Solid State Regulator - EMP Proof?
Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2017 9:35 am
I've been reading William Forstchen's One Second After this week and got to thinking about our M37s during an emergency.
For those who have not read it, the book is a fictionalized account of a small town on the eastern seaboard of the United States (namely, Black Mountain, North Carolina) after an EMP attack. The power grid goes down, modern cars stop running, public executions take place, yadda, yadda, yadda. This got me thinking about the M37 after such kind of event (God forbid!). My M37 uses a solid state regulator, but being a military vehicle I'd assume it's somewhat hardened against such kind of phenomena, not least of which is because it's 1.) A short set of circuitry and 2.) grounded to the chassis which I've read are important to staving of the effects of an EMP. Not being a an electrical expert (in fact, it is still my belief that electricity is voodoo magic) I'm not in any position to judge or make any kind of sense of it. Does anyone have any information on this?
For those who have not read it, the book is a fictionalized account of a small town on the eastern seaboard of the United States (namely, Black Mountain, North Carolina) after an EMP attack. The power grid goes down, modern cars stop running, public executions take place, yadda, yadda, yadda. This got me thinking about the M37 after such kind of event (God forbid!). My M37 uses a solid state regulator, but being a military vehicle I'd assume it's somewhat hardened against such kind of phenomena, not least of which is because it's 1.) A short set of circuitry and 2.) grounded to the chassis which I've read are important to staving of the effects of an EMP. Not being a an electrical expert (in fact, it is still my belief that electricity is voodoo magic) I'm not in any position to judge or make any kind of sense of it. Does anyone have any information on this?