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I contacted EMP Shield, and asked one question. The answer to tha question was...no, we have never installed our device on a vehicle and tested it with an EMP generator. Wouldn't you think that would be the first thing they would do, and use the videos of the tests to increase their sales? Without testing, this thing is pie in the sky.

I worked for a company briefly that specializes in EMP protection for the military. And from what the electric engineer said was that the more metal the EMP signal has to travel the less dangerous it becomes to the electronics and that even some modern vehicles would be ok even after an EMP attack it just depends on how much electronics the car has for example vehicles model years 96 and below would probably survive with minimal damage but the newer ones would be screwed.

I got 2 EMP proof vehicles....they're called horses.

I used to build EMP shielded electronics enclosures for Apache helicopters and other military equipment when I worked for an aerospace machine shop. Basically they were micro electronics totally enclosed in alloy boxes with total inner/outer gold plating. There were a lot of other stuff that made it a total package that worked.

I would need to see this device tested. Until then, an older mechanical diesel pickup is the way to go.

Gentlemen, it’s 2023 and faraday cages have come along way. They now have faraday cage fabric that you can put up like a tent, they’ve got bags, and they even have faraday blankets. The easiest and best way to EMP proof your car/truck/bug out vehicle is to buy the faraday cage fabric and put it around your vehicle target points on top of putting the fabric as insulation in your garage. My uncle is not a prepper, but he went through a stage where he thought he needed to have some supplies on hand. he has some extra money and I was the first person in my family to go to college, falling in love with science. We built in his shop where he has his hunting/bug out area/man cave a EMP proof area. If you have the resources and the space, I would highly recommend that you build an EM proof area and leave all of your stuff in there so you know without a doubt that that area is protected. Whether you have a spare vehicle even if it’s a $500 vehicle or whatever you have out rigged as your battlewagon or hunting vehicle that you build a standalone garage/shop type area and put the EMP fabric. Now to reinforce if you want super peace of mind you can build into your shop a real faraday cage, then put the EMP blanket around the equipment. That is the most sensitive. So you’re doubling up you have all your sensitive electronics let’s say in a safe or whatever you can double up the EMP blanket over that with the faraday cage built around your shop and you have created a hard point that nothings going to get through that. I would just recommend doing that because anybody can make a faraday cage. It’s not that expensive and takes very little research on KZfaq to Make.

Here's what's inside the box: A combination of varistors, capacitors, inductors, carbon blocks, avalanche diodes, fuses, relays... It's essentially a surge protector.

Thankyou. No ones ever explained it in straightforward terms. Appreciated

Problem is....you can never be 100% sure this is going to work until after the event.

Thank you for this video. Once I'm walking and able to use the left side of my body again and get fully recovered from the severe stroke that I had my wife and I am planning on doing the off grid homestead prepper lifestyle. This is a new dynamic that we now don't have to worry about. Thanks again

Very informative video! One of the few that had their info instead of just foggy ideas about EMP's. It still doesn't solve the problem of the inherent complexity of modern vehicles, EMP or not, but one of these days I'll be getting one for my jeep, one for my home, and hopefully they make one suitable for a motorcycle by now.

Remember the scene from War of the Worlds with Tom cruise where he drives into a mob with his minivan? That's exactly what will happen now that you're the 1 guy with a working vehicle. Besides that fuel pumps wont work either. Unless your up in the mountains by yourself vehicles will be dangerous, they'll give away your position and attract unwanted attention. Best bet is to have a good mtn bike or horse.

All Right!!😂 Yoou had me at the raspberry!!🤣🤣 Im so glad I found this info. It was presented well, and easily, so even I could understand it!!

Thank you so much for explaining these!! Considering it all everything we own now!! ❤❤❤❤

Great explanation! I like to think of electricity as a fluid in pipes. It has it's flow and pressure but if you rank up the pressure, the valve and sockets will start to leak and break!

