YOUR CAR/TRUCK IS SOON TO BE CONTROLLED BY .GOV

[HoLeChit]

Isn't the car engine and electronics surrounded by pretty much a solid steel enclosure (the body) which would act much like a Faraday Cage? If it required an Earth ground to operate effectively, then a simple grounding strap from the frame hanging down to the road surface should work. I know I used to see cars and some trucks back in the day with those 'grounding' straps underneath. Or am I just barking up the wrong tree?

Exactly. And yeah, grounding straps are a real deal, hence why you see fire trucks dragging chains underneath them.

I’ll see if I can find it, but I read a study not long ago that explained how EMPs will actually affect things. It’s not as dramatic or world ending as YouTubers selling views or survival supplies would lead most to believe.

 

[KOPBET]

Faraday cages do NOT need to be grounded. That is a myth that won't die.

 

[TANSTAAFL]

Faraday cages do NOT need to be grounded. That is a myth that won't die.

Actually it's a matter of wavelength and sensitivity. My smartphone can receive wifi locked in a metal box, locked in a metal safe...

 

[KOPBET]

Actually it's a matter of wavelength and sensitivity. My smartphone can receive wifi locked in a metal box, locked in a metal safe...

WIFI? How do you know? Are you locked up inside there with it?

 

[TANSTAAFL]

WIFI? How do you know? Are you locked up inside there with it?

LOL, no. I experimented with it. Had wifi calling turned on and volume of ringer turned all the way up. The phone rang. Have not tried grounding. The cellular signal is blocked by either. Haven't tried putting the phone in my microwave yet...

 

[KOPBET]

LOL, no. I experimented with it. Had wifi calling turned on and volume of ringer turned all the way up. The phone rang. Have not tried grounding. The cellular signal is blocked by either. Haven't tried putting the phone in my microwave yet...

I'm not sure how this applies to grounding, but maybe I'm just slow. I guess I'm not clear on what your point was regarding wavelength and sensitivity.

 

[Profreedomokie]

I have a 1996 Land Rover, a 1972 Land Rover, and I hope my next summer a 1962 Jaguar. They can't touch this.

 

[Broncos]

Many thought the grounding straps kept them off the radar at speed checks

 

[Chuckie]

Faraday cages do NOT need to be grounded. That is a myth that won't die.

I don't know, I can find just as many 'experts' on the Internet that say that Faraday Cages need to be grounded as there are 'experts' saying that they don't. Quite a few say that NO they don't need to be grounded but doing so makes them more effective.

I live fairly close to Tinker AFB which is suppose to have a big bullseye on it, so I'm not too concerned about keeping my electronics safe, being that I'll probably just become a vaporized memory if SHTF.

 

[OHJEEZE]

Is the horse going to make a comeback?