
@@johnlatsch9720 my brother in christ use goggle. They existed in small scale. As did cloth power lines. That bursted into flames because of the lack of insolation.
Hey man if you want some little devices with a little led light and some caps to totally capture and protect your vehicle. Aliexpress has em for $1. It will work the same as the $400 box.
@@StarkartOrg-urban-art-gallery im poking fun at the devices and our little hopes that putting a couple extra ground loops and caps for holding back an emp's effects. If an emp is going to be powerful enough to fry the standard electronics of today that are already shielded, adding a little plug in ground loop with a small energy storage source is gonna do soooo much.
We actually have seen basically an EMP type of effect quite recently in 2022 which knocked down starlink satallites and 2024 which was causing issues with gps and delayed farmers using gps enabled farming equipment to harvest. Very nice breakdown video!
On the topic of regarding this as a "HILF"... specifically the "low frequency" part: It's not _just_ nuclear & solar EMP's to worry about. It's difficult to be real specific. But if the USAF or VVF decide "F all the the electronics in that local area in particular", then the warranty on all the electronics in your town, or county, can be voided at the push of a button in a variety of aircraft, with no 'bang' involved. And yes, it has even happened by accident. Ironically, it's not very effective at disabling military equipment, at least not "near-peer" military equipment. Export hardware typically lacks some of the bells & whistles. Anyway EW isn't just for making jam. There's also lightning. At very short distances, it can sometimes have a similar effect. That's why you can "hear" lightning before the thunder arrives on a radio. If lightning strikes very close (like "in your yard") then depending on it's energy level, it 'can' possibly fry a few things which aren't even plugged in. One thing to remember is that while micro-electronics have a smaller area, they also have much smaller current tolerance at the node-level on a microchip. I have a, uh.. governmental aerospace frame of reference, and I don't have even a fraction of the $-htf stuff you do. But I have a faraday house. It doesn't seem like a low-frequency possibility to me (pun intended). It's not a bad idea for just general health even, if you live next to an airport or cell tower. I can tell which runway the local AFB is using because it changes my wifi range. Oh, speaking of... the more faraday your house, the weaker your cell signal & radio or broadcase tv reception. So... that's a factor to consider. Have aluminum siding (or concrete or adobe construction, or steel siding), metal screen windows, and use reflective foil insulation on the inside of your roof, put foil insulation in your garage... and you'll have fairly minimized home problems. Probably worth just lining a closet with foil inside. Not the real thin cooking foil, just get a heavier gauge that won't tear so easily. Anyway, you can install it with a utility blade and duct tape. The only weird part is that you'll be doing the floor too. It's like a $20 closet mod though, takes maybe an hour. You can put a few "definitely need this" things in there for an extra layer of protection. Also, basement is less of a problem than upstairs, a conductive foil is ideal, but just 'mass' blocks quite a bit.
It wasnt that powerful friend. I've been watching them for years. Strong is a better term. We have been hit with similar many times. The auroras were visible because our magnetic field is weakening.
I'm like you in the preparedness mindset type ways. I went to school for electrical engineering just to feel secure enough that I could rebuild whatever I needed from basically scratch. Don't worry too much, there have to be more like me out there to assist the SHTF survival teams with the emp recovery missions 👍🏻
Damn!!! You got it dead on! Ive never known anybody who knew what the effects of a coronal hole ejection would be like. Kudos... worth a sub over here. Lightning arrestor. Not one of those cheap surge strips, but a real lightning arrestor. Ham Radio makes use of em. A Lightning Arrestor will help ground out the massive input surge on your power line. Military Shielding for EMP attacks begin at 10,000 volts per yard, but these are assumed to be right there, front and center under attack. All I can say is make a (grounded) Faraday Cage and stash your tronix preps in it. Faraday Cage: Take some metal screen, line the walls and ceiling with it, floor would be good too. Tie each portion to the next with a conducting tie so each can conduct to the one next to it. Ground it. The cage will intercept the EMP. Within the cages there will be no EMP but let nothing touch the cage conductors themselves. Poor Mans Faraday Cage: All metal outside trash can with all metal lid. All metal dumpster. Keep the lid on. Inside is protected. Outside is not. Be sure to ground it. Feeling frisky? Buy an old fashioned all metal camper or trailer and fix it up. Metal screen can fill the gaps. Worried about the car? Metal Screen the walls and ceiling of your garage. Copper is best Metal Screen. Bronze or brass is still great. Steel is good. Aluminum... eh, its metal, it will work... not best, but its metal. So far as the toys shown... nah. Protection is not additive. Putting five devices at 5kV does not yield 25 KV... just the 5. It can limit the impulse. Better than nothing.
As an "old head" I am very proficient in none technological warrior tasks and drills. Map & compass land nav is something I have a high proficiency, I can navigate with only a map and no compass. Downside is I have a skill gap with the new technological systems. Thats my focus to learn. But our newest bodies are too reliant on the technology. With the battle space pushing more drones and deadly tech, the more likely we will see some type of system to counter that which would push everything back to the need for the basic non tech skills. I say that just to basically say learn both. Have the tech if possible, now the tech intimately, be proficient with that tech AND be proficient with the basics and how to work without that technology for navigation, communication, etc. Being well rounded will always be an advantage.
Too many are wantonly ignorant that employment and reliance on many electronic devices amounts to putting on a radio collar… Same with many laser devices.
William forstchen was a history professor at Montreat College in North Carolina. Not really an emp expert. Agreed amazing and entertaining novel. Loved all three
Read the preface and understand why it was written at encouragement when our congress was ignoring the implications! Note: aluminum trash can plus EMP copper mesh fabric with cardboard liner and all seams sealed w aluminum tape has been tested with close HhR signals at < 20 ft seems to work…..
@fladave99 depends on distance from the source of the EMP, and the strength of it. any length of wire can act as an antenna to pick up the high voltage spike. yea, breakers can trip, but they don't act fast enough to protect from EMP. modern electronics are sensitive to voltage spikes. people are spending hundreds of dollars to put a surge suppressor on their car battery. that is pointless, it's a scam. a lead acid battery will be fine if hit with a voltage spike. the computer in a car is the real problem. all those wires throughout the car, all going back to the computer. the computers do have some protection built in, but if near enough to an EMP, it can be toasted. that protection on the battery is pointless.
@fladave99 solar flairs are a source of EMP too. if one hits us, we'll only know minutes before it happens. a solar panel is basically one huge diode. the cells themselves are diodes. silicon with very small space between positive and negative. high voltage spikes can easily jump this space and burn out the panel. I don't know how vulnerable they are, as the silicon is spread out over a large area. the mosfets in the charge controller too, they are sensitive to voltage spikes. the silicon parts inside are sometimes only atoms thick. even 100 volts can destroy them and cause it to go short circuit. depending on the chips used.
I ended up getting a Mission Darkness EMP proof faraday generator bag. $500 and its their biggest bag. I threw all my cool guy tactical gear, commos, rifles and NODS in there along with other faraday containers.
Everyone acts like they know everything when it comes to emps. But they really don't. Maybe, maybe not. It would be better protected if you parked it in a metal shed or even more with a storage container.
My plan when I build my next house is to integrate a guider cage wrapping around my entire garage. That's where all the batteries are the solar panels will be that's where the cars are and have a e3 rated surge protector in between the house and the grid and the solar panels and the garage
@@triggerpointtechnologyA Faraday cage is a specific set of designs within the guider cage concept. In fact, the only reason Faraday bags have the name is for marketing purposes, since they do not use a Faraday design.
Good job on the video. What you called the E3 risk is the main thing to be concerned about. Not much you can do about it. Small electronic device in a desk drawer is not really at risk. Most of the EMP protection devices are a waste of time and money. A cheap option that may reduce the impact of E1 and E2 are the silver mylar bags and pink foam that some computer parts are shipped in. The pink foam protects from static electricity and the silver mylar helps to reduce external radiation. Put your device inside of the pink foam and then inside of the mylar bag so nothing is touching the inside of the mylar bag.
I am an EMP expert. Let's hear what you have to say... 1) Should EMP protection be on the priority list? Yes. 2) Do Faraday bags work? Partially. Ideally, you'll want a Faraday sphere, the smaller the better. 3) Grid effects: Largely attenuated by transformers and excessive voltage (airgap) shunts. 4) Nuclear EMP: Sharp pulse. To combat it, build and live underground. Proper EMP hardening uses multiple Faraday levels and a variety of shuts. I have an old laptop inside a microwave, which I keep plugged into the wall for grounding. The laptop also in a Faraday ellipse of aluminum, an insulating layer, then inside copper mesh. I recharge it once a month. As for transportation, I live 2 miles away from stores, relatives and friends. I have 2 bicycles, along with my son's old baby carrier.
@fladave99devices do NOT need to be powered to fry.... It will attack microcontrollers, processors and blow capacitors. Many vehicle electronics will fry at 16-18 volts! And it only takes ONE of the thousands of components in new vehicles to make it inoperable! OF COURSE these devices are completely potted to hide the truth! It's ALL disinformation and you know these companies are making these people sign NDAs and it's sad they are ok with scamming their followers!
Hello! Please educate me. In the event of and EMP, in terms of household appliances and devices, will only those connected to the grid be effected (my understanding was anything electrical / chipped would be effected regardless) Or does it depend on size of EMP? How about chipped items like bank cards and passports? Thank you 🙏
I have an old laptop, phone, bank card and passport, plus AM/FM radio in faraday bags. I realise I won’t be able to use PP or bank card, but hoping to be ahead of the game *when* things are up again.
most of your CPUs manufactured after the 90s have rudimentary faraday cages that are the heatsinks/transfer plate. and most car ECUs are shielded to block interference already. EMPs just aren't up to snuff yet.
The amount of the pulse across that small square area is not the problem. The pulse is arsorbed by wires, they basically acting as antennas. All the wires throughout you vehicle are connected somehow to your ECU. Learn more before commenting.
@OrganikSecrets every connection to your ecu and ecm are fused with up to 60amp fuses/relays. If a surge that powerful came across the wires, they would melt and catch fire. Like I said, EMPs are not up to snuff yet.
