Solar flares

[NorthernRaider]

(20 November 2012, 00:59)Tarrel Wrote: The thing that concerns me is solar panels. I posted a question about this on here a few days ago, and the general view was that they would be fried in an EMP. I also wonder about LED lighting. Would this get fried? Anyone know?

I may be out of date but as a soldier we were taught that anything with a circuit or element would be toasted, So a circuit board would be ruined, A video they showed us was a light bulb on its own lighting up and getting brighter and brighter till it burnt out. problem is it was over 30 years ago and I'm not sure if that actually related to an EMP. Mind you they also said radios, ignition circuits etc would be friend and we would need to keep a spare set of points, condensor, coil etc in a faraday cage to get the engine working again.

I think thats why some folks keep PV panels cached not set up, they wrap em in multiple layers of bubble wrap and wrap the outer layer in multiple layers of bacofoil and store em in metal containers.

I suspect LEDs if assembled into a light with voltage regulator circuit board attached s found in most flashlights they would be toasted as its a circuit!!! Thats why I keep flashlights and radios in a bubble wrap lined biccy tin