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lilbear68 says:
July 29, 2013 at 10:18 am
youre making faraday cages a complicated mess
when for much stuff its very simple. a steel trash can with a
tight fitting lid. is all thats needed. just make sure there is no
conductive contact to the contents
Arthur Bradley says:
August 7, 2013 at 10:16 am
You’re mostly right. A steel trash can with a very
tight fitting lid does a pretty good job of acting as a Faraday
cage. I tested this as part of my book, and found that it
varies greatly depending on the fit of the lid. One addition
that helps is to tape the seam of the trash can with
conductive tape.
Stay safe,
Arthur
jeff says:
July 22, 2014 at 5:11 pm
i have a generator and a few things plugged in
to this. if/when i cage the unit, will i still need to do same The Official Wolf Pack Logo
for plugins? (and the ext cords also) if so, sounds like we
all ought cage our living spaces!
Mark says:
June 13, 2014 at 4:37 pm
One good test I am told is to put your cell phone
inside your makeshift Faraday cage and call it, if you hear
ringing from the cell inside, it isn’t properly sealed or thick
enough
Jon says:
July 29, 2013 at 11:54 am
Does anyone know if you can use packing peanuts to insulate X
and keep the contents of the cage from contact with the
exterior walls?
Mama J says:
July 29, 2013 at 12:12 pm
I was told by other pack members that styrofoam
makes static electricity.
Now, the corn starch ones might work. I use chunks of
rubber.
August 7, 2013 at 10:19 am
Styrofoam is an insulator that would work fine
in a Faraday cage. The static issue is a concern when two
objects are moving with respect to one another (i.e., see
the Triboelectric effect). It would be fine sitting inside a
Faraday cage as long as you’re not scrubbing your bare
electronics against it.
Stay safe,
Arthur
Alan says:
July 29, 2013 at 12:39 pm
Question about gaps: If I use an ammo can with a
rubber gasket to make the ammo can (and radio equipment)
waterproof, having to repeatedly reseal the can with
conductive tape seems like a real pain. How do I calculate the
maximum allowable gap? My firstorder thought/guess is that
it is related to the frequency spectrum expected in an EMP
event.
Mike says:
July 29, 2013 at 1:37 pm
Try lining the lip and lid with steel wool to keep
the seal between lid and container.
August 7, 2013 at 10:21 am
Try to keep the gap smaller than 1 mm (about
the thickness of a dime). I tested ammo cans for my book,
and they didn’t do great because of the less than perfect
seam going around them.
Arthur
patientmomma says:
July 29, 2013 at 4:11 pm
I read on another blog that an old microwave oven (old X
plugged of course) could be used for small items. Does anyone
know if this is true?
OhioPrepper says:
July 29, 2013 at 8:58 pm
patientmomma,
Yes it’s true, and was stated as such in the article.
Anerd says:
June 8, 2014 at 12:50 pm
They can, but they are not as effective as other
solutions. I did the radio test on mine and found that it
failed. I investigated further and found that the FCC
currently allows a microwave oven to radiate up to a 1/4
Watt of power and previous standards allowed it to radiate
up to 1/2 Watt of power. As such my current 1000 Watt
microwave would have 36 dB of shielding. My older 600
Watt microwave would have had only 31 dB of shielding.
The author directs you to his book to find the effective
shielding of the various recommended containers, but this is
at pretty much the lower end of shielding effectiveness.
Thomas T. Tinker says:
July 29, 2013 at 4:26 pm
I went for the steel trash can with blanket foam
wrap on the inside and a heavy steel wool ‘gasket’ on the lid. 4
harbor freight coffin locks on the lid and a ground server bolt
with a leg of jumper cable. I left the clamp on one end to make
it ‘portable’. It sits in the basement clamped to the street side
of our water meter.
Whatdayathink ‘Packers’, zit gonna work?
OhioPrepper says:
July 29, 2013 at 9:04 pm
TTT,
I have several 30 gallon metal trashcans setup in a similar
manner, except I don’t use any coffin locks, or anything else
on the lid since its already tight fitting.
Also, lose the ground connection. The wire acts as an
antenna and unless you have a good way to measure things,
my do more harm than good. Faraday enclosures do not
have to be grounded, and that is not just my opinion, but the
facts from the physics of how they work.
In general your setup should work fine.
Sirius says:
August 3, 2013 at 4:13 pm
From what I read in the article, I’d say don’t
loose the ground connection completely. Have it
available. The good doctor in his article stated that the
faraday cage may become charged itself and having a X
ground source readily available would be perfect to
discharge the cage before you touch it.
bakdrft says:
July 29, 2013 at 7:45 pm
I do appreciate the wonderful post people put here,
but I do have a question. If I have to store all my electronic
items in here how can Iuse them? If I take them out to use how
can I put them back in before a EMP is used? Sooo It goes to
reason we need to live in a Farady world…or a Faraday car or
a…………sigh
M.D. Creekmore says:
July 29, 2013 at 8:58 pm
bakdrft,
An EMP is not a continuous event, it is a burst of energy that
is released, the damage is done, and then it’s gone, unless it
is caused by a solar storm which could last for several hours
or even days.
OhioPrepper says:
July 29, 2013 at 9:13 pm
MD,
As stated in the article, a solar storm is not likely to
produce effects that will hurt small electronic items,
unless they are connected to an external long wiring
system, which could include the electrical grid, your
landline telephone, your local cable TV provider, all of
which contain long enough antennas to induce large
voltages onto the system, and into connected devices.
The Carrington Event of 1859 cause problems with
telegraph offices because the telegraph wires between the
offices acted as a large antenna system, which collected
the energy and delivered it to the devices connected to it.
Things like spare unconnected batteries stored in those
same offices would not have been affected.