Those devices are all on Amazon. The small ones are $70, the Defcon unit is $440. You educated me today, and I thank you for that. I should have done this a long time ago. I have three cars, so for $1500 I can put these on all three and hope at least one car makes it through. As for the home, well, that's a different story. Keep plenty of non-refrigerated food in storage and a means to cook it. I welded up a rocket stove out of a new propane tank and some 3/16"" flat steel. Just the twigs in my yard can cook meals.
Being worried about EMP protection is like worrying about a meteor strike and you can't find your umbrella. You're worried about your car working when there won't be fuel. You're worried about your radio working when there won't be anybody else to talk to. You're worried about your weapon optic, but there won't be running water, natural gas, or food at the store. Have fun with that.
That study used a rather mid range EMP compared to what a large nuke in the ionosphere would produce, and more importantly, those were the cars of 20 years ago which had quite limited integration of delicate computers into their core functionality. Also, older cars had much more metal in their bodies, aka they had built in faraday cages. The cars of today are completely different beasts. They are chock full of sensitive electronics that literally control everything the car does and cars are increasingly made out of non- metallic materials wherever they can get away with it. This is why in the past if a car was hit by lightning you were generally safe if you were inside it because the roof and body panels were metal and thus acted as an incidental Faraday cage. Many new cars DO NOT share this feature and thus they provide no protection from lightning or EMPs. I imagine the cars of maybe a decade or two before that would be pretty much completely EMP proof simply because they were all analogue machines essentially housed in mobile faraday cages.
Great video! Emphasizing the antenna problem is great! With an eletrical background, I am familiar with faraday cages. I've never heard of a faraday bag before. Thanks! As far as prepping goes, I'm a child of rural US. I know how to hunt and fish and which berries in my area I can eat. I've made maple syrup. Growing up, I helped with garden work. I've got a dutch oven. I would prefer not to go back to the 1700s. However, if needed, I can.
My mid 70s vehicles have electronic ignitions which may be potted and metal and bolded to a fender on the exposed side, but the wires in the coil in the distributor may be affected. I have 50s, 60s, and a 1970s car, all with point ignition systems. I guess I would have to worry about the battery, I wonder about the coil, though in a steel case, has only a baker light cap. I also wonder about the starter motor. I have an electric fuel pump on one, but I carry a spare. Perhaps I need to put it in a Faraday cage.
An E1 emp, if you want to see how it would work, go play MW2 campaign from 2009, an E1 nuclear emp was used in that game and it’s pretty accurate of its effect.
Lets be honest the people complaining and saying an EMP would render everything useless are the type of people who would have their life somehow made more useless by an EMP
# iron sights is not a bad idea. Sure, use your glass and electrified glass to the fullest potential, but also become proficient in using iron sights. It doesn't take an EMP to harm electronics. Gravity on just the wrong surface at the wrong height can obliterate the optical device, but leave the irons just fine. All sorts of events (your battery goes into thermal runaway, you lose the ability to charge the optics, you sat the rifle too close to the campfire and melted the mounting bushing, a cow steps on... you get the point)... train with irons, get proficient with irons before going to glass and you've become far more prepared to handle a weird situation.
I'm glad you covered this, tho EMP won't kill all electronic device's it will kill a lot of them proximity will be key and what kind of magnetic resistance the item has already, or the storage/location of the items when it kicks off. Magnets can erase credit cards certain older TV screens anything with a chips (potentially) only tube items are safer end, items with magnetic protection and properly grounded storage.
When you store a radio like a Baofeng with an SMA connector style for the antenna, REMOVE the antenna and take an SMA connector, solder the conductors together and put it on the radio in place of the antenna. An EMP or any strong magnetic disturbance can easily overpower a transceiver through the antenna, but the shorted SMA connector will give it the best chance of survival along side putting it in a faraday bag or case. Communications are vital to survival, unless you are an old mountain man/trapper that talks to themselves. Also, protecting automotive electrical systems at the battery and cigarette outlets with those devices is really your only shot besides keeping them in a faraday cage, but those devices don't even take $5 worth of parts to make, it is a VERY simple circuit, and is the same basic design used in pretty much every surge arrester made. I know you have to plug sponsors though. Thank for making the video!
Some NOD as you say, have image intensifier tubes called silver bullets, these have a metal surround that encompases the tube barr the input window and fibre optic output window, they are fully EMP sheilded.
Little added explanation may be helpful. The wave does not go into the open plugs, the EMP radiates through all wires that are not shielded. MOV's will most likely be to slow acting for a EMP 1. Need to have Gas Discharge tubes and Transient Voltage Suppressors in the nano to peco response time. The military has done a lot of testing but most I think is classified. EMP 1 response should be at or below 0.5 nano to start with. The High Saturation Ferrite is most important if you are protecting grid tied building having it in front of the EMT protection will help with slowing down the translucent surge from what I understand. The power lines are long conductors that pickup a lot of electromagnetic current. I am not a specialist but have studied some on this subject, so as with any person you should check this out on your own. It would be important and somewhat easy to research the speed of an E1, E2 and #3 incursion as the type of wave is slower it lasts longer. If the electronics are two slow it will be ineffective, if it is not ratted high enough for the period of time it would typically be expected to last, the system will fail. Once you know there has been an event shout down the power on all panels, main panel first, unplug equipment to shorten all wire lengths to save what you can. If you understand building electrical, with power shut down ground L1 and L2, and put warning on main breaker or fused disconnect that L1, L2 and L3 if 3 phase is grounded. E3 can last for hours or days if it is generated from the a sun event Just some thoughts.
Everytime I look at my new edition to the family it pains me to act on preparedness due to the fact of wanting a great future for him , but it also fuels my fire of preparedness
It is a bit of a relief to see some channels finally taking the threat of large events that can generate an EMP a bit more seriously... I am an electronics engineer by trade, but I am also part of medieval re-enactment groups that do not use electricity at all... so I have a pretty good understanding of both sides of the question... There will be some that will "claim" that EMPs are not **THAT** bad.... uh huh... if that is the case, why are electronics packaged in ESD bags? Why is it important to wear a grounding cable when working on electronics and computers? The size of the device or chip only plays a part when looking at EMPs that can generate the pulse in long lines or antennas, **IF** they are not connected... The issue is about the same as if your device was struck by lightning... When you scuff your feet across a carpet to zap your buddy, you are storing and releasing an electrical charge... kind of like a capacitor... fur and glass are not electrically conductive but if you rub them together you can still transfer enough electrons to bend water and kill a microchip. Faraday cages are a great step, but those also require a lot of extra steps and care in their construction. Metal Oxide varistors are great for clamping electrical over voltages but they also have a capacity rating to take into account. Once you understand the potential forces you are going to likely deal with, then you can act accordingly... One reason you were not able to find much information on this topic is that it has been steadily removed from online sources... I still have the books that address many of these issues and the very real testing that was done at the time and has never made it into digital format. Bottom line is that governments do not want these things available to their citizens, much less their enemies, so it is withheld in the name of "national security"... I worked on many of these things over the years between the military, industry, and 'site hardening'... I really do not give a damn about what ANY naysayers might post, if the feces hit the rotary air mover, I will be living off of their supplies when they failed to address all the issues that modern governments might throw at them. One thing you definitely have correct is that one of the greater threats is other people... but secondarily is the long term survival and rebuilding and that requires knowledge in those basic sciences of chemistry, physics, biology. Aside from having ready survival basics and defensive measures, having a wide range of at least basic knowledge in those things and the ways we did things prior to electricity, will go a LONG way towards your longevity in crisis situations.
I didn’t even do this on purpose but I have a couple of generators and a lot of other stuff. Enough to get you going again. 25 years ago I needed some cheap storage and bought an all aluminum trailer that was used for a refrigerator trailer that you see being pulled by big trucks so it’s a giant faraday cage. I could put a car inside if I wanted to. That’s what you need just get multiple trailers and store whatever in them. Pro tip buy one that’s been in an accident you get them at scrap price. That’s what I did $800. It had a big dent on the front corner but was easily fixed. Not good enough to go back in use but excellent for storing whatever you want. All cars should fit unless you’re driving something like a truck with big tires because it’s the safest size as all the car haulers are that hall thousands of cars a day.
Pacemakers are encased in the titanium case and are virtually impervious to pulses from outside yes you can't put a magnet right against your chest that could affect the pacemaker but basically an EMP it's not going to penetrate into the pacemaker
Anything early '70s or newer will have electronic ignition. Anything mid-'60s or newer will have an electronic voltage regulator (12 volt systems). Anything older than that will still typically have ignition coils/condensers, etc. Small engines and very old engines with magneto ignition will likely be fine. Basically, you're not completely eliminating vulnerable electronics from gasoline vehicles almost no matter what you do. A mechanical diesel is an exception. This would be anything typically mid-'90s or older. Cheap example would be the 6.9 and 7.3 IDI diesels found in Ford pickups and International medium trucks. Old Detroit 2-strokes are another example, but those are only in heavy equipment and semis from my recollection.
My congratulations. For a non expert in this field you are really correct. Good work. By the way, there is a yt channel who explain in a very simply and understandable way how to protect your home, check emp doctor. But the cheapest way to protect your power line is to buy a over voltage protection for your breaker box and a SPD for your L and N power line who cut the over voltage in milliseconds and some high saturation Ferro magnets who react in nanoseconds.
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What the shit. I was going to release this video next week
How are we on the same wave length.
Haha dude that happens all the time, I feel your pain. But, we all bring different and valuable perspectives to our own audiences so I consider it a win. The fact that multiple channels accidentally cover similar topics around the same time means we are collectively on the same wavelength. The big win is that we get people critically thinking about these subjects so they can make the wisest decisions possible. The fact that it’s all unplanned is just mind blowing. 😂 Can’t wait to see yours. I feel like we had to omit so much data and other perspectives just to get it at a decent timestamp.
Let's see Paul Allen's EMP video
@@not_sure... yeah I'll probably release it today to avoid the comments about copying DC video
In general I've noticed most of gun tube tends to be on the same wavelength. I think as a community we tend to be following the same train of thought.
