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Originally Posted by Coley
"...what it'd take to get a vehicle running after an EMP (Electromagnetic Pulse) strike"
Wow, thats a good question. I've never thought much about this.
I have a spare set of points my auto stuff somewhere....so hopefully that would do it.
What all does an EMP hit supposedly knock out...and what does it leave?
Is it just printed circuits?....no wires or fuses or?
That said, if something like that happened...I'm not sure exactly where I would be travelling too in a hurry.....perhaps living on an island has a say in that...lol
all good
Coley
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It all depends on two factors: 1. The size of the pulse, and 2. The distance from the pulse. As CastIron says, the likelihood that EMP would knock out your car's electronics is very low. It would be more likely to affect your radio reception, but you can live without that. An EMP pulse would have to be very large to knock out larger circuits, although it has happened. In the 1962 Starfish Prime detonation power was knocked out in parts of Hawaii (over 700 miles away), microwave telecommunications between the island was disrupted, and seven satellites eventually failed due to exposure to high-energy electrons.