OhioPrepper says:
July 29, 2013 at 9:22 pm
bakdrft,
If vulnerable equipment is not in the protected enclosure
during the event, then it could be subject to damage. The
idea is to store currently unused or spare equipment in the
protected environment. I am also one who thinks multiple
small enclosures are better than one large enclosure, so that
a failure doesn’t damage everything you own. I do the same
with my long term food preps, opting to have #10 cans of
things like wheat rather than 5 gallon buckets. If the
contents of a 5 pound can spoil, it’s a lot less loss than the
contents of a 35 pound pail. Likewise for the contents of a X
single, smaller protective enclosure.
charlie (NC) says:
July 29, 2013 at 9:09 pm
The truth is that no one knows for sure what will
work without knowing the exact characteristics of
electromagnetic pulse and that is impossible to know in
advance. I think a metal trash can is as good as anything. I have
one lined with heavy cardboard with the seams taped to act as
an insulator. However I expected that it would shield
radio waves so I put a portable radio inside it and put the lid
on.
The radio continued to play so who knows. I guess the can was
resonant to the frequency of radio station. I had the cardboard
cut so that the galvanized metal top touched the galvanized
metal can when the top was on.
I’m wondering about some sort of combination container. For
example a non conductive box with a fine wire screen around it
with the wire screen covered with a non conductor and all of
that inside a solid metal container.
You just never know what an energy source will decide to do or
where it will go. For example, my house was hit by lighting
many years ago.
At the time of the strike there was a window A/C, a TV set and a
refrigerator plugged in and running. They were not hurt but
the lightning strike blew the main breakers out of the breaker
box taking the box cover door off with them. Every light bulb
in the wall circuit that the TV was plugged into was blown even
though none of them were switched on and the TV was on but
was not hurt. All of the outdoor flood lights and driveway
lights were destroyed. I mean lights and wiring were destroyed
but none of them were switched on. It’s clear from that the
lightning didn’t follow the easiest path to ground.
It also didn’t hurt the water pump or the water heater or
furnace. All of them were tied to the common house ground.
I know that lightning isn’t RF or an EMP but it is a huge energy
source and I predict EMP will be just as unpredictable. The
long and short of it is do the best you can. Build more than one
type of faraday cage. Place them in different locations and split
your gear between them. Then hope for the best.
Rob Crawford says:
June 8, 2014 at 9:54 pm
The radio still picked up the station because the
signal was still penetrating the can. That doesn’t mean it
won’t work against an EMP; the radio is MEANT to find a
weak signal and turn it into something you can listen to.
EMP damages by inducing too high a voltage in circuits not
meant to receive such a signal. Cutting the strength of the
EMP sufficiently will protect your electronics, and you’re
unlikely to build a fullspectrum fullyisolated chamber on X
anything less than a major laboratory’s budget.
OhioPrepper says:
July 29, 2013 at 9:33 pm
Arthur,
As a EE I think that this article was spot on; although perhaps a
little more complex in the description of the physics than it
would have to be . Good job.
August 7, 2013 at 10:23 am
Thanks, I appreciate it! I’m an electrical engineer
too.
Arthur
Chuck Findlay says:
July 29, 2013 at 11:17 pm
The first thing is that I don’t see an EMP strike as a
very likely event. But with that said I do apply a little
protection to this very small possibility.
My faraday cage is an old white metal cabinet I tore out of a
house I was updating. It looks to be made in the 1960s and is as
strong as the day it was made. It’s just dated in it’s style. It
resides in my basement and the electronic items in it don’t
seem to care if it looks dated. And the price was right, it was
free. In fact I got paid to remove it and haul it away.
And it’s easy to put things into and take them out of it.
bakdrft says:
July 29, 2013 at 11:24 pm
I dont think you all got my point, You have
explained what an EMP does and how long it lasts, but you, me
and everyone here does NOT know when one will happen.
THAT is my point WE dont know when one will happen. So
keeping your electronics stored in a Faraday container does no
good if you have the irrational fear that a EMP/Solar burst will
happen. I must point out that even if your cell phone works cuz
you protected it in your faraday box the cell towers/internet
wont be working. So whew you have a cute little paperweight
that can make a phone call to no one else. I want to think I can
get around when TSHTF happens without the dependence of a
cellular device,Who are you going to call? 911 we are knocked
out as well. I dont store my fire engines in an encapsulated
faraday fire dept.
gil says:
July 30, 2013 at 3:49 pm X
you could keep a laptop you dont use with alot of
pdf files . sim cards, flashdrives, if it large enough
a small tv,dvd combo , 2 way radios, ect…
charlie (NC) says:
July 30, 2013 at 6:09 pm
What you keep in your Faraday cage always are
the spare electronic parts for your car or truck, your spare
ham radio, your extra laptop computer, etc. etc. Then you
put your everyday items in the Faraday cage when you aren’t
using them for a while. Otherwise you use them and don’t
worry about it because you have your spares put away. It’s
not that complicated.
The amount of stuff you keep stored away depends on your
risk tolerance. Some folks don’t have insurance. Some folks
have too much insurance. It’s the same thing. It’s just
insurance in the form of electronic items.
Jersey Drifter says:
June 9, 2014 at 10:27 pm
well stated Charlie.
If you have a set of 2 way radios that work ok in your area,
and you are happy with them, then buy a second set and
put them in the cage.
One is none, two is one.
A back up plan for your back up plan.
Docj says:
June 8, 2014 at 5:48 pm
I keep hand held wallis talkies for communication
on the farm and with my neighbors Ina faraday box. I also
plan to put a watch and a compass in there. A working
computer with my saved documents would also be nice.
Rob Crawford says:
June 8, 2014 at 9:56 pm
Protect your spare/emergency gear. Yes, your
cell phone may get fried — but, as you said, the rest of the
network may get fried, too.
Chuck Findlay says:
July 29, 2013 at 11:32 pm
Hey MD that “Bad Idea” tshirt add is very
distracting.