@@BrassFactswhen collab
EMP won't wipe out your channel....BUT TH-cam will! Update your Rumble channel.
Rumble, TH-cam, & Odysee and other platforms are all financed/controlled by the exact same corporations/people... They're making a list...
Rumble is better. Also PepperBox
Agreed
Very true words
Pepper box ??? On my way!
I spent three years in utilities. We just finished a major transmission line rebuild. Every component was stamped CHINA except for the actual towers. Which were made in Mexico. Think about that.
That’s………. Concerning, to say the least
We are screwed for sure. I will still do my best to help rebuild when the time comes. You have to do the best you can for what you can actually control.
Welcome to capitalism!
I'm glad we didn't let China's Huawei in the US!
Borders don't really matter anymore. Globalization has been complete for a while.
My take on this video is:
* Make sure my bicycle works.
* Make sure I have enough fishing gear for a year without resupply.
* Buy more Twinkies because they never go bad!
Got it! Great video!!
Found a stashed baggie filled with Oreos dated 2015. Surprisingly still good. Should tell you how much preservatives are in those poison cookies.
@@corporaterobotslave400 zombie apocalypse food sticks right there! 👍
Do ding dongs go bad?
@@danformanek3062 Ding Dong become stale but I doubt they go bad.
@fladave99 BaaaHaaHa
No one has died from being prepared. Thanks for all the info.
products like this wont save you either.
Except for when a government agency comes in and shoots your dog and kids because they didn't want you having the things you have . Those people died from being prepared.
@@lorenzo42p and?
@@tynj4173 and it's a scam. waste of money, doesn't do what it claims.
Do you think the EMP has level 4 plates?!?!? yea didn't think so
Lol
git ‘im!! 🤯
Good point😅
I have level 0 plates.
Ha! level 4 Lamellar covers it
Electrician here, I feel like some of the products are a scam.
The OBD2 Plug is basically useless since that plug is only there for communication, the actuall sensors and can system don't run through there, you can also see on the backside there is like 2 pins connected the rest is blank.
The Ferrite around the cables is not going to do anything.
The AC plug is only protecting the Mosfets, which are so beefy they are going to be unimpressed by an EMP, and not the sensitive switching circuit.
The defcon could actually do something since it could in theory equalize the voltage across any part of the car, but then it's also adding long wires that are basically antennas for an EMP.
And the plug with the green and red wires could also do something similar to the defcon, but it's leaving out the chassis.
These products are also incredibly expensive for what they are, the diode they are using can be bought for cents plus a plastic box and some wires, the defcon for example probably costs them less than 25 bucks to make and they are charging 400 for it.
If you want to protect your car against an EMP you should disconnect the battery terminals and tie them and your chase into your house's ground, this will prevent any voltage differential no matter how much power the EMP is pumping out, sadly it might also be impractical.
I was looking for this, thank for clarifying
Hush with your common sense. Now stay quiet as I hear about how essential oils will cure cancer in the next video.
The GoDark Bag website has a bunch of BS about protecting you from 5G waves too. People have limited resources to use for being prepared and he's telling them to spend it on snake oil. Yikes. You don't have to be a rocket scientist to pick up on these scams.
Engineer here…i agree and im glad you mentioned this. Im too lazy to write a long explanation that nobody will read. These products are snake oil. I don’t blame users trying to prepare for a very complex topic.
@kylehill4437 I read it, and appreciate it. These videos are not sources I rely on, but depend upon to initiate conversations like this, so I can be better educated and hopefully, equipped to take care of my family.
I'm a dad of a type 1 diabetic, and we heavily rely on tech to keep him alive and us sane. If an EMP attack were to occur, I'd like to have done something to care for him in advance, you know?
I prepped for an EMP without even meaning to. I have an 80's diesel Defender without even a radio, an off grid cabin on a freshwater lake, and a very large library.
I have a 1979 ford f150 custom with 4wd and i live in northern california on 180 acres
As I understand it it's unlikely that say Russia would launch one nuclear bomb EMP because even one launch would Trigger an entire Annihilation response so they would have to send everything and then we'd all end up in a nuclear winter, the few that survive. I imagine your odds are better than most either way.
@@yyy-875 Way ahead of you. Already on a well. Lake is stocked with fish, and drains into a pipe with a 3kw hydro turbine. Outbuilding has 3kw solar panels and a 12kw battery system. We have a 5kw USMC diesel generator, and a plastic to diesel conversion still for truck & genny fuel. Our cabin has two wood stoves, so we barely break 1kw as the electricity is only needed for our laziness and our central air. The windmill is our next addition, but it hasn't been necessary yet. We have a 1/2 acre garden for seasonal veggies, a micro green growing rack in the basement, a small greenhouse for cultivating micro green seeds, a small orchard of apple, pawpaw, and mulberry trees, and a great berry patch. We have goats for milk, quail for eggs, and three bee hives for honey. I also have a an extensive camera/alarm system on my property, and enough firepower to fend off a siege.
We didn't even mean to prep like this. The cabin already had most of the stuff when we bought it, and the rest was just because we wanted some hobbies that could save us money and get us a farm tax credit. Next thing we knew we hadn't paid a utility bill or left the house for groceries or necessities in months, and had no need to head into town except to see a play or go to a restaurant.
Does it have an electronic injection?
@@yyy-875 It doesn't even have spark plugs. Diesels work off of compression ignition.
I have not ever sought out protection from an EMP - I just assumed it would wipe out all electronics and put us back in the horse-and-buggy era. You have given me hope! It sounds like there are some fairly easy ways to mitigate various dangers. I will be investigating more. Thank you.
Just put a carbureted small block chevy in your truck
One word of warning that I have not heard anyone talk about, is that CMEs may last for several days or weeks. So don't just break out all your protected electronic gear as soon as an EMP happens. Wait a week or two or those things that were once protected get fried as soon as or the next day after you bring them out to use, thinking its all good. With CMEs, it isn't. Wait a week or two before pulling out your gear, after a CME. Or you may regret it!
Godspeed!
CME,s are an issue but keep checking with something you are not reliant on like a solar powered light to see if it has dissipated. This way you know when it's safe to use other electronics.
#ironsights?
#etchedreticle
Checkmate
But what if it's the EMP from MW2 that somehow also erases ACOG etched reticles? Double checkmate
😆
Training?
the number one type of group you need to worry about after an EMP, is your Neighbors, not just the feds
if you live in a city this might be true...
@hansdampf640 in rural areas, you do have " those neighbors" that you know would 100% be a problem!
@@araina5896 true,we have two of them as well,totally "green" fascists.... but what are they gonna do!? run over us? one of them is vegan... i feel sorry for them in advance to put it mildly...
The threat of neighbors is if they know what you have prepped
You guys need to move to a better neighborhood.
I was a shielded enclosure construction supervisor many years ago . Keep your larger items like nods,automotive ignition module etc. in a larger steel ammo can , remove the rubber gasket and clean the paint off the sealing surfaces like the channel and the edge , then get some steel wool and roll it into a continuous gasket or find the mesh gasket with the carbon impregnated rubber center as it's electrically conductive. Hope this helps
Can you please make a video of you doing this
@@vern9093 There are a lot of videos on YT showing how to build faraday cages out of ammo cans and also metal trash cans. th-cam.com/video/2s8CpK6F7UM/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/sBl552KdLbY/w-d-xo.html
@@vern9093
Just snag some faraday cloth instead of steel wool.
Close the conductive envelope, essentially.
Microwaves, steel trashcans with lids.
Just search DIY emp box. You'll find what you're looking for.
I'd love to see this.....need a video
@Wangelectricsystems as long as there's no gaps and the material is ferrous, it should work the surface also should be corrosion free. We built many RF/ EMP/ Tempest. Some were panel type and others welded. The story I was told 40 years ago when I started out that a 40 megaton nuke over the geographic center of country world disable the entire system nationwide. That means even if you save some of your electronics working it's short lived as you'll run out of good fuel for your vehicles and you have to figure out how to keep comms working to your family and close neighbors. As far as vehicles get an diesel hmmv or any old gas car with points they're less susceptible to emp
The thing about faraday bags (especially soft cover type) is you want to make sure they have been tested/vetted through a reputable laboratory. Lots of junk out there.
And not all work for the same frequency bands and signal strength.
due diligence is important on this one.
What bags do you trust?
I realize it's not a bag, but microwaves are great. I mean they are literally designed to deflect radiation. So an old junk microwave makes for an excellent storage box for smaller electronics. It's suggested in order to test that it's shielding is working properly to place a cell phone in side, when try to call it. It the call doesn't for through, it's doing it's job
I've been using the term EMP loosely in conversations recently and believe that we will see the use of an EMP in the Middle East, either over Iran, and or Israel. I understand the devastating effects it would have, but this video has provided me a MUCH better understanding off this loosely used term.👍👍
What do you mean by loosely? You said it twice and to me loosely used would mean used sparingly, not often etc. Do you mean you’ve just been subtly bringing it up?
@@Dreidelmeista For me, I hear and see people on channels, in conversation, on the TV or wherever it might be mentioning EMPs, without fully understanding what that means. For me, up until I watched this video, an EMP was just a missile with a specifically designed warhead that detonates way above our heads. I wasn't aware of the different categories, the Natural EMP threats from the Sun, and the vulnerability of those Key Components that make up the Grid, so I to would talk about EMPs without Fully understanding what I was talking about, and therefore, using the word/term loosely. Kind of talking about a subject without too much detail, and vaguely, or, the term "loosely" means applying it in a way that is not strictly accurate or precise. That's been me when talking about EMPs without fully understanding all the details.
One Second After rocked my world and was the first thing to actually get me serious about prepping. If I’m ready for that, I’m ready for anything. Of course I’m not ready for that but at least I’m working toward it.
Great book,once you start reading very hard to put down. One Year After and The Final Day are next 💯
Not going to worry about it. Without my meds, R.I.P. in 90days
If you like one second after you should read "going home" by A.America.
