I'd like that.Can we change the title of this thread to, "get your 50 here"?
*sigh*
OK, just got done talking to a guy who has worked for AEP for over 40 years. I asked him how long it would take to replace one of the large transformers in a substation. He said that if they happened to have one that was working surplus in the area, they would have to drain the old one and get the new one transported and set up - a minimum of 3 or 4 months if it had a rush on it. If they didn't have any working surplus, they would have to order from overseas, and he couldn't say how long it would take. Not good, but not unexpected.
My AR, shotgun, pistol, machete and can opener all work after E.M.P. (:
He wrote eight years ago! Even I have a statue of limitations for grammar and vocabulary corrections.
Wrong - proof that the Internet is Forever ( subject to EMP, of course.)
I wrote that over six months ago!
See what I mean?
Yes but how do I get the car into the microwave?An old microwave oven will work as a faraday cage. Buy one at a yard sale for $5, and your good to go.
ELECTRO-MAGNETIC FACTS.
A magnetic field can ONLY produce an electrical current when the field is [STRIKE]MOVING[/STRIKE] CHANGING.
The static magnetic field constantly present on Earth dampens ALL magnetic field movement.
You [STRIKE]MUST MOVE[/STRIKE] the magnetic field THROUGH AN ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR must be changing to produce an electrical current.
Either the magnet spins (rotor in an alternator for example) or the magnet moves through an electrical conductor (coil of wire for example).
An EMP wouldn't make a distributor not work. There's nothing that would be damaged.
Older cars that use as little amounts of electrical components as possiable. You have a much better chance of being able to restore one of them after the event. Likely components that would need replacement would probably be the coil, and distributor maybe more....Anybody ever read the story "Lights Out" by Halffast ? Pretty neat story that is about a EMP strike.
Telegraph systems all over Europe and North America failed, in some cases giving telegraph operators electric shocks. Telegraph pylons threw sparks. Some telegraph operators could continue to send and receive messages despite having disconnected their power supplies.