I think you need more like it…
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July 29, 2013 at 11:45 pm
Sooo….we hear about the event and hustle to put
our electronics away? I guess I’m confused, if a small nuclear
device is set off in the upper atmosphere with the intention of
doing harm to our electronics, we probably would have no
warning. We would keep our stuff in there all the time? That
doesn’t make any sense to me at all….someone please explain
why this is important, as someone said, if my stuff is put away,
how do I use it? Thanks!
Seamus Finn says:
July 30, 2013 at 12:05 pm
The whole point is to stuff up a few spare
electronics in your cage. A CB radio, flashlights, AM/FM
radio (just in case…), electronic tools of value, etc.
Not only comm equipment. A glucometer, for example, is
almost vital to a diabetic person. And it could fry in an EMP.
Better have a spare one stashed somewhere safe =P
You do not use your stuff. Your everyday gear will fry.
That’s it, there’s nothing you can do about it. It’s your preps
you need to store =)
Ben Price says:
July 30, 2013 at 12:35 am
In a word, bogus, all of it. Neither the author nor
anyone replying has any idea how a faraday cage really works.
But if y’all want to put your electronics in trash cans and expect
them to survive an emp, at least you will be one step ahead of
the rest when they pop. A trash can will be a good place to leave
them after they are fried.
A faraday cage must have a good earth ground. It should be
constructed of perforated metal, preferably copper. It should
have no open seams, and the contents need to be electrically
isolated from the cage if they are to be protected.
The reason for the earth ground is that the cage IS NOT A
SHIELD, it is a shunt. It will not deflect EMP energy, it has to
drain the energy instantly from the surface of the cage before it
builds up a charge and becomes electrically transparent. The
perforations are necessary to break up eddy currents in the
metal, otherwise it will induce a saturating field that will re
radiate into the cage.
But go ahead and use the garbage cans, the ammo cans, the
aluminum foil packets, the coffee cans, etc. and see what
happens.
From one with REAL experience building, testing, and using
faraday cages for a living.
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Ben,you may be right but your presentation
leaves a lot to be desired. just sayin.
charlie (NC) says:
July 30, 2013 at 6:13 pm
Ben, I don’t particularly like your attitude but I’ll
reply anyway.
Lots of people know how a Faraday cage works. What we
don’t know is the characteristics of the EMP event. Without
that information we are guessing on what to protect against.
Macintosh says:
July 30, 2013 at 6:25 pm
It’s good that you do such important work with
things for a living because if you had to interact with people
you would be out of a job.
August 7, 2013 at 10:27 am
I think that you’re confusing the characteristics of
an EMP with that of lightning. The goal with lightning is
indeed to shunt it away (thus the use of lightning rods). An
EMP is a high frequency radiated event (not conducted like a
bolt of lightning), so the goal is to simply shield the sensitive
electronics from the high electromagnetic fields. I am not
sure of your experience, but I say this as a NARTE certified
EMC engineer who has worked in electromagnetics for 20
years.
As for garbage cans, they do a pretty good job as I show in
my book.
Best wishes,
Arthur
kondejko says:
September 5, 2013 at 4:43 am
can a dryer be used as a Faraday cage
Anerd says:
June 8, 2014 at 1:03 pm
As somebody else in the radio field, I am going to
have chime in to state that your information is not correct,
either here or your improved explanation below. A ground
provides a safe place to direct excess current from lightning
strikes, power line surges or static discharge to protect your
more delicate electronics. EMP is a high energy radio wave, X
but radio waves are not current flow, otherwise they
couldn’t go through air which is an insulator.
Djimnik says:
July 23, 2014 at 6:37 pm
He’s right, but it really doesn’t matter. A high
altitude nuke EMP will generate upwards of 25,000 volts
per meter within a close distance and 5000 volts per meter
out to around 1500 miles from zero. Anything with a wire
more than 3 feet long is going to be fried. Every single car in
the nation will not be running after that. Also an EMP is not
a radio wave, it’s a magnetic field. Any time a magnetic field
moves across a conductor it generates voltage.
Djimnik says:
July 23, 2014 at 6:53 pm
Some articles I’ve read refer to super EMP
devices, nuclear devices designed for maximum magnetic
yield. Some where around 200,000 volts per meter of
wire at zero and 100,000 volts at the horizon. Who
knows if they are real, all highly classified.
Chuck Findlay says:
July 30, 2013 at 12:43 am
I use my stuff as normal. But I work hard to have
backups of almost everything. These things have to be stored
someplace, why not the metal cabinet I got for free. Its convent
as it has shelves in it and it is made from metal.
Like I said, I don’t worry about EMP, but it’s easy to put things
in this cabinet. I don’t expect to have a serious auto accident,
but that doesn’t mean I don’t buy coverage for it. I look at EMP
the same way, I cover my bets.
charlotte morris says:
August 2, 2013 at 11:57 pm
Agree, that is the way to look at it.
Rick says:
July 30, 2013 at 10:58 am
I’ll take a chance with my old microwave I have. It’s
tidier than lining a closet with tin foil, which looks like I’m
doing something illegal, and it lets me avoid hauling the old
clunker out to the curb. I only have a couple walkietalkies, a
transistor radio and a couple flashlights in it, with no batteries
in them.
If it does happen, I figure it at least gives me a fighting chance, X
and if I do have a breakin, chances are that the burglars will
overlook that antique. I did snip the cord in preparation to
junk it, but managed to procrastinate tossing it. I’m glad I did
now.
Seamus Finn says:
July 30, 2013 at 12:06 pm
And that microwave of yours already is some
kind of Faraday cage, by the way.
It was designed this way =P Not to let the… microwaves out
of the oven.
Onion says:
July 30, 2013 at 7:31 pm
http://www.futurescience.com/emp.html – it
echos, and expands upon, the advice of the OP, and it’s free.