@fivergorums976 I’ve read those. Pretty fun reads but it definitely feels like the author thinks he’s basically a superhero. Not that I can criticize all that heavily considering I’ve read every book in the series.
great read and truth.
“for the emperor” is so real
I dont get it
@@TangoGulf In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war!.... It's a Warhammer 40K reference. And to try to explain it here, is not going to happen. There is way, way, WAY to much lore and background to..... it would be, literally days worth of videos, to fill you in.
But if you want to learn, you can jump in literally anywhere and learn from there.
@@dorsk84 will thanks for the info. I'll look into it
@@TangoGulfWhile I've been into WH40K for well over 20 years, and you are just getting into it...... I'm sorry, but not really. Cause if you like really nerdy shit, you will have fun. Just realize that the table top game is fucking expensive. The lore is just fun.
Same. Since the mid nineties. Waaaay too much lore. I used to hate Space Marines, but now that I’m older and the new models are not derpy, I kinda dig ‘em. Still love me some Chaos & Eldar though, lol
COD told us ACOGs will still work after an EMP 🤣
You played a different COD than I did.
They'll work anyway because it's tritium backed by solar and an etched reticle.
@@woodrowcall3158 MW3 after nuke goes of the acog is the only optic that works not sure how it was in the remaster only played the original, I’m old
@@KineticApplicationsGroupno that one failed and I was pissed. Thought I was such a dumb oversight.
@@KineticApplicationsGroup The original was the best, I'm old too. Loved playing the old socom games on PS2
I'm educated on the subject. Good layman's overview. I appreciate the blurb pointing out the tech used in each protection device. MOVs are what we use for surge protection in utility scale equipment. I appreciate knowing it's not just a BS black box.
Here in my part of Texas they did away with vechicle inspections. Im in the process of down grading my van and truck to mechanicalinstead of electronics. Im also going to turn my entire shop into an emp proof building or at lease as close as possible. Its nice being retired in my 50s. It all keeps me busy out here on my ranch.
I recommend anyone that's afraid of EMPs to check out Dr. Arthur Bradley's video as I've found the whole topic is something that gets less scary the more you know about it. And a key thing to remember is just like you can install those simple devices on your cars to protect them, the private utilities that own the power plants have over-voltage and over-current protections in place to protect their equipment too. They don't want their multi-million dollar transformers to break either.
Amen!
Or do they?!? Jk. I do wish all the "aid" they sent to the Uke went towards extremes on our grid and infrastructure. Thanks bro! 😂🤙🏼🇺🇸
@@threat2demoracy5454I mean we did get a 1 Trillion Dollar infrastructure bill, I’m in the Civil Engineering field and literally 99.9% of the infrastructure is covered in that bill, there is even mentions that since the Hoover Dam already powers 1/3 of the country we can triple the flow rate and it will actually produce 6-10X as much power enough for the entire nation, there’s a reason that Dam has more security than the White House, deep down in the bill it even mentions the ability to upgrade power lines and protect them from power surges because of EMP type stuff
@@tjboylan20 Well son of a gun! I was not aware of any of that. Appreciate it! My dad used to be a Civil Engineer. Thanks for taking the time to share that u just changed my night. 👍🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Actually, the power grid protection is for lightning and mild E3 protection (5,000 V/M I think and not 50,000 V/M which can be the case with EMP). Our grid is on the verge of collapse as it is. Both electric vehicle charging and the massive power needed by AI can not currently be handled. The state of California and several major cities are already experiencing brown outs. The grid needs a lot of work and including EMP protection. I am an electrical engineer and well aware of grid problems and EMP.
I lived through Hurricane Ike and recently Beryl. 15 days with no electricity of any kind in the aftermath of Ike. 9 days after Beryl. Beryl hardly even brought much water to my area so at least I was able to leave. I slept on the patio outside because it was pushing 100 degrees inside my home.
Elderly people died from heat stress and at least one person died when they couldn't get power to some sort of oxygen machine they needed. That was barely a week without a functioning electrical grid.
A man made attack on the U.S. power grid would destroy this country in probably about 30 days. Way too much of our things rely not just on electricity, but the internet. Some people literally go insane when they're sitting in 100 degree heat, can't watch TV, can't cook food, and have no clue when/if they'll ever get to do those things again. Those hurricanes were isolated events. People from other towns came to help us (God, Bless Them!). A nationwide event would offer no such relief as we'd all be in the dark.
I have a bunch of questions for you if you don't mind answering, as I live in ND and haven't been able to learn about this.
1) What is the status of plumbing? Are you still able to get water from sinks, flush toilets, etc? If not, how long did it last before it stopped working?
2) What method of cooking do you use to cook food?
I have a dual burner stove that runs on propane that I use for canning, but I am concerned about refilling the tanks if power is still out at the local gas station.
3) I am hearing reports of shootings targeting utility workers. Is any of that happening where you are at?
Hurricane Maria went pretty much ignored despite the fact that Puerto Rico is in fact US territory. The federal government did very little to step in and help with disaster recovery, which resulted in some areas being without power for months. Studies since have attributed THOUSANDS of deaths to the lack of power and infrastructure as people were unable to get medical care, supplies, etc. the official government death toll from the storm is much lower, because they only wanted to be track people who died from the weather and not those who died from administrative incompetence/apathy in the aftermath.
@@zackn8745 Proves how "US territory" PR is, huh? They're concerned about Americans, not any variety of Latinos.
@@jchirschfeld1101 As a Floridian, I can answer some of these:
1. Plumbing varies. Most water plants are rather secure and maintain pressure. That said, if you're on a well and have no power, you're screwed. You should keep 3 gallons of water per person.
2. Gas, charcoal, etc. Typically tanks are available after a couple days, but keep extra if possible and don't be wasteful.
3. Never heard of utility workers being attacked. People want power back.
@MrSchism Thanks, I appreciate your input. I kind of was looking at this specific example, BECAUSE it has lasted so long. I wanted to see how ugly it can get in a scenario like this. Yeah, it's insane that people are shooting at utility workers, but it's happening.
As an RF Engineer with heavy hands on experience I'd like to openly say an EMP is so much less of a threat as it was before when we had lower tech that got cooked back then during a mass ejection.
Nobody ever notices how the "Air" is basically full during modern times, full of signals WiFi, Bluetooth, walkie, short waves, long waves, etc. Essentially the world around you in a city is so full of RF trash that all modern electronics have to be up to standards "to receive interference" and are designed to handle surviving constant RF radiation. Modern electronics when quality are "potted" in most cases significantly reducing the already low chance of arcing across components and juntions.
Essentially modern equipment (when you keep up with the times) can mostly handle a stupid EMP/EMF/RF.
Those people whom believe old tech is better and would hold up better are just nerfing their own capabilities. Old tech was overbuilt inefficiently so could handle things it really shouldn't have. Old components are also harder and harder to source daily if you were to try and make repairs.
The cheapest way is to create a ground around an object without making contact, a Faraday enclosure. Ground it's self is a target to Ground through for RF EMF that cause charges, those high charges can run through and fry things trying to reach ground. A ground enclosure of the correct mesh to block the correct waves can prevent any RF EMF from reaching inside. Basically one of those cages that merds get in when they want a giant tesla coil to through lightning at them, the people survive the same way electronics would. Mesh size IS ABSOLUTELY IMPORTANT TO THE WAVE SIZE IF USING MESH. that's why your microwave doesn't cook you through the window. 🤣 the waves are too large to fit through that mesh.
Man I was just going to say about mesh size, I’m no RF or any electrical Engineer but I did have to take some courses that covered it, I’m in the Civil Engineering field and specifically Structural Engineering so when we do government contracts, all I can say is they’re EMP proof, Bomb Proof, Fireproof, and even will survive Indirect Nuclear Weapons, instead of extra rebar in the concrete, Steel mesh is added into the concrete, it also helps that concrete is not a conductor, and wood isn’t either but you can penetrate through wood with RF.
Devices not directly connected to the hundreds of thousands or millions of miles worth of antenna that is the grid are incredibly unlikely to suffer.
It’s not about all of the gadgets and up to date tech. It’s our out of date grid. It’s my understanding from what I’ve read and heard from our own geniuses, that an EMP will wipe an entire region. That is, the exposed power grid near the site of detonation. So let’s say a region would be the size of a major city up to or even a multi-state area. So great, your gadgets will work fine as long as you can keep them charged, of course most can’t. 🤷🏻♂️
@@marcuse7322 well you see the infrastructure bill that was passed is going to completely upgrade the entire grid over the next 10 years, if you want to know a lot more about it the American Society Of Civil Engineers talk about every day pretty much
@marcuse7322 you are taking your heard "expert" advice and I suggested mine based on decades of my own personal first hand knowledge.
Basically you brought hearsay to argue against shit I can physically prove and back up with data 🤣 I'm not here to argue about what you heard from someone I'm only stating reality based on real experience. Keep your mind closed and fold into the dark quietly.
Dude, you guys are right on. I did my homework, too, and you explained it well. I am starting to like you guys. Each show is great.
Tripping over this rabbit hole helps me to learn about what really matters! I appreciate you….. 🇺🇸
Glad to see people starting to talk about this. I love EMPDoctor (Dr Bradley), bought some faraday bags and ferrites from his store.
Check out some TH-cam videos on how to make your own with manilla envelopes, foil, and duct tape. I've made a few and tested them. They DO work and block signals. Cheaper than the cost of some popular brand bags that have quite a few negative reviews on performance. Just a suggestion. Take about 15 mins per bag to make.
Watch the brass facts video on emp. He is an engineer and gun guy. Emps are not as bad as people think for individual electronics. They are bad for power plants.
To protect what exactly? If the infrastructure is dead, you have bricks.
if you say you're prepping but you don't study physics, you're not prepared. the level of ignorance on this topic is concerning, we need more of these explainer videos.