The EMP Commission's 2008 report noted above is one of the few published studies that specifically addresses the effects of an electromagnetic pulse on both cars and trucks, in particular with an eye on whether the pulses would destroy the low-voltage electronics prevalent in then-modern vehicles. Pry, one of the authors of the report, said that no other report or study on an electromagnetic pulse's effects actually subjected cars to pulses and he's not aware of any similar study since then. As noted in the report: "We tested a sample of 37 cars in an EMP simulation laboratory, with automobile vintages ranging from 1986 through 2002. Automobiles of these vintages include extensive electronics and represent a significant fraction of automobiles on the road today. The testing was conducted by exposing running and nonrunning automobiles to sequentially increasing EMP field intensities. If anomalous response (either temporary or permanent) was observed, the testing of that particular automobile was stopped. If no anomalous response was observed, the testing was continued up to the field intensity limits of the simulation capability (approximately 50 kV/m). "Automobiles were subjected to EMP environments under both engine turned off and engine turned on conditions. No effects were subsequently observed in those automobiles that were not turned on during EMP exposure. The most serious effect observed on running automobiles was that the motors in three cars stopped at field strengths of approximately 30 kV/m or above. In an actual EMP exposure, these vehicles would glide to a stop and require the driver to restart them. Electronics in the dashboard of one automobile were damaged and required repair. Other effects were relatively minor. Twenty-five automobiles exhibited malfunctions that could be considered only a nuisance (e.g., blinking dashboard lights) and did not require driver intervention to correct. Eight of the 37 cars tested did not exhibit any anomalous response."

This is a very complex topic. More than likely your vehicle will survive a solar flare 'carrington event' and maybe even an emp. Depends where you are. EV's are another issue. If they are plugged in getting charged when it hits...done. But most of those chips in your car don't have a damn thing to do with whether your car will run or not. In fact, pick the ones that do, and buy a replacement and put it in a faraday bag. Once the last nuke has gone off, and most of the world is destroyed you can put it in and go for a drive. The issue is the grid. EMP's....well, if nukes are being set off....the problems are too numerous to even speak of or list or predict. The consequences are literally immeasurable. There is nothing more dangerous than a false sense of security.

Great job explaining a complex idea. Thanks Man.

Make sure you have a long hose to pull the gas out of the tanks buried underground at the stations since the pumps won't be working.

Thank you for showing me this I was wondering if they had anything for us to use for our vehicles

Just make sure you’re also hauling a clean, unused gas can, a HAND pump bulb-style siphon hose, and a big Phillips screwdriver (to pop open gasoline caps on those other cars that didn’t buy the device) so you can keep on going-and-going-and-going (like the Energizer Buggy)!

Interesting video. Love your research and putting it in Layman's terms.

Finally someone who breaks this down Barney style for me. Thank you

Heard back from EMP Shield. They have never tested a vehicle equipped with their product in an EMP generator. Save your money.

After studying CME's such as the Carrington event in 1859 and EMP Starfish Prime in 1962, I'm very skeptical that it would perform as advertised. It would be difficult to accurately simulate these type of events in a lab.

I've been waiting for someone to show this 👍🏾

Your are a very smart southern gentleman!

Working with some MI Army Natl Guard folks earlier this year, got to talking and they showed us...to their knowledge, DOD has had these very devices installed in their vehicles. Shows us how easily they install too so I bought one for the truck when they were doing their ~$100 off promos. Hoping never have to test it. Also suggest grinding paint off any metal surface thoroughly where the ground wire attaches.

I am skeptical about a box of tricks that'll work as an EM shield, the best shield for your vehicle would be to ground the metal body to the ground thus making a faraday shield for the sensitive electronics.

Very entertaining. Great video and well said. I’ve been wanting this on my try h for years, hopefully I haven’t put it off for too long.

Thank you for breaking it all down featuring this solution.

It is the OBDII vehicles that have been around since 1996 that have EEPROM chips that can be electronically flashed, which an EMP burst could flash one of these chips that have to be worried about. OBDI vehicles from 1988 to 1995 have EPROM chips that have hardwired, or burned in, set of instructions that would not be effected by an EMP blast.