No shield is 100% protective. Every electronic device will have
a different failure threshold. The pulse strength will vary based
on it’s height, your distance from it, and the magnitude of the
blast. Cages attenuate the strength of the pulse the item within
receives, they don’t fully negate it. The skin effect is fact,
multiple thin shields, each insulted from each other, is far
superior to a single thicker shield like a trash can. Conductor,
insulator, conductor, insulator, etc, device. Read: electronic
item(s) in a paper bag, wrapped in tinfoil, inside another paper
bag, wrapped by tinfoil, inside another paper bag, wrapped in
tinfoil. Improper grounds are worse than none at all. A copper
wire to a grounding rod, or a water pipe, is not a proper
ground for EMP.
August 7, 2013 at 10:29 am
You’re absolutely right about the multiple layer
effects working better than a thick conductor. I didn’t have
time to talk about that in this article, but it is discussed in a
youtube video that I did. Check out disasterprepper videos
(or my name) and you’ll find one on Faraday Cage testing.
Arthur
T.R. says:
July 30, 2013 at 7:59 pm
I have a lead lined ammo box , that was originally
used to transport radioactive pharmaceuticals in for small stuff
.
Ben Price says:
July 31, 2013 at 4:42 am X
Yes, my delivery does leave something to be
desired. My apologies to the pack. I get irritated
having to repeat myself often regarding all the mis
information going on with phony/inadequate faraday cage
specifications.
An EMP is an induced pulse of electromagnetic/electrostatic
energy ranging from very low frequency (heave) to extremely
high frequency (Compton effect). There are several
components to the nuclear detonation type emp that have to
be considered. Also, the altitude of the detonation is a factor in
electrostatic/electromagnetic generation. The theory behind
nuclear emp gets rather complicated to explain, so I would
offer a rather simplified analogy.
Instead of thinking of a faraday cage like you would an
umbrella in a rainstorm, think of it instead like a sponge you
are standing under. If the storm is small and short, the sponge
will absorb enough moisture that you don’t get soaked. But if
the storm is heavy and/or long, the sponge will saturate, and
you will end up as wet as if you had no sponge at all to protect
you. Now imagine if the sponge had 4 pipes sticking out of the
corners, stuck in the sponge so that they could drain the
sponge before it saturates. Then you could stand under it
during a heavy storm and still stay dry. However, under the
worst storm conditions, even the pipes would not be enough,
and you would end up soaking wet after all.
That is perhaps the best analogy I can come up with for how a
faraday cage is supposed to work. The pipes are the same as
the grounding rods. If the rods are not coupled to both the
cage and earth ground well, then they will not shunt the energy
sufficiently to protect what is inside. If the emp is big enough,
it will overcome the abilities of the cage. I have never seen or
heard of a faraday cage that will protect against ANY emp. But
unless it is well grounded, it won’t provide any protection at
all.
If you want to understand emp better, visit the site www.
fas.org, or do a google search on nuclear emp. Also do search
on “mitigating emp” and do a lot of reading.
I’ve had to harden communications sites, some of the most
vulnerable equipment to emp, to survive direct lightning
strikes. Lightning is freakishly difficult to protect against
electrically. But it is not as bad as nuclear emp can be.
My apologies if I seem curt or irritated. It is because I have
repeated this so many times I wonder if anyone is listening.
charlie (NC) says:
July 31, 2013 at 8:43 am
Ben, finally a useful comment from you. Thanks
and I mean that sincerely. This groups includes folks from
all different
backgrounds, levels of experience and education so please
don’t make the assumption that all or even most of us are
too ignorant to understand you. As I told my doctor once. I X
understand the English language if you can speak it.
I don’t mean those comments to be harsh. I guess you can
tell that you are not the only member of this group with a
hopelessly abrasive tongue. Your analogy with the sponge
and the pipes is the best word picture I’ve ever read/seen of
an effective faraday cage.
Am I right in thinking that probably the very best protection
for
an EMP is to bury your stuff under about 5 or 6 feet of soil?
Ben Price says:
July 31, 2013 at 10:29 pm
Deeper would be better, but keep in mind
depth is a bit subjective. What you really need is a good
coupling to earth ground. That depends more on soil
conductivity and things like ambient moisture,
mineralization, as well as depth. Dissipating the energy
over a broad area quickly is the objective. EMPs are
neutralized quite well in the ocean.
I am a bit of a curmudgeon at times. Usually I don’t have
such an abrasive tone on my responses. I guess the stress
at work has been getting to me a bit lately. Again, my
apologies.
william Kraft says:
Just curious, if you need an earth ground how far
away from your cage would you place it.
Rob Crawford says:
June 8, 2014 at 10:02 pm
As close as possible, by his model. You want do
dump the energy ASAP, longer lines introduce delays and
resistance to the energy moving away.
Thomas T. Tinker says:
July 31, 2013 at 8:47 pm
Well Crappolla boys and girls, don’t you love the
constructive interaction. Somebody with a plan kindly write it
up with some art work attached. Hell everybody with a plan do
a write up and we can all hope to find something that will
protect our spare am radio and IPod!
Me….. I believe I’ll just attach a ‘defferent’ style of lid, a kind of
seat really, and use mine as a standby crapper.
Tell be Packers….. what is the effect of a nice juicy EMP on X
brass cased ammunition and mylar bagged pasta?
Trish says:
August 2, 2013 at 12:22 am
I’ve read so many articles, and Dr. Bradley’s books
(very intelligent on the prepper front!), and there is a ton of
information on the web and in books about EMP’s (both solar
and nuclear) and it can get confusing.
Some say that anything that can be disrupted by a magnet can
be wiped clean of all information, short circuited, etc. So flash
drives, CD’s, DVD’s, computers, etc can all be wiped clean and
also rendered unusable.