Yes, but him reading up about EMPs for a week as he stated doesn’t make you an expert either
It's amazing. It's like listening to your grandparents cover the "TH-camS AND GOOGLES. WHAT ON THEM INTERWBEBS, BACK IN MY DAY YOU HAD TWO TIN CANS CHALK FULL OF LEAD AND A STRING. That's how I talked to Johnny before the neighborhood pedophile abducted him in his CONESTOGA WAGON." It's like NO ONE HAS CRACKED OPEN A MODERN DEVICE and noticed the COPIOUS amount of metal boxes in them... WONDER WHAT THEY'RE FOR? 90% of Apple's internals are hidden behind those strange metal boxes, no clue what they're for. Also, realistically, any emp that could mess up your iPhone would also most likely mess up your own internal nervous system. And by that time, you wouldn't be alive to worry about frivolities like this.
Faraday bags are relatively inexpensive and are an insurance policy for things like comms, data storage, and even whole firearms with all the "lights and lasers".
Is a lightning bolt of free electrons. Thin conductive objects will melt.
Turbo diesels with manual transmition, my first car in highschool the alternator broke and I just bumo started it and while nothing electronic ran as in no lights, instruments. ABS or the ECU worked (it just put it into limp mode) it drove just fine and the power steering still worked as it was hydraulic and driven but even if it was it was I would be able to steer it, I drove it for a week (not at night) and yes I had to bump start it but I was a broke highscooler and it took me some time to get an alternator. Sure I had to use hand signals but I avoided busy times and roads and just used my phone to see the speed, fuel pump must have been mechanical or a natural siphon effect and while I lost a little MPG and power drive just fine.
So if you wanted to find a car/truck just look for a used one and remove the battery contact and see if it will bump start and run. Maybe on more modern stuff it would not run without the ECU but on others maybe you just have to disable the immobilizer..
Also a big advantage is that a diesel engine is multi fuel as in maybe all the gas has gone but slot of diesel will be left over, you can use engine oil, 2, stoke oil, hydraulic oil (most oils) kerosine. Naptha and even gasoline mixed with engine oil also vegetable oil and biodieselnor filtered used oil (just make sure it's clean with no water and lubricates enough.
You can even get it to run on any flammable gas but you have to set the fuel pump to it only ours in 20% fuel or you can make a type of carb that just spits in some oil for lubrication (it will also work as fuel but you can't just use gas with no lubricstion.
Mixed with those items and some shelving in the engine bay and around essential electrical components you would be golden.
Some cars have a rubber looking tail that touched the road when still but also when firing as a factory thing but it's to provide extra ground protection.
I have seen some British army land rover defenders that seem to have EMP shielding.
In the US I guess you would want to go with a car that has common parts available or it's not hard to modify others.
Personally I would go with German or Japanesex for a pickup an older Toyota Hilux as those things are very hard to break but easy to repair.
Also diesel engines are very economical and are built much stronger than gas engines so unless it's a small car or classic / sports. (Yes they do make very fast diesel sports cars) Since a diesel engine has so much torque and nearly all are debited if you have something heavy. A pickup or need to haul a diesel will be much better than a gaslobe engine in nearly all ways plus if your new to stick shift it's much more forgiving than a gas engine due to torque.
On modern diesel's you can completely disable the AD blue system and whatever you like.
To be honest I'm surprised that since the cold war started thst the government did not pass legislation to protect the power grid down to consumer electronics in case of an EMP.
Also most quartz watches would fail and while alot of mechanical watches may rub fast if it's not an anti-magnetic watch, it's easy to denag them.
From an EDC perspective if you want a big brand name watch with a reliable movement I would go with a 200m Orient auto diver with sapphire glass. Seiko is fine but you can get watches that are 200 - 300m with sapphire glass, ceramic with good lume with a Seiko auto movement for 100 dollars (the brand name may be odd,)
Alot of these movements won't need a service for many decades and even if they do any watchmaker can.
Miyota (citizens) new movements are great but expensive, but some of those and some Swiss movements have silicone balance springs.
Old CB radio equipment would be very valuable also.
You could probably get a used car and mad max it for not alot of money.
William Forstchen wrote 'One Second After' and other outstanding books on this subject.
Read his books.
The king of cost effective EMP protection is a Home Depot bin with faraday tape. It’s not perfect, but it will give you that piece of mind for those items that aren’t actively in use.
If you also line it with copper and a layer of insulation so that your things are not touching the wall. It may work. Technically you need 1/8 thick steel to make sure. Jonathan Hollerman is the Expert on EMP issues of all kinds and has been for years. Check out his books, Survival Theory 1 & 2.
Well done! I've been studying this topic for 40 years since I became a broadcast engineer. One cheap and simple countermeasure for standalone electronics is a faraday shield. Wrap your electronic devices in aluminum foil while in storage. And if an acute risk emerges, put devices in your microware oven (unplug it first!). Steel ammo cases are also good if you replace the rubber gasket with copper tape after sanding off the paint at the contact points on the lid.
Are the cans good enough alone or do you have to line with cardboard?
@@daneengibson7336Best to not have metal on devices touching metal case.
An excellent DIY Faraday cage for individual devices. Remove all batteries from your devices. You can wrap individual batteries with plastic wrap and store them with your device. Depending on the length of time they are stored, they may not retain a charge.
Wrap your device in several layers of plastic wrap. Then wrap with a couple of layers of aluminum foil, then a couple more wraps of plastic wrap, and another wrap of aluminum foil. End with plastic wrap. Be sure to label the package and number & type of batteries required to operate your device.
1. Your vehicle is already a partial ungrounded faraday cage theoretically offering some protection from the effects of an EMP with no modifications.
2. Your battery and all electronics in your vehicle are already grounded to the body of the vehicle (which is where the EMP Shield claims to "shunt" the current created by an EMP) making the EMP shield redundant.
3. The video admitted there has not been a comprehensive test of the vehicle EMP protection equipment.
4. The video also admitted that plug in surge protectors do not work to protect from EMP generated power surges in the home (and the EMP Shield is basically a surge protector for your car's DC electrical system).
5. Spend your money on something else.
Exactly. Plus i wouldn’t want my vehicle to work, I’d draw so much attention to myself.
Yep, ironically modern vehicles & especially EV's are very well shielded against RF radiation.
Although blunt. Yes but the information is still great like the vid. I would say the only thing good is that vehicle surge protector. Probably cheaper onces online. You never know when you need to gtfo. A vehicle is a must. Just rarely use it. Because it does alert attention
All OBD-1 Vehicles Would Still Be Functional After An EMP This Is Because OBD-1 Doesn't Use Software But OBD-2 Uses Software And As Such An EMP Would Scramble The System Software And Would Require A Reflash So Even Though The Hardware Would Be Totally Fine After An EMP That Software Reflash Issue Would Render Every Electronic Device That Runs On Software Completely Functionless However Your VCR Would Still Record And Playback VHS Tapes Your Cassette Deck Would Still Work And So Would 8-Track Tapes This Is Because Magnetic Storage Mediums Like Those DO NOT Rely On Software To Record And Store The Information Microprocessors And Solid-State Storage Mediums Would Still Be Functional At The Hardware Level But Without Software To Tell The Little Transistors When To Turn On And Off The Information Stored In Them Would Be Unrecoverable Yeah Sorry But Digital Is No Match For Analog An EMP Won't Even Put A Skip In Analog Electronics
That OBD2 port thing (a diode LOL?) is just killed it for me. I know electronics a little bit and this part just smells super bad.
I'm not paying $70 for a diode and a fuse in my OBD2 port....
Coming from a electrical enginner you did a great job.all your hard work is to be rewarded.thanku🙂movs maybe the wave of the future.they are simply a voltage clamping device that breaks over at a given voltage.sometimes they self destruct in the process,depending upon how much energy they dissipated.😀
Great video thanks, as an electrical contractor glad to hear what works and what is crap. Sounds great.
If you are that scared just get optics with etched glass
Etched optics are the best way to go
I did but it wasn't because of an emp😂
I drew the eotech reticle on the glass with a sharpie. Nailed it.
@@GiacomoRavioli dam, I did it the hard way with hydroflouric acid paste and masking!
@@Refertech101
I'm a retired Missile Technician (SSBN submarines) we have height of burst (HOB) options for this task. It works, cool story you got there.
Elaborate?
@@lordhuck2689HOB Is a Sensored Fuse In Weapons That Usually Works Either With A Small Doppler Ranging Radar Altimeter In Them Like The DSU-33 Used on GP Bombs ( Mk.80 Series , JDAM … you name it )
Or Barometric Fuse Which Senses Altitude Based on Air Pressure and Plus some more methods
The Height of Burst Is Preset ( Before Launch ) and Used To Maximize Damage For Certain Goals
Like , DSU-33 Has a Fixed HOB of 20 feet with Error of about +3/-3 Feet meaning when the bomb is 20 feet above ground , DSU-33 Will Send a Signal Pulse to a Fuse Like FMU-139 or 152 To Initiate Detonation
Used With Mk.80 Series It Is an Extremely Lethal Anti Personnel Weapon ( Other Fuses That are impact Fuse , When They Detonate The Ground Tanks A Decent amount of Force and Shrapnels , if bomb explodes before hitting ground , There is nothing in its way to tank the Force except for targets , before DSU-33s there were Fuse Extensions like M1A1 Daisy Cutters which was basically a Comp B Filled 36 inch tubes that you can stack on eachother and slap a Impact Fuse Like M904 on the end and Mk.80 series bomb on the other end and that gives you a physical Height of Burst For Same Effect as DSU-33 )
Nuclear Weapons Also Use Proximity Fuse For Same Reason To Maximize Damage and Lethality
They Explode at a Certain Altitude and That Altitude is Set By HOB
Hope This Answered all your questions
@@lordhuck2689 join the Navy, volunteer for submarine duty, become a Missile Technician, learn all you desire. Otherwise, that's classified.
@@lordhuck2689 🤓🤓🤓
@@lordhuck2689Sounds like some of the special calculations between MIL-STD-461 and MIL-STD-188-125 that they don't just disclose.
Those EMP shield products are scams
Source?
Trust me bro 😂😂@Kylecombes4
Aluminum foil is a faraday cage. Unless you're dumb.
