What to store in a Faraday Cage?
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An electric timer. Boiling water or coking food requires an ability to measure time precisely without wasting fuel or resources.
Will the foil tape for ductwork seal well enough for a faraday cage? I put a rap around my ammo cans to seal them.
the dewalt is the only sub par item i see here… @Ave would say Hilti is the way to go haha..
The $TREE has Scientific Calculators ($1-small but functional) which would be an invaluable trade item. Remove the batteries, wrap batteries and calculator in separate baggies and then wrap them with Aluminum Foil. Store in your Faraday cage. Just an idea.
Would you need to keep your devices with solar protected? With as my radio with solar and crank, and my solar powered cell phone battery bank?
How do I protected the solar system. Is it necessary.
Store your favorite baseball cards and comic books …
My suggestions:
1. Shortwave broadcasting is almost dead. Get a receiver that will allow listening to SSB radio, which sounds like Donald Duck on a regular AM radio. That’ll you pick up radio hams, state-level emergency services, and unencrypted military communication. Those will be active in an emergency.
2. Get one of the Garmin InReach two-way satellite texting devices. They use Iridium satellites so they work anywhere on the planet and no matter what happens to your local infrastructure. The two-way ability is far better than a one-way emergency beacon. You can, for instance, get medical assistance. The texts can receive and send to and from regular cellphone texting and email, so you can let friends and family know that you are OK.
https://discover.garmin.com/en-US/inreach/personal/
You talk about GPS, but I was curious regarding the susceptibility of the GPS satellites to an EMP or Solar flare event. Probably a compass and maps be a good idea to keep on-hand. 😉
Is there any way that you know of, that would allow for a laptop or computer to be plugged in to power and/or internet, while inside an EMP protected box? I understand that the cables is how the current would enter, but unplugging it and plugging it in could become a hassle if I’m making frequent backups and I’d like to be able to fix that, if possible, by just leaving it plugged in, with protected cables, somehow. I’d be curious if someone has figured this out. Maybe a combination of grounded metal conduit around the power cable, as well as ferrites? What are your thoughts?