A lot of people think it’s all over after one, but it’s not like it wipes everyone’s mind and they can’t remember how to rebuild and swap out parts that have been destroyed.
We have an old Chevy with a carb and mechanical fuel pump. The weak link is the HEI distributor, so I've got a spare one wrapped tight and sealed in a metal tin I burried in a plastic bucket. Will it still be good? I hope I never have to find out.
Tough to know for certain. We have very limited data on EMP's. The underground nuclear testing shielded the EMP, so those tests were not helpful in determining the strength and magnitude. Most of our qualitative data came from the A bomb tests in the bikini atolls. The EMP blew out street lamps in Hawaii 500 miles away. We dont know how the effect will be over land vice conductive seawater. It could be far worse over land. Burying your distributor (electronic ignition) in a metal container will help keep the induced electric field from getting to the solid state electronics. These are more resistant to electrostatics discharge than digital electronics, but honestly, we really dont have hard data to know if shielding will help. I can say that you are protecting it as best you can, burying it at least gives you protection to dissipate the charge as quickly as possible.
A lot of people think it’s all over after one, but it’s not like it wipes everyone’s mind and they can’t remember how to rebuild and swap out parts that have been destroyed.
We have an old Chevy with a carb and mechanical fuel pump. The weak link is the HEI distributor, so I've got a spare one wrapped tight and sealed in a metal tin I burried in a plastic bucket. Will it still be good? I hope I never have to find out.
Tough to know for certain. We have very limited data on EMP's. The underground nuclear testing shielded the EMP, so those tests were not helpful in determining the strength and magnitude. Most of our qualitative data came from the A bomb tests in the bikini atolls. The EMP blew out street lamps in Hawaii 500 miles away. We dont know how the effect will be over land vice conductive seawater. It could be far worse over land. Burying your distributor (electronic ignition) in a metal container will help keep the induced electric field from getting to the solid state electronics. These are more resistant to electrostatics discharge than digital electronics, but honestly, we really dont have hard data to know if shielding will help. I can say that you are protecting it as best you can, burying it at least gives you protection to dissipate the charge as quickly as possible.