To Protect you vehicle from an EMP event, you would have to cover all wiring and ECM module with wire mesh or a complete covering of metallic foil to prevent EMP from generating current in the wiring which would overload the ECM module (brain box). Many of the wires coming from the ECM carry very small currents and voltages going to sensors and ignition components. All your wiring will act like an antenna, charging the wires far above the voltages the ECM module can handle and will burn it out. Many of these devices sold for EMP protection contain a device on each wire lead called a MOV ( metal oxide varistor). These devices work by shorting an overvoltage condition for a short time but often times the MOV will be destroyed in the process or retain a residual resistance after shunting an overvoltage which would affect performance of the ECM module to run the vehicle so it's probable that this device would have to be removed after a protection event. I am an electrical engineer so i have had experience with MOVs and seen what they do when overload conditions exist. Each MOV in this device should be fused in case they short out after clamping the higher voltage, some MOVs will actually destroy themselves after clamping high voltages or the cicuit board traces of the MOV module will burn out trying to hold massive currents when the MOV clamps the voltage spike. Just FYI.

Awesome clearly spoken explanation!

Great job of explaining.

I just bought a mechanism online that allows you to time travel. It has a headband with a positive and negative charge and a dial for the time. You just plug it in after you put on the headband, you get to see what your life looks like in the future..

EMP will fry the circuits immediately and having some wires to a battery will not stop that. Think of it this way, if you shuffle your feet on carpet, and then touch a light switch on the wall, you will experience the shock before the surge can get to the power panel and have it trip the main if it was that sensitive. The damage has already been done at the switch. Same with a vehicle CPU. The charge in the atmosphere will zap everything equally It would be a matter of chance that the charge in the atmosphere tickles and trips the EMP protector before the car circuitry. If it fails, how are you going to get your money back?

great explanation, thank you sir!

Very good information. Thank you, sir.

Well, my friend, I don't have a vehicle, don't drive, so don't need this device, but you sold me on it, if things ever change. Your enthusiasm is obvious and refreshing and your accent is a delight to listen to, as is mine,(Scottish) I'm told. I may have viewed one of your vids in the past, I'm not sure, but we appear to be on the same wavelength, from my quick glance at your channel, so you've earned yourself a new subscriber.

Problem is, in the event of an EMP and it doesn't work, how you gonna call customer service? lol, Cool vid man, I didn't know this stuff existed. Need to protect the Harley!!!

Enjoyed your video! Thank you so much for the information!

Weather it works or not, I now know more than I knew before. GOOD JOB EXPLAINING EMP. Thanks....

I think bikes would be a great investment. also extra tires & tubes...and a very big lock with thick twisted cable.

Great source of information. If this does in fact work, and you can roll out, be mindful of people that will do anything to take what you have. Stock up on guns and ammo so you at least have a fighting chance on you egress out of town.

You shoulda told us, that you spent the night in a Holiday Inn & we woulda known, you were "Spot On" with your research.

Great vid! These folks are near urination, KS, USA. Good products, reasonable price

Usaf built a huge emp test bed in New Mexico, big enough to test a B52 on it, after decades of testing everything that moves they had enough data collected to be able to emp proof every design to follow, they shut it down in late 80's or 90's as to generate the field took an Insane amount of electricity.

I love your voice, you say you don't know a lot but this was a very intelligent way to explain things! Thanks!

Great explanation sir!

Good information I'll be looking it up.

I have looked high and low, and have not been able to find a video of an EMP Shield equipped vehicle tested by running it through an EMP generator. Show me a few of those, provided by an independent entity, and I'll buy one. One would think that if the thing worked, there'd be videos of a test like that all over the place.