@@louispittman7367 yes, an old chips bag works for a phone
Tests on youtube are largely accepted even though the tests are mpstly only validating showing reduction of RF.
Not EMP.
The real test is of course "the big one".
If that happens, no one would be able to go to get their $ back would they?
Probably no one to come take your claim either. Skeptical?
How would you stop magnetic wave from passing though anything??
An invisible force.
Trap it in a sacrificial metal passing it around your possessions to the direction said wave is travelling??
I dunno.😮
Use both canisters on your gas mask, that rubber one way valve comes off once in a real scenario you’re toast. You have to cant your rifle to shoot with both and it’s how we qualify in the AF. Love your content bros 👍🏼
Such a good book. Day After also a good movie.
One of the best books about an EMP event is Going Home by A. American 100% recommend this series
Waiting for the next book!! I'm always doing my 1SG Linus Mitchell impressions for my co-workers.
@@filster1934 same and the “You a mess” from Thad
EMP a way less of a worry compared to the impact to my bank account buying any of these things I'd need to protect since I'm not backed by sponsors, you probably made 1/3 of my salary from this 1 video after the various sponsors and links in desc
Thats most of guntube now. Every video is about trying to sell a product.
1. We straight up say this should not be a high priority.
2. You have a grossly inflated perspective about how much people earn from TH-cam.
3. Zero of the EMP products were provided or discounted and Zero EMP companies sponsored this or any other video we’ve ever done. We purchased things at full price after doing our own research. We are legally and ethically obligated to tell you otherwise.
4. We reported on the EMP Commission findings that only a few out of 55 vehicles had major damage after EMP testing. Any product is optional is only about mitigating an already small issue statistically.
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@@dirty-civilian all I can say is don't waste money on any of that crap, instead buy a good book on emi shielding as all an emp is emi by another name, once you understand it, making a MOV clamp and or zenar type clamp will be easy these are very common circuits through out electronic syou can combine them, the name of the game is clamping the voltage rail to a not go above nominal.
Love that you sound like Shelly Marsh from South Park!!
I love how you guys always promote the most expensive gear on the planet.
these products are nothing but a money grab. if you understand how electricity works, these things don't do much of anything useful.
fake too obd thing 💀
"One Second After", a great book. I've read it 3 times, so far....
It's straight up fiction.
Thank you for this video. You've learned more than me about the CME and nuke emp threats, but one that I experienced recently, and is apparently pretty common, is the EMP produced in the near vicinity of lighting strikes. I've had 3 strikes recently about 25 feet from my house. They took out about 10% of my electronics, like you mentioned, cheap/sensitive electronics like transformers and power adapters made in China. They were plugged into professional-grade high joule surge protectors, but this electromagnetic pulse didn't go through the electric wires, it radiated through the air in every direction in the vicinity from the lighting bolt. I realized how common these small EMPs are and the need for protection of electronics that I want to continue working. Luckily most items shorted out were under warranty and replaced for free. The intensity of the EMP depends on the length and power of the lightening bolt and the atmospheric conditions, so I'm sure there are more powerful ones than I experienced.
I have back up irons on my red dot guns so im good to go.
Some dude recommended that we use paint cans to store stuff and protect from power surge. Cheap too.
videos wouldn't suggest that because can't make money on scam products. paint cans would actually work, and cost nearly nothing.
From a technical point of view, EMPs are very simple.
There are essentially three variables to consider when estimating the effect:
- How much energy is released in the event and how long is the event itself?
- How is this energy distributed across the frequency spectrum?
- How far away from the initial event is the affected system? What is the cross section (circle segment vs. the whole circle) of the affected system?
Frequency inversely relates to wavelength, energy over time is power; so, we know how much power is available to be coupled into the affected system, and we know how much of that power is available at each wavelength, and the dampening factor due to the distance inverse square law and the cross-section. In the affected system, every electrical connection (trace on a PCB, cable, trace on a silicon chip, bond wire inside a chip package, lead wire to a part package etc.) has a length and thus for a specific set of frequencies acts as an antenna.
An antenna is very effective when its length is an odd integer multiple of a quarter wavelength. With that, you can calculate the maximum theoretical amount of power coupled into the antenna, which tells you the damage potential.
Now, all you need to do is add up the damage potential of a gazillion things connected and affected and you arrive at the potential maximum damage to be expected from such an event in the worst case (that's what you learned Calculus for, guys). Reality is probably somewhat smaller than that theoretical maximum, but then again, probably it's going to be bad enough.
Anyway, if you acknowledge the physical foundations of the things at play and do a tiny bit of legwork, you can take the guesswork out of the question largely. And then again, looking at those first principles, you can also judge whether some measure of protection from an EMP event will actually offer protection; a faraday cage is only effective against signals with wavelengths smaller than its own dimensions, and if there is enough energy in very low frequencies, even devices in a cage may get fried as a consequence (e.g. if there is a large old-school transformer in the power supply that happens to be tuned to just the right frequency band to be susceptible).
dude your camera and/or operator are/is phenomenal
Guy with the Toyota “OBD basically isn’t useful, I never use it” all us Dodge/Chevy/etc owners 😢 “must be nice” 😂
Toyota gang supremacy
Toyotas are like cockroaches, they will survive a nuclear EMP/bomb!🤣🤣
Why would Toyotas survive EMP?
Totally underated comment
@@supfoo3638 They Wouldn't Anything That Uses OBD-2 Is Gonna Be Rendered Functionless Due To The Software Dependency But If You Could Roll That Back To OBD-1 It Would Work Because OBD-1 Is Analog The Software Is Where The Vulnerability Is At Not The Electronics Themselves A Nationwide EMP Would Knock Out The Internet Across The Entire Country What Does That Mean For You It Means No Bank Accounts No Economic Activity No Bureaucracy And No Flow of Information All Vital Records Would Be Lost You Would Go From American Citizen To Illegal Immigrant Overnight Your Car Won't Start Would Be The Least of Your Problems As Swat Teams And Police Officers Are Escorting You Off The Continent Because Guess What Nobody Uses Paper Anymore That Birth Certificate You Got At The Hospital Is Not "admissible" Evidence To Prove Your American Because The Digital Standard Has Taken Priority In Every Walk of American Professional Life Without The Internet America Ceases To Exist Trucks Would Stop Delivery of Goods And Services Not Because The Trucks Won't Start But Because The Digital Manifests Would Be Unrecoverable The Very Rules That Bring About The Digital Society We Live In Would Require Breaking Those Rules To Keep The Money Goods And Services Moving Basically The Entire Economy Would Cease To Exist Without Internet Access And Whose Fault Is That For Allowing The Internet To Become Such A Big Part of America So Much So That Drastic Reform of The Law Would Be Required For The Economy To Continue After An EMP It Would Be The Damage To Property And Infrastructure That Causes The SHTF It Would Be The Lack of Trust For Others And The Inability To Consult The Third Party That Is The Internet To Undermine This Trust In Others You Would Be Forced To Trust People You Normally Wouldn't And Some People Won't Do That And Those People Are The Problem
Fun fact. We don't have to imagine what it will be like to go through another Carrington event. Recently when the northern lights were visible all the way down in Florida, it was the same scale and size of the Carrington Event. There was a few failures here and there but over all no major incidents. So we can check that off the list.
Close. It was at the highest scale, but the hemispheric power wasn't as high, not that I would worry about it anyway. At most, I might take down my HF antenna.
Not really. The solar storm that produced the Arora was nowhere near a Carrington event.
The earth's magnetic field is weakening. And those type of Arora are becoming more common.
@@johnlatsch9720 not the data literally proved it was actually bigger than the Carrington event. Wires and transformers are made differently now, with better shielding. Not invincible but deff saved them during that storm. But it was 100% proven by the data it was more than Carrington
@@xORLOCKx what transformers? The Carrington event was 1859
It knocked out the telegraph system
@@johnlatsch9720 my brother in christ use goggle. They existed in small scale. As did cloth power lines. That bursted into flames because of the lack of insolation.
Hey man if you want some little devices with a little led light and some caps to totally capture and protect your vehicle. Aliexpress has em for $1. It will work the same as the $400 box.
what? What are you talking about?
I bought one that will increase my HP by 90% and my mileage by 70%!! ;)
@@StarkartOrg-urban-art-gallery im poking fun at the devices and our little hopes that putting a couple extra ground loops and caps for holding back an emp's effects.
If an emp is going to be powerful enough to fry the standard electronics of today that are already shielded, adding a little plug in ground loop with a small energy storage source is gonna do soooo much.
@@yourfavoritelawnguy2722 lectrical engineer here ... wrong
We actually have seen basically an EMP type of effect quite recently in 2022 which knocked down starlink satallites and 2024 which was causing issues with gps and delayed farmers using gps enabled farming equipment to harvest. Very nice breakdown video!
I recommend “one second after”, the book series! It’s about an emp attack and it’s spot on!
On the topic of regarding this as a "HILF"... specifically the "low frequency" part:
It's not _just_ nuclear & solar EMP's to worry about.
It's difficult to be real specific. But if the USAF or VVF decide "F all the the electronics in that local area in particular", then the warranty on all the electronics in your town, or county, can be voided at the push of a button in a variety of aircraft, with no 'bang' involved. And yes, it has even happened by accident. Ironically, it's not very effective at disabling military equipment, at least not "near-peer" military equipment. Export hardware typically lacks some of the bells & whistles. Anyway EW isn't just for making jam.
There's also lightning. At very short distances, it can sometimes have a similar effect. That's why you can "hear" lightning before the thunder arrives on a radio. If lightning strikes very close (like "in your yard") then depending on it's energy level, it 'can' possibly fry a few things which aren't even plugged in.
One thing to remember is that while micro-electronics have a smaller area, they also have much smaller current tolerance at the node-level on a microchip.
I have a, uh.. governmental aerospace frame of reference, and I don't have even a fraction of the $-htf stuff you do. But I have a faraday house. It doesn't seem like a low-frequency possibility to me (pun intended). It's not a bad idea for just general health even, if you live next to an airport or cell tower. I can tell which runway the local AFB is using because it changes my wifi range. Oh, speaking of... the more faraday your house, the weaker your cell signal & radio or broadcase tv reception. So... that's a factor to consider.