Having a backup of all of your information in a safe place….not
on some distant server because it will definitely be wiped
clean…..like a faraday cage would be the best route to use. IF
you can afford it, buy a backup of all electronic
equipment…..laptops, walkie talkies, emergency radio, ham
radio, etc. Not sure about battery operated stuff like
flashlights, especially ones with batteries in them, but they
would probably be best kept in a faraday cage as well. I’ve got
so much backed up on various types of discs and flash drives
that I’ve lost track of all of the info and pictures and music I’ve
got. But I do have a laptop that I don’t use except during
storms, so I plan on putting it into a faraday cage of some
design. A metal trash can would be best as it can be used for
trash after the EMP is over. I’m going to put a rubber mat on
the floor, plus the inside of the lid, and up the sides to add to
the protection, as well as running a copper wire into the
ground from the handles so the extra energy will be shunted
off into the ground. At the moment, I live in the basement of an
1895 house that has a hand laid brick floor without mortar, so
putting a copper wire into the floor would not be a hard thing
to do.
If you can find the Apocalypse 101 shows that were on National
Geographic, (look on the National Geographic site or
YouTube) the guys actually made a faraday cage, and it seemed
to work pretty well. They used a rubber floor mat on the
bottom of the cage, and shunted the energy off into the ground
from the cage with a copper wire and a metal pole of some sort.
I’m not a huge fan of surge protectors because my computer
has been fried TWICE being plugged into them. So I’m not a
big advocate of the surge protection devices. During a severe
thunderstorm….my computer gets shut off and the surge
protector unplugged from the wall. Earlier this year it was
unplugged for almost a month for all of the severe storms
rolling through here. Didn’t make much sense to plug it back in
when I was just going to have to unplug it a day later.
The TN Man says:
June 9, 2014 at 2:52 am
Trish,
This isn’t meant to be critical in any way… It’s just my
attempt to make the point that some forms of data storage
are different that others. ALL forms of storage have their X
drawbacks.
CD and DVD disks aren’t affected by magnetic fields, but are
temperature sensitive. Think about a CD left on the
dashboard of a hot car.
You are correct concerning magnetic data storage, except
for the CDs and DVDs. They are both “optical” storage
devices which still digitally store the data, but instead of
magnetized spots (the spot being magnetized or not
representing the binary ones and zeros) optical devices store
data with “shiny spots” or “not shiny spots”. The spot either
reflects the “laser/light” or it doesn’t reflect it.
The physical size of the disk and the size of the beam of light
used determine how much data can be stored on the “media”
CD (about 700 Megabytes) or DVD (about 4 gigabytes).
I’ve been dealing with computer hardware since the time of
“Low Density” 5 and a 1/4 inch 180 Kilobyte floppy disks
(early 80’s).
The shielding provided by a Faraday Cage is entirely
dependent upon the FREQUENCY (and therefore the
WAVELENGTH) of the incident waves.
Russ says:
July 29, 2014 at 2:28 pm
Ever put a CD/DVD in a microwave? (I don’t
recommend it, watch a youtube video first.)
But this is an excellent way to destroy all data on it. I
suspect an EMP would have the same effect.
PrepperNurse says:
this is my first visit to the site. I agree with many
comments, but I believe we should all respect each other in a
professional manner. For an EMP….which could have
happened 2 weeks ago with the Earth that just dodged a large
solar flare, I keep spare items in an old insulated Colman
cooler from the 1960s….the metal outside and insulated inside.
I read somewhere that this would do well for the box and you
can find the cooler relatively cheep at garage sales and auction
houses. Just need to clean it and if so desired, throw a coat of
spray paint on it. A metal tool box will work as well but make
sure you line it with Styrofoam to place your item(s) on. I do
like the idea of grounding… will consult with my father who
was a mechanical and electrical engineer before he retired.
Thank you all for stuff to think about.
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mitten mom says: Click Here For Details...
Newbie here, so I apologize if this has been
addressed before or if it is so basic that it is a “given”. Would
galvanized sheet metal, the same type that is used for ductwork
for HVAC, be appropriate? My husband is in the HVAC
industry and that is something we have at our disposal. I
realize that insulation of some type would be needed, along
with the other specs that are required. I have searched for info
on this but haven’t been able to come up with this answer.
Thanks to all of you for making this site so worthwhile!!
Mitten Mom says:
Newbie here, so I apologize if this has been
addressed before or if it is so basic that it is a “given”. Would
galvanized sheet metal, the same type that is used for ductwork
for HVAC be appropriate? My husband is in the HVAC industry
and that is something we have at our disposal. I realize that
insulation of some type would be needed, along with the other
specs that are required. I have searched for info on this but
haven’t been able to come up with the answer. Thanks to all of
you for making this site so worthwhile.
terry says:
August 14, 2013 at 4:37 pm
Hi
great info
would a Faraday cage help people that have electrosensitivity
to be able to use computers ?
maybe put the computer in the cage or make the cage big
enough for the ElectroSensitive person to get in so they can
use a computer ?
any thoughts or ideas ??
thanks
David says:
September 13, 2013 at 4:07 pm
Thank you for the instructions! Very informative. I
was wondering if you could also show designs for some kind of
Faraday hat? I think it would be helpful to a lot of readers
(myself included).
userError says:
June 8, 2014 at 5:15 pm
I think there were instructions in the comments…
paper bag wrapped in foil, layered as needed. I approve of
this approach as it also improves my looks.
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A. Burton says: Click Here For Details...
Okay so I understand the need for a Faraday cage
and everything, but what is the point of having all of that stuff
when it can’t really be used very long without a power source to
recharge it? Let’s say a solar flare fries the electrical grid and
you managed to save your laptop from the damage…You can
only use it until the battery dies and then it is useless again. So
unless you build a Faraday Cage to go around a generator or
something that allows you to recharge it (and you don’t get
killed from the attraction of everyone realizing you have a
power source still) everything will eventually become useless.
As for a radio who are you listening for over it without anyone
having the ability to broadcast? I guess my point is… isn’t it
pointless to save any of that without some way to power them
again long term?
Docj says:
June 8, 2014 at 6:08 pm
This is why I have a small solar panel for charging
batteries and laptops.
Mark says:
October 12, 2013 at 11:43 pm
If I built my trash can Faraday cage, put my cell
phone in there with the lid on tight, and it could still receive a
text message, is it safe to say my cage is worthless against a
powerful EMP?