It's painful to listen to him try to explain this. Here, let me try. A radio transmitter (normally) transmits enough power in a narrow frequency band that a signal (radio program, TV show, radio control, etc) for an antenna to receive a small amount of current - enough for purpose of the signal (the same whether its a radio broadcast, cell phone signal, garage door opener, over the air TV, whatever). An EMP is somewhat similar to a radio transmitter, except instead of a narrow band, it transmits on an extremely wide range of frequencies. Lightning is an example of this - if you've ever been listening to radio during a lightning storm and heard interference - this is a small EMP, and it will interfere briefly with all radio frequencies (so no matter where your radio is tuned, for that brief spurt, the signal from the lightning is stronger). A Nuclear bomb EMP works like that only it is 10's of thousands of times stronger - so instead of making a blip of static, the interference will damage the receiver. The signal is so strong, that it doesn't actually even need an antenna to do this - every piece of metal (think wire - each wire in a circuit) will act as an antenna and pick up this pulse which will then travel along the wire, seeking an electrical ground and burning out all the electrical components it travels through along the way. Since every piece of wiring acts an an antenna, the electronic doesn't have to be a receiver (it could be a computer, or your car's electrical system) - and it doesn't even have to be turned on. In the Navy, the radios I worked on all had components strategically placed in them to divert damaging high voltage pulses to ground. Another approach to this would be to make what's called a Faraday cage (basically a big metal mesh box that's connected to ground), and put your sensitive electronics inside it. I'm skeptical about this EMP shield. I think at best, it might protect the car's computer, but there may be other components that would prevent a car from being useful (think electrical fuel pump, all the fuses (for sure), probably even all of the lights would be burned out by an EMP).

I have one of these on my solar incase of lightning but I guess the side effects of emp protection is nice too..

Turn your garage into a faraday cage and keep an old car in there. Carry a bicycle with you in your everyday vehicle so at least you don’t have to walk home. That’s my suggestion.

I'm a little skeptical about an EMP event affecting shielded condutive material (i.e., wires and circuits made of aluminum, copper, silver, gold, and so forth). Exposed conductive materials (i.e., wires and circuits) are another matter and may pick up the free-floating electrons. But so would our bodies, which are less conductive. It's important to note, however, that an EMP event is not believed to be harmful to humans. Furthermore, when a cardiologist was asked about the effects of an EMP event on a peacemaker, for example, the doctor stated that the pacemaker would most likely remain unaffected because it's shielded. The same would be true for the wires and circuit boards in a vehicle because they, too, are shielded and are designed to work in rather harsh conditions of heat, cold, and moisture.

Thanks, best simple explanation to understand and appreciate the value of this product. I have a Prius and it has 69 computers in it. It cost $35,000 dollars new. No way I could afford that but I could afford a used one in nice condition, It is definitely worth the money to protect my investment because I sure couldn't afford to fix it if something happened.

We have these installed on all our vehicles, our house electric panel, our A/C, and barn. My hubby is an electrician and these EMP shields will work.

Most suppressors are are metal oxide varisitor and will go completely short at a set voltage, and if the current is too much for them to handle, they will explode.

I'm not a prepper by any means but I've always said if I was going to prep for anything it would be for an EMP. When I'm driving home from work I frequently look at my GPS and say if an EMP struck right now how long would it take me to walk home. Yeah I'd like to protect myself from that as I work 35 miles from home.

awesome!!! that was a concern I had with my bug out vehicle

That's awesome. Good to know and thanks 👍

Better than my idea 😅 i have a bunch of 4’x8’ lead sheets from work because we do lead lined drywall in hospital xray rooms and when ever we have left over I always peel the lead off and take it. I was thinking about wrapping my truck’s computer system in lead and praying that would work. But i have no science to back up my idea lol

I am very skeptical of this. If you hook this to your battery the battery wires are also hooked up. The emp charge will still follow all the wires so it would still fry everything. The only way I could see this working is if you actually ran your battery wires through it before they powered the rest of the vehicle.

If emp strikes there's no grid for fuel anyway, not to mention this gadget would almost certainly not work as you would need a faraday cage around your entire vehicle that is grounded, especially for anything as powerful as a nuke. Any transistor exposed is fried on contact

Thank you for this video for sure💯💪

Nicely Said and Done.. I understood it. Thanks!

In the event an EMP happens you better watch that vehicle 24/7 365 and you better be willing to kill lots of people to keep it.

I know some people who tested a LOT of different cars against an EMP. Most of the time if the car stopped working all you needed to do was disconnect and reconnect the battery and you were good to go again. These were not nuke EMPs but electronically generated.