Have aluminum siding (or concrete or adobe construction, or steel siding), metal screen windows, and use reflective foil insulation on the inside of your roof, put foil insulation in your garage... and you'll have fairly minimized home problems. Probably worth just lining a closet with foil inside. Not the real thin cooking foil, just get a heavier gauge that won't tear so easily. Anyway, you can install it with a utility blade and duct tape. The only weird part is that you'll be doing the floor too. It's like a $20 closet mod though, takes maybe an hour. You can put a few "definitely need this" things in there for an extra layer of protection. Also, basement is less of a problem than upstairs, a conductive foil is ideal, but just 'mass' blocks quite a bit.
For the emporer?!?!?!?!?!?! Fing subscribed. Wh40k always gets my love
For the Emperor? “The warrior who will prevail is the one who conquers death, who becomes one with death as we have.” - Phoenix Lord, Maugan Ra ☠️
@@BruiserActual this sounds like heresy
@@shawnflynn5391 😂 But so does humans leaving their home world 🌎 to conquer & repopulate in other planets and galaxies!
The earth just ate a massive CME to face and all it did was make the northern lights visible in the Midwest.
It wasnt that powerful friend. I've been watching them for years. Strong is a better term. We have been hit with similar many times. The auroras were visible because our magnetic field is weakening.
@@lawofliberty3517 Observer?
@@your20downrange Eyes open, no fear
Stay safe everyone. @@lawofliberty3517
Can I ask what this means guys?
I'm like you in the preparedness mindset type ways. I went to school for electrical engineering just to feel secure enough that I could rebuild whatever I needed from basically scratch. Don't worry too much, there have to be more like me out there to assist the SHTF survival teams with the emp recovery missions 👍🏻
Damn!!! You got it dead on! Ive never known anybody who knew what the effects of a coronal hole ejection would be like. Kudos... worth a sub over here.
Lightning arrestor. Not one of those cheap surge strips, but a real lightning arrestor. Ham Radio makes use of em. A Lightning Arrestor will help ground out the massive input surge on your power line.
Military Shielding for EMP attacks begin at 10,000 volts per yard, but these are assumed to be right there, front and center under attack. All I can say is make a (grounded) Faraday Cage and stash your tronix preps in it.
Faraday Cage: Take some metal screen, line the walls and ceiling with it, floor would be good too. Tie each portion to the next with a conducting tie so each can conduct to the one next to it. Ground it. The cage will intercept the EMP. Within the cages there will be no EMP but let nothing touch the cage conductors themselves. Poor Mans Faraday Cage: All metal outside trash can with all metal lid. All metal dumpster. Keep the lid on. Inside is protected. Outside is not. Be sure to ground it. Feeling frisky? Buy an old fashioned all metal camper or trailer and fix it up. Metal screen can fill the gaps. Worried about the car? Metal Screen the walls and ceiling of your garage. Copper is best Metal Screen. Bronze or brass is still great. Steel is good. Aluminum... eh, its metal, it will work... not best, but its metal. So far as the toys shown... nah. Protection is not additive. Putting five devices at 5kV does not yield 25 KV... just the 5. It can limit the impulse. Better than nothing.
As an "old head" I am very proficient in none technological warrior tasks and drills. Map & compass land nav is something I have a high proficiency, I can navigate with only a map and no compass. Downside is I have a skill gap with the new technological systems. Thats my focus to learn. But our newest bodies are too reliant on the technology. With the battle space pushing more drones and deadly tech, the more likely we will see some type of system to counter that which would push everything back to the need for the basic non tech skills.
I say that just to basically say learn both. Have the tech if possible, now the tech intimately, be proficient with that tech AND be proficient with the basics and how to work without that technology for navigation, communication, etc.
Being well rounded will always be an advantage.
Too many are wantonly ignorant that employment and reliance on many electronic devices amounts to putting on a radio collar…
Same with many laser devices.
Great video. Very educational. Already shared it with a pile of folks.
One second after was written by an EMP expert. Tons to learn from, and entertaining.
William forstchen was a history professor at Montreat College in North Carolina. Not really an emp expert. Agreed amazing and entertaining novel. Loved all three
Read the preface and understand why it was written at encouragement when our congress was ignoring the implications!
Note: aluminum trash can plus EMP copper mesh fabric with cardboard liner and all seams sealed w aluminum tape has been tested with close HhR signals at < 20 ft seems to work…..
self-proclaimed expert, doesn't actually understand anything. shilling scam products.
@fladave99 depends on distance from the source of the EMP, and the strength of it. any length of wire can act as an antenna to pick up the high voltage spike. yea, breakers can trip, but they don't act fast enough to protect from EMP. modern electronics are sensitive to voltage spikes. people are spending hundreds of dollars to put a surge suppressor on their car battery. that is pointless, it's a scam. a lead acid battery will be fine if hit with a voltage spike. the computer in a car is the real problem. all those wires throughout the car, all going back to the computer. the computers do have some protection built in, but if near enough to an EMP, it can be toasted. that protection on the battery is pointless.
@fladave99 solar flairs are a source of EMP too. if one hits us, we'll only know minutes before it happens. a solar panel is basically one huge diode. the cells themselves are diodes. silicon with very small space between positive and negative. high voltage spikes can easily jump this space and burn out the panel. I don't know how vulnerable they are, as the silicon is spread out over a large area. the mosfets in the charge controller too, they are sensitive to voltage spikes. the silicon parts inside are sometimes only atoms thick. even 100 volts can destroy them and cause it to go short circuit. depending on the chips used.
Well done! You have done your homework and given us a great "cliffsnotes"
QST magazine of the ARRL did a series of articles on EMP and they nailed it.
I ended up getting a Mission Darkness EMP proof faraday generator bag. $500 and its their biggest bag. I threw all my cool guy tactical gear, commos, rifles and NODS in there along with other faraday containers.
I just want to know will my 2023 KLX 230 s still start if we have an EMP😬
Anything with a microchip will be gone.
@@PsyOpCitizen okay so please excuse my ignorance 😬 but do these have macro chips in them.
Everyone acts like they know everything when it comes to emps. But they really don't.
Maybe, maybe not. It would be better protected if you parked it in a metal shed or even more with a storage container.
@@4X4JEEPMODSyes and electronics for ignition
My plan when I build my next house is to integrate a guider cage wrapping around my entire garage. That's where all the batteries are the solar panels will be that's where the cars are and have a e3 rated surge protector in between the house and the grid and the solar panels and the garage
You mean a Faraday cage?
@@triggerpointtechnologyA Faraday cage is a specific set of designs within the guider cage concept. In fact, the only reason Faraday bags have the name is for marketing purposes, since they do not use a Faraday design.
Very thorough, brother! Thanks for the vid!
Good job on the video.
What you called the E3 risk is the main thing to be concerned about.
Not much you can do about it.
Small electronic device in a desk drawer is not really at risk.
Most of the EMP protection devices are a waste of time and money.
A cheap option that may reduce the impact of E1 and E2 are the silver mylar bags and pink foam that some computer parts are shipped in.
The pink foam protects from static electricity and the silver mylar helps to reduce external radiation.
Put your device inside of the pink foam and then inside of the mylar bag so nothing is touching the inside of the mylar bag.
I am an EMP expert. Let's hear what you have to say...
1) Should EMP protection be on the priority list? Yes.
2) Do Faraday bags work? Partially. Ideally, you'll want a Faraday sphere, the smaller the better.
3) Grid effects: Largely attenuated by transformers and excessive voltage (airgap) shunts.
4) Nuclear EMP: Sharp pulse. To combat it, build and live underground. Proper EMP hardening uses multiple Faraday levels and a variety of shuts.
I have an old laptop inside a microwave, which I keep plugged into the wall for grounding. The laptop also in a Faraday ellipse of aluminum, an insulating layer, then inside copper mesh.
I recharge it once a month.
As for transportation, I live 2 miles away from stores, relatives and friends. I have 2 bicycles, along with my son's old baby carrier.
@fladave99devices do NOT need to be powered to fry.... It will attack microcontrollers, processors and blow capacitors. Many vehicle electronics will fry at 16-18 volts!
And it only takes ONE of the thousands of components in new vehicles to make it inoperable!
OF COURSE these devices are completely potted to hide the truth! It's ALL disinformation and you know these companies are making these people sign NDAs and it's sad they are ok with scamming their followers!
Hello! Please educate me. In the event of and EMP, in terms of household appliances and devices, will only those connected to the grid be effected (my understanding was anything electrical / chipped would be effected regardless) Or does it depend on size of EMP? How about chipped items like bank cards and passports? Thank you 🙏
I have an old laptop, phone, bank card and passport, plus AM/FM radio in faraday bags. I realise I won’t be able to use PP or bank card, but hoping to be ahead of the game *when* things are up again.
most of your CPUs manufactured after the 90s have rudimentary faraday cages that are the heatsinks/transfer plate. and most car ECUs are shielded to block interference already. EMPs just aren't up to snuff yet.
The amount of the pulse across that small square area is not the problem. The pulse is arsorbed by wires, they basically acting as antennas. All the wires throughout you vehicle are connected somehow to your ECU. Learn more before commenting.
@OrganikSecrets every connection to your ecu and ecm are fused with up to 60amp fuses/relays. If a surge that powerful came across the wires, they would melt and catch fire. Like I said, EMPs are not up to snuff yet.
@ABArsenal so they melt, and burst into flames. Still a fail.
@beavisroadhog9629 sure they do buddy.
Well, TH-cam must be trying to do something already to your video cause I can’t finish watching it, they’re trying to emp it.
Cool
Some things I knew, a lot of it I didn't. Very well presented. Thank you.
Those devices are all on Amazon. The small ones are $70, the Defcon unit is $440. You educated me today, and I thank you for that. I should have done this a long time ago. I have three cars, so for $1500 I can put these on all three and hope at least one car makes it through. As for the home, well, that's a different story. Keep plenty of non-refrigerated food in storage and a means to cook it. I welded up a rocket stove out of a new propane tank and some 3/16"" flat steel. Just the twigs in my yard can cook meals.