OhioPrepper says:
June 8, 2014 at 4:27 am
MD,
I would suggest that when reprinting a previous article, you
should state that in the opening. After reading the June 2, 2014
article from Dr. Bradley on EMP that mentioned a followup
article on Faraday cages, I was not surprised to see the article;
but, was surprised to see my comments.
Old Hillbilly says:
June 8, 2014 at 9:33 am
Unless I have just missed it ( a good possibility with
these old tired eyes), I have not seen any discussion of LARGE
Faraday cages. I am speaking here of a Conex box, or ocean
freight shipping container. We have a 40′ box set up as a
Faraday cage, or at least that is the intent. It is sitting in the
woods on wooden timbers. It is all metal except for the floor
which is plywood. We have covered the floor with 4′ x 8′ sheet
metal panels (the type used to make HVAC duct). It is not yet
grounded but soon will be. The plan is to use our tackhoe to
bury an old motor block deep in the ground and attach it by
heavy metal cable to the frame of the box. Now…here is my
question which regards testing of the box. I have read often X
that to test the effective of a Faraday cage one should put a
cellphone or small radio inside and see if you can hear it ring or
hear the radio broadcasting. If not, then you have a good “seal”
but if the device works, you have a “leak”. When we got our
Conex set up and the floor lined with metal, one of our guys
got inside with his cellphone and we closed and locked the
container door with him in there. He then dialed his home
phone and his answering machine picked up. Does this mean
the box is NOT effective as a Faraday cage or is our testing
method flawed. It is not yet grounded but once we get the
ground in will it prevent a call from being made? The doors on
a Conex have a gasket seal. Could the signal be leaking around
the seal? Could the individual holding the cellphone be acting
as his own antenna giving the phone signal more strength to go
through the walls of the box? Is this a viable test?
I know I have presented a lot of questions but we have quite a
bit of money invested in this project and just want to set it up
so it will work. Any and all thoughts from the OP or anyone
else would be appreciated. This container will be used to house
“spares”….generators, radios, ignition components, spare
chainsaws, you name it.
Thanks for any assistance.
OhioPrepper says:
June 9, 2014 at 1:02 pm
Old Hillbilly,
This is one of those proving something that can’t be
completely proven. If a radio or cell phone works inside the
box, then there are RF paths (leaks) into and out of the
container; however, if radios, cell phones, etc. do not work,
it doesn’t guarantee that the box will work in a real EMP
event, but gives you a much better chance. Also, storing
items in smaller Faraday Enclosures, like wrapping boxes
and other containers in continuous layers of aluminum foil
will add that one additional protective layer.
Grounding the box will most likely not provide any
additional protection. Leaks can come from the gaps in the
door (overlapping metal mesh can help there, or can be tiny
gaps in the metal you used on the floor. Years ago I was
working with some other engineers trying to find an RF leak
in a Faraday room we used for testing. The room was built
completely of extremely fine copper mesh and copper foil. It
turned out that there was a small spot where the copper foil
layers hadn’t been completely soldered, and a small piece of
silver solder and a heat gun finally corrected the problem,
after nearly three days of looking for it. In this case,
grounding the enclosure made the signal (incoming to a
spectrum analyzer) go away; but, that was because the
ground gave the signal a path with less impedance (RF
resistance) than going through the gap in the foil, so in this
case a ground actually would have hidden the real problem.
In any case, the Conex container will give you better
protection than having things just sit out in the open since it
will help reflect and shield things inside from the impinging X
RF radiation.
Nancy V. says:
June 8, 2014 at 12:53 pm
Arthur,
I appreciate your article. Building faraday cages out of
available materials now sounds less intimidating that I
thought.
I do have a old family 1950 ice chest I keep radios in, and didn’t
realize the gap could cause potential exposure. I will go back
and read older posts about EMP and educate myself better.
Here’s my question: If I wanted to test the ice chest’s EMP
protection value, how would I do it?
I can measure small values with my TriField 100XE
http://www.amazon.com/Trifield100XEEMF
Meter/dp/B00050WQ1G/ref=sr_1_1?
ie=UTF8&qid=1402245232&sr=8
1&keywords=trifield+100xe
Any advice anyone has on this would be appreciated.
Anerd says:
June 8, 2014 at 2:41 pm
Your ability to receive a cell signal is dependent on
the distance from the cell site and the shielding of your Conex.
As it is impractical for you know how far you are from the
nearest cell site, this is not a recommended method for testing
the effectiveness of the shielding. I would recommend using an
AM/FM radio and verifying that you can’t pick any stations on
either band instead. That said, if you are able to pick up a cell
phone signal, it does indicate the Conex is not nearly as
effective Faraday cage as I would have expected a welded steel
container like this to be.
I suggest using the cell phone and while walking from the front
to the back, see what the signal bars are showing for signal
strength. If you have fewer bars at the back than by the door,
this would indicate the doors are the weak point. If it is the
same throughout, then it may be the floor or some other spot
where it is getting in. An AM radio will also work as you will
hear more static as the signal strength goes down. An AM/FM
radio that has a signal strength meter would also work.
The best Faraday cage would be a box that had been welded
shut with no holes. Needless to say, this isn’t a practical
Faraday cage as there would be no way to access the contents.
As such practical ones are designed such that the door makes a
continuous electrical contact with the body by having exposed
metal at the contact point between the two. As such your gasket
may be your weak point. That said, removing it may not work X
either as doors probably wouldn’t fully close without it there. I
suspect you may be able to a improve the situation by running
ground wires between the doors and the body of the Conex.
You also want to look at minimizing the metal to metal distance
between the doors and the body. I would also inspect the
structural integrity of the Conex to verify that it is one solid
box.
