Hmmn, I remember, possibly incorrectly, that a f-cage will protect you from standard EM interference, but not from an emp. The analogy was on the order of stopping ordinary vs laser light source. I think that lead and or stell shielding must be used to stop the pulse from either a nuke or an emp gun. I guess it al depends on the strenght of the pulse. I don't think you are allowed to protect your electronics from emp's. The standard FCC warning on all pocket electronics should make that clear. YOu know the one, reads something like this device must accept all interference wether destructive or not. You can find it on all pocket phones, calculators etc. I think that basically means that if the "fit hits the shan" so to speak that FEMA or whomever will simple pulse our sorry asses into pre pda bliss. #endrant thom On Mon, 13 Sep 1999, Claudius Li wrote: > > Neal Stephenson wrote about an EMP gun used to disable vehicles and computers > > in his novel CRYPTONOMICON (which is excellent, by the way, and highly > > recommended to this list). How can I protect my house, computer, car, etc. > > from this kind of disruption? > > A large EM pulse is bad because when they move orthoganally accross a wire > they induce a current down that wire. This current won't necessarily go in > the direction the wire was mean to carry current. And it may be larger > than the amount of current the wire was meant to be able to withstand. > > But there is something you can do about it. > > Just surround your house with a Farraday(sp?) cage. > Get alot of tin foil. > Wrap it around your house. > Make sure it's grounded well (try attaching it to your lightning rod). > > Now when the EM pulse hits the tin foil it will be turned into current. > The current will drain into the ground. And the EM pulse will not continue > on its way through your house. > > -Happy tinfoiling > > > -- > Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of > "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" to> Wear-Hard Mailing List Archive (searchable): http://wearables.blu.org > > -- Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" to
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