Being worried about EMP protection is like worrying about a meteor strike and you can't find your umbrella. You're worried about your car working when there won't be fuel. You're worried about your radio working when there won't be anybody else to talk to. You're worried about your weapon optic, but there won't be running water, natural gas, or food at the store. Have fun with that.
not even close to the same thing as a meteor strike…
Faith in Jesus is the ultimate prep.
Read your Bible brothers!
These guys are freemason posers. Check out their symbolism. They'd might as well tattoo lucifer on their forehead.
Lol. Grow up.
@@Norp-i7m 1Corinthians 1:18
For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.
The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but the simple go on and suffer for it. Proverbs 22:3
In 2004 they did EMP study and only 1% of the cars tested where DOA after a direct EMP strike.
That study used a rather mid range EMP compared to what a large nuke in the ionosphere would produce, and more importantly, those were the cars of 20 years ago which had quite limited integration of delicate computers into their core functionality. Also, older cars had much more metal in their bodies, aka they had built in faraday cages.
The cars of today are completely different beasts. They are chock full of sensitive electronics that literally control everything the car does and cars are increasingly made out of non- metallic materials wherever they can get away with it. This is why in the past if a car was hit by lightning you were generally safe if you were inside it because the roof and body panels were metal and thus acted as an incidental Faraday cage. Many new cars DO NOT share this feature and thus they provide no protection from lightning or EMPs.
I imagine the cars of maybe a decade or two before that would be pretty much completely EMP proof simply because they were all analogue machines essentially housed in mobile faraday cages.
The generally recognized time limit is 1976 - no later. (depending on manufacturer).
Great video! Emphasizing the antenna problem is great! With an eletrical background, I am familiar with faraday cages. I've never heard of a faraday bag before. Thanks! As far as prepping goes, I'm a child of rural US. I know how to hunt and fish and which berries in my area I can eat. I've made maple syrup. Growing up, I helped with garden work. I've got a dutch oven. I would prefer not to go back to the 1700s. However, if needed, I can.
My mid 70s vehicles have electronic ignitions which may be potted and metal and bolded to a fender on the exposed side, but the wires in the coil in the distributor may be affected. I have 50s, 60s, and a 1970s car, all with point ignition systems. I guess I would have to worry about the battery, I wonder about the coil, though in a steel case, has only a baker light cap. I also wonder about the starter motor. I have an electric fuel pump on one, but I carry a spare. Perhaps I need to put it in a Faraday cage.
can you do a Batman video
I simp for this vid idea
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1 minute ago is toe tickling
Save your money and trust in God
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The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but the simple go on and suffer for it. Proverbs 22:3
If the Main Braker is tripped , will it still effect inside the Home ?
An E1 emp, if you want to see how it would work, go play MW2 campaign from 2009, an E1 nuclear emp was used in that game and it’s pretty accurate of its effect.
Lets be honest the people complaining and saying an EMP would render everything useless are the type of people who would have their life somehow made more useless by an EMP
I swear to God, every boomer has read One Second After, and they will always make sure to let you know.
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# iron sights is not a bad idea. Sure, use your glass and electrified glass to the fullest potential, but also become proficient in using iron sights. It doesn't take an EMP to harm electronics. Gravity on just the wrong surface at the wrong height can obliterate the optical device, but leave the irons just fine.
All sorts of events (your battery goes into thermal runaway, you lose the ability to charge the optics, you sat the rifle too close to the campfire and melted the mounting bushing, a cow steps on... you get the point)... train with irons, get proficient with irons before going to glass and you've become far more prepared to handle a weird situation.
I'm glad you covered this, tho EMP won't kill all electronic device's it will kill a lot of them proximity will be key and what kind of magnetic resistance the item has already, or the storage/location of the items when it kicks off.
Magnets can erase credit cards certain older TV screens anything with a chips (potentially) only tube items are safer end, items with magnetic protection and properly grounded storage.
When you store a radio like a Baofeng with an SMA connector style for the antenna, REMOVE the antenna and take an SMA connector, solder the conductors together and put it on the radio in place of the antenna. An EMP or any strong magnetic disturbance can easily overpower a transceiver through the antenna, but the shorted SMA connector will give it the best chance of survival along side putting it in a faraday bag or case. Communications are vital to survival, unless you are an old mountain man/trapper that talks to themselves.
Also, protecting automotive electrical systems at the battery and cigarette outlets with those devices is really your only shot besides keeping them in a faraday cage, but those devices don't even take $5 worth of parts to make, it is a VERY simple circuit, and is the same basic design used in pretty much every surge arrester made. I know you have to plug sponsors though.
Thank for making the video!
Or just wrap it in foil.
Another amazing, well researched, and knowledge dropping video.
Some NOD as you say, have image intensifier tubes called silver bullets, these have a metal surround that encompases the tube barr the input window and fibre optic output window, they are fully EMP sheilded.
Thank you for that Neature Walk cutaway. Major league throwback.
Little added explanation may be helpful. The wave does not go into the open plugs, the EMP radiates through all wires that are not shielded. MOV's will most likely be to slow acting for a EMP 1. Need to have Gas Discharge tubes and Transient Voltage Suppressors in the nano to peco response time. The military has done a lot of testing but most I think is classified. EMP 1 response should be at or below 0.5 nano to start with. The High Saturation Ferrite is most important if you are protecting grid tied building having it in front of the EMT protection will help with slowing down the translucent surge from what I understand. The power lines are long conductors that pickup a lot of electromagnetic current. I am not a specialist but have studied some on this subject, so as with any person you should check this out on your own. It would be important and somewhat easy to research the speed of an E1, E2 and #3 incursion as the type of wave is slower it lasts longer. If the electronics are two slow it will be ineffective, if it is not ratted high enough for the period of time it would typically be expected to last, the system will fail. Once you know there has been an event shout down the power on all panels, main panel first, unplug equipment to shorten all wire lengths to save what you can. If you understand building electrical, with power shut down ground L1 and L2, and put warning on main breaker or fused disconnect that L1, L2 and L3 if 3 phase is grounded. E3 can last for hours or days if it is generated from the a sun event Just some thoughts.
Everytime I look at my new edition to the family it pains me to act on preparedness due to the fact of wanting a great future for him , but it also fuels my fire of preparedness
It is a bit of a relief to see some channels finally taking the threat of large events that can generate an EMP a bit more seriously... I am an electronics engineer by trade, but I am also part of medieval re-enactment groups that do not use electricity at all... so I have a pretty good understanding of both sides of the question... There will be some that will "claim" that EMPs are not **THAT** bad.... uh huh... if that is the case, why are electronics packaged in ESD bags? Why is it important to wear a grounding cable when working on electronics and computers? The size of the device or chip only plays a part when looking at EMPs that can generate the pulse in long lines or antennas, **IF** they are not connected... The issue is about the same as if your device was struck by lightning... When you scuff your feet across a carpet to zap your buddy, you are storing and releasing an electrical charge... kind of like a capacitor... fur and glass are not electrically conductive but if you rub them together you can still transfer enough electrons to bend water and kill a microchip. Faraday cages are a great step, but those also require a lot of extra steps and care in their construction. Metal Oxide varistors are great for clamping electrical over voltages but they also have a capacity rating to take into account. Once you understand the potential forces you are going to likely deal with, then you can act accordingly... One reason you were not able to find much information on this topic is that it has been steadily removed from online sources... I still have the books that address many of these issues and the very real testing that was done at the time and has never made it into digital format. Bottom line is that governments do not want these things available to their citizens, much less their enemies, so it is withheld in the name of "national security"... I worked on many of these things over the years between the military, industry, and 'site hardening'... I really do not give a damn about what ANY naysayers might post, if the feces hit the rotary air mover, I will be living off of their supplies when they failed to address all the issues that modern governments might throw at them. One thing you definitely have correct is that one of the greater threats is other people... but secondarily is the long term survival and rebuilding and that requires knowledge in those basic sciences of chemistry, physics, biology. Aside from having ready survival basics and defensive measures, having a wide range of at least basic knowledge in those things and the ways we did things prior to electricity, will go a LONG way towards your longevity in crisis situations.
I didn’t even do this on purpose but I have a couple of generators and a lot of other stuff. Enough to get you going again. 25 years ago I needed some cheap storage and bought an all aluminum trailer that was used for a refrigerator trailer that you see being pulled by big trucks so it’s a giant faraday cage. I could put a car inside if I wanted to. That’s what you need just get multiple trailers and store whatever in them. Pro tip buy one that’s been in an accident you get them at scrap price. That’s what I did $800. It had a big dent on the front corner but was easily fixed. Not good enough to go back in use but excellent for storing whatever you want. All cars should fit unless you’re driving something like a truck with big tires because it’s the safest size as all the car haulers are that hall thousands of cars a day.
Pacemakers are encased in the titanium case and are virtually impervious to pulses from outside yes you can't put a magnet right against your chest that could affect the pacemaker but basically an EMP it's not going to penetrate into the pacemaker
Anything early '70s or newer will have electronic ignition. Anything mid-'60s or newer will have an electronic voltage regulator (12 volt systems). Anything older than that will still typically have ignition coils/condensers, etc. Small engines and very old engines with magneto ignition will likely be fine. Basically, you're not completely eliminating vulnerable electronics from gasoline vehicles almost no matter what you do. A mechanical diesel is an exception. This would be anything typically mid-'90s or older. Cheap example would be the 6.9 and 7.3 IDI diesels found in Ford pickups and International medium trucks. Old Detroit 2-strokes are another example, but those are only in heavy equipment and semis from my recollection.
My congratulations. For a non expert in this field you are really correct. Good work. By the way, there is a yt channel who explain in a very simply and understandable way how to protect your home, check emp doctor. But the cheapest way to protect your power line is to buy a over voltage protection for your breaker box and a SPD for your L and N power line who cut the over voltage in milliseconds and some high saturation Ferro magnets who react in nanoseconds.