You do not become part of a cell phone antenna when you are
holding a cell phone. As such the person holding the cell phone
did not increase the signal strength of the cell phone. The
engine block is an interesting idea, but I would have stuck with
standard ground rods. Remember that the point of grounding
is minimal electrical resistance to the dirt, so you want heavy
wires, direct metal to metal contact and maximum surface area
in the dirt, which would be easier to achieve with standard
equipment. Also, grounding will help protect against lightning
strikes, but will not have much of an effect on EMP, either
helping or hurting.
Nancy V. says:
June 8, 2014 at 6:07 pm
Awesome information – Thank you!
WJB says:
June 8, 2014 at 6:19 pm
All well and good, as long as you have enough
advanced warning of the EMP event to put your stuff into the
Faraday Cage!! I don’t see alot of advance warning as likely
happening.
June 8, 2014 at 6:22 pm
WJB,
You are supposed to keep extra stuff stored inside the
Faraday Cage that way when it happens it’s already inside…
Chuck Findlay says:
June 9, 2014 at 12:17 am
Hey MD a question, why did my post of 11
months(July 2013) ago get posted here now (June 2014)?
June 9, 2014 at 7:19 am
Chuck Findlay,
Same article republished so new readers would have a
chance to read it,
X
Douglas says:
June 9, 2014 at 12:41 am
If I was to use welded steel, would that work for a
room?
OhioPrepper says:
June 9, 2014 at 1:20 pm
Douglas,
Yes. You’ll note in the article that just about any conducting
metal will work OK. The main thing is no gaps between the
welds, and a good connection, usually using braid (think
steel or copper wool) in any gaps like a door. The thing is to
get any gaps smaller then the a few millimeters.
Chucker says:
June 9, 2014 at 4:53 am
Wow! Very interesting comments and ideas. I was
considering a steel building with insulator’s attached to the
inside and attaching a metal screen to the insulator’s. I haven’t
quite figured out if I should ground them separately or in
parallel. I was also considering adding large capacitors to the
outside frame to help absorb and dissipate the energy in which
I would ground them sepeately. Any ideas on this idea?
OhioPrepper says:
June 9, 2014 at 1:27 pm
Chucker,
If you’re using a steel building, then the insulators and metal
screen wouldn’t be required, unless you’re simply using the
screen to construct a Faraday enclosure within the building,
in which case the material of the building would not matter.
Grounding is not required, and I’m not sure what use the
capacitors would b in this situation, since the point of
grounding (if you do so) is to drain the energy as quickly as
possible, something the caps could inhibit.
The TN Man says:
June 9, 2014 at 7:16 pm
Chucker,
Capacitors “allow” Alternating Current (think house hold
power AC) to flow but block Direct Current (think of a
battery) to flow/discharge to ground. A capacitor would
charge up and “hold the charge” for a longer period of
time (depending upon the size/capacitance of said
capacitor).
In working with sensitive Electronic components (the
same thing we’re trying to protect from EMP, technicians
refer damaging/protecting from damage by ESD
(Electrostatic Discharge) we use “grounding straps” that
have Resistors to allow both AC and DC currents to flow
while restricting the current flow (amperage) to some X
relatively low level. The preferred size of the resistor
depends upon several factors, but typically should be in
the 1 to 10 Megohm range. The “grounding strap” is worn
on the wrist or ankle of the worker with the other end
connected to “Ground”.
In operating electronic equipment “grounding” of the
“shield” of SOME conductors will have a capacitor
installed to “Shunt or discharge” AC to ground while
blocking the DC. Size is typically quite small in the “Micro
Farad” range.
Hope this helps. Effective grounding of
electrical/electronic equipment can take up a whole
chapter in a textbook if you want to get into the theory
and explanations of how to calculate it. I’m not a EE
(Electrical Engineer) just a retired Navy (US) Electronics
Technician.
Chucker says:
June 10, 2014 at 3:13 pm
Thanks for the great feed back. I will find
another use for my caps, maybe to boost my solar
capacity.
Ya’ll have a great day; ’cause if YOU don’t do it, it won’t
get done! And thank you for your service!!
HunkerDown says:
June 9, 2014 at 10:52 am
Thanks Mr. Bradley and everyone for a lively
discussion.
My takeaway from all the viewpoints is, “it depends”.
Engineering is way above my mental pay grade, I wouldn’t
know an ohm from a lug nut.
To those who find it impractical to store, retrieve and again
store items, it seems to me that backup items should spend
their days in a faraday cage and everyday use items should
have a backup. You do have backups, don’t you?
We use an old metal picnic cooler for our radio and scanner.
We cant afford backup devices, and are still accumulating basic
communication devices.
We all have seen electronic storage devices become useless
because the device readers become obsolete then discarded.
Floppys with no floppy reader are coffee cup coasters. The
reference material I want to use after TSHTF is a printed sheet
of paper (several thousands). EMP safe.
RedC says:
June 9, 2014 at 12:19 pm X
I’ve been using an old metal file cabinet as my
faraday cage. Is that acceptable? Been thinking of
making another one as well, but not sure what materials I’ll
use.
rjarena says:
June 9, 2014 at 2:01 pm
Am I asking the obvious, what about a gun safe?
The TN Man says:
June 9, 2014 at 7:30 pm
rjarena,
The safe should work to an extent, but would be better if the
door has a hard “metal to metal” contact, or the “opening”
was taped over with metal/conductive tape.
Without the tape or proper seal your safe would be in the
same grouping as “Rick’s” old microwave, “Old Hillbillies”
CONEX box, or “Chuck Findlays” free metal cabinet.
Most anything would be better than nothing but it is all
really DEPENDING upon the magnitude of the EMP and it’s
frequency (wavelength).
WSB says:
June 10, 2014 at 3:46 pm
I am curious about your first post. One of the things
you mentioned as working post EMP would be generators.
Were you referring to the large industrial size or the
homeowner size or both. I have a small generator to pump my
well and am concerned about what parts would be fried. I
looked at an on line parts site and the cost of the parts would
be astronomical. cheaper to buy a spare generator. Reminded
me of being in back in the 70s and looking at the parts dealers
part book, Over $17,000 to build a $1900 bike. Which parts
would I have to worry about? It runs on propane and is not
plugged into the grid.