Good reminder Thanks

I've worked on many of traffic signal cabinets struck directly and indirectly by lightning. And they all have lightning and over voltage arrestor wired in. I have never seen the electronics completly survive a direct lightning strike. I've seen power company high tension lines touch a traffic signal ariel line and fry everything in the intersection including the light bulbs( LEDs). My opinion is these arrestors maybe better than nothing, but not full proof. A car is a Faraday cage in itself, thus protected from lightning. Who really knows about EMP protection proof!

You need to start adding the links in the description for us to buy them

Thank you for the knowledge about EMP shield. Amazing. No testing. Pass.

Awesome brother. Awesome 👏🏼

Wheres the link for these?

I'm skeptical. The black and the green wires both connect to the same circuit, since the battery negative, in every car, connects to the body and chassis. There is no electrical connection to the earth, unless you add some kind of strap that drags on the ground.

I like the tech....everything you said was on point...my only question is with the microchip and transponder in the truck key.

I didn’t know this existed. Good looking out!!

Can you tell me how the empty shield protects your keys because most modern cars are push button or have have chips in the key itself

Am gonna buy me some bug out vehicle, yehaww!

effin great explanation, the simple and straight is often easier to comprehend, and im a physics major in training lol thank you, ya hick.

Thanks for the info.

I don't know, but at $389 for the emp shield, would it be less expensive just to buy replacement electronic parts for your vehicle and store them in your faraday cage?

Looks cool. However i would think you would need your electronics shielded w a faraday cage. I might check out their data and test setup.

Thanks Brother.

Hey, thank you for your awesome information in InSight. But here’s the good news. If there is any good news about nuclear war. Electromagnetic pulses (EMP) from nuclear weapon detonations at altitudes from 30 to 400 kilometers (18 to 50 miles) can damage or destroy sensitive electronics. I learned this last week. So based on this. You’d have to do the research to see if you live near a target. A known targeted area because of industry, military, or something else. But many people in the smaller towns and other areas possibly would not be affected by an EMP attack on a major city.

Could you imagine having the only running rig after a emp. Lots of evil people would try to take it..

Does this also make a forcefield around the vehicle to make it bullet proof as well?

That's good news. Thanks 👍

Love your video brother.

Likely hood of EMP effecting a metal box with rubber wheels is highly unlikely. Cars get struck by lightening everyday and continue to function with no issue. Even direct antenna lightning strikes don't interfer with cars.

I've read their website and I'm not convinced. In the installation in the video, the device is protecting over voltage conditions on the main 12VDC charging system. But how are the 5VDC engine control sensors protected? These are fed from a separate power supply usually in the engine computer (PCM, ECU). The sensors and conductors to the electronic sensors are also exposed to the magnetic field from an EMP and therefore can have their own induced voltages. I don't see how the device in video provides any protection on the engine control circuits. Very misleading!!!

I have one of these on my car. I am a 60 year old disabled woman and I installed it myself. It was easy.

Well in my opinion, any piece of copper wire in your vehicle would serve as an antenna and an inlet or Pathway to sensitive electronic equipment that runs all the systems in your vehicle you would have to sealed every single wire. This is not only impractical but impossible. A possible solution is keep your vehicle inside a metal shipping container with the door closed at all times. Then place your cell phone on the hood of your car, then have someone call your phone if you can hear it ringing, then your Faraday cage needs some more work. Good luck

Thanks for this! I live just shy of a mile high, and I'm installing efi on my early 70's vehicles. I need this in order to travel distance without having to re-tune, so as a prepper this has been a concern...

Great video, thanks! I would love to order one through an affiliate link if you had one. Just putting that out there.

thank, you fore you're video I'm going to have to buy 2 of them.

My company installs EV charging stations and premises surge protectors in SoCal. At 6:40 you mentioned that box will protect electric vehicles from an EMP. Before someone would wire in an aftermarket device to a >$100K vehicle, I’d be interested in looking at the schematics (or if you are concerned with IP, just the brief overview of the discrete components used) to understand if it can do what claimed. Since EVs don’t use a standard 12V battery like a ICE, I’d curious how it would be wired in.

Maybe my understanding of a mass coronal ejection is flawed, but I don't see how connecting another path to ground helps, when all components are energized simultaneously. It's like saying you're protected from fire because you have a fire extinguisher in the corner of your home, then the entire house bursts into flames.