Buckwheat says:
June 10, 2014 at 11:53 pm
Thank you for all of the wonderful information. I
have a couple of questions:
1) I have equipment such as a generator and solar panels that
do not fit in my (trash can) faraday cages. I have been thinking
that I can convert an enclosed 5×8 or 6×10 trailer to a faraday
cage with a few mods. Do you see any problems with this logic?
Have you seen other items used besides microwaves and
trashcans?
2) I am really interested in keeping a duplicate car parts in a
faraday cage but can never get a straight answer on the items I X
must keep in a faraday cage. I have been told to buy a computer
and ignition switch – is there anything else?
3) I have read in a couple of survival themed books (most
recent by An American) where they have used copper mesh to
encapsulate the safe room and it protected the HAM and other
gear. Can you expand on what it is and where to get it?
Thank you very much!
Micb says:
June 11, 2014 at 7:46 pm
I bought a solar humless generator w 100 watt solar
panels for charging it. It was shipped in a heavy cardboard box
w heavy copper staples and 1/2inch styrofoam pieces as
package materials. Can I use the cardboard box it came in as a
faraday box if wrap the outside with several layers of heavy
duty foil and do the inside also? Are the copper/copper
colored staples a concern and does it make a difference what
side if the foil, shinney or dull, faces towards the inside of the
box? The generator is also inside a heavy thickness plastic clear
bag. Do I leave the bag on and wrap it in foil as extra
precaution? What/how do you suggest prepping my generator
from what I have told you? I have not taken the solar panels
out of their box yet but will faraday them also. These will be
my creature comforts wtshtf. Your input appreciated as I have
to get this right the first time without error. Thank you and
regards.
Rick H. says:
June 12, 2014 at 11:37 am
I’ll take my chances with my old microwave
oven/antistatic bag setup. I only keep a pair of FRS/GMRS
radios in there, batteries removed, a couple of LED lights (they
have an IC circuit inside), and a flash drive with my important
stuff on it. Based on some of the comments, I may make some
tin foil bags to bolster the protection, or maybe get a small
ammo can if I can find one to fit. I don’t use those items daily
daily, so it doesn’t matter it I do slap some tape around the
door seam. As a matter of fact, I’ve got part of a roll of it
gathering dust, and I think I’ll do that now.
WSB says:
June 14, 2014 at 1:56 pm
Would an EMP affect solar panels?
Kathleen says:
June 26, 2014 at 3:10 am
I’m about to turn a closet into a faraday cage and am
planning to put down a layer of heavy duty aluminum, then a
layer of aluminum screen, followed by a layer of plastic, with
probably a wooden floor. I am wondering if I can attach the
aluminum, screen, and plastic with standard staples or should I X
use something else like liquid nails?
Peter Hq says:
June 28, 2014 at 11:39 am
I think this is a very good idea to build a Faraday
cage for a safe room in my house since it has possible health
benefits.
Jon Ryan says:
July 30, 2014 at 6:28 pm
I’m no doctor but I’m pretty sure that a Faraday
cage doesn’t provide any health benefits. Having said that, it
is possible that a Faraday cage will stop you from getting
killed by lightning. Not getting killed by lightning is always
very beneficial I guess, from a health perspective.
Kent says:
July 17, 2014 at 2:42 am
I have two questions. First how does the chicken
wire in old plaster fit into the Faraday Effect. I assume that the
gaps are to large to be of much use, but was curious about it.
The other question is would a metal building, like our
workshop provide such protection?
Thanks
Biju says:
July 22, 2014 at 9:13 am
How can I provide shielding for big equipments
from external Electrical noises, mainly caused by arcing of
surrounding equipments?
Jeff says:
July 27, 2014 at 4:59 am
Someone mentioned that EMP effects are mitigated
in the ocean. Could I take a large water filled container say a
plastic 55 gallon drum or a swimming pool and submerge a
electrically insulated, watertight container with the items I
want to protect? Providing of course that the watertight
container did not come into physical contact with the bottom
of the pool. Thankyou in advance.
Dan ElectricalBooks.com says:
August 9, 2014 at 10:56 pm
When using a garbage can and lid as a faraday cage,
does the can need to be grounded to absorb the effects of an
EMP? Does it make any difference if the can is resting on dirt X
versus some sort of asphalt or concrete?
david says:
August 19, 2014 at 6:20 pm
i have a diesel car. what electronics would i have to
have in the cage, just the cpu or would ALL the electronics of
the car be zapped? starter ignition etc
James says:
August 23, 2014 at 3:29 am
CAUTION! Why should we imagine an EMP as a
onewave event? Consider: A terrorist bombs a market. Ten
minutes later, first responders arrive to rescue the victims.
Then another bomb detonates. An EMP attack might expand
on this heinous plot. The intent to demolish backup electronics
will cause our enemy to launch second and third EMPs.
Unthinkable? No! Expect *multiple* attacks!
Roger says:
August 27, 2014 at 4:29 am
Quick question…I. Building a faraday cage inside a
40 foot sea container. I”ve framed the container and put up ply
board. The interior is going to be 3mm aluminum sheet metal.
Is having the the faraday cage bolted to the interior of the
plyboard going to work or lose effect? Should I tear down the
frame and interior and just bolt the aluminum directly to the
steel wall? My floors are also wood, how ever Im Covering
them With Aluminum sheet as well. So basically can my
exterior be wood and interior be metal?
Roger says:
August 27, 2014 at 5:13 am
Im constructing a faraday cage inside a shipping
container, my walls are wood, should I bolt my metal sheet to
the interior of the wooden frame, or is it best to bolt metal
sheets directly to the steel wall and floor it self…basically my
question is will a faraday cage have effect with a wood exterior
and a metal interior?
Thanks
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