Solar Panels: Are we setting ourselves up for an EMP strike nightmare?

[FreedomUSMC]

Almost all solar panels incorporate blocking diodes in the panels themselves. The charge controllers also contain electric circuitry and electronic components that would be susceptible to EMP.

The other components with circuitry can be protected easier. Unlike the panels that have to be in the open. It would take a massive EMP to wipe out even one solar panel array.

 

[FreedomUSMC]

And don't forget that an enemy attack is only one way we can get hit by an EMP. The other is a large enough coronal mass ejection. We have no control or defense against them and they have happened before.

They happen every day; from .2 to 3.5. The Sun emits anywhere from 1 CME every 5 days, up to 3 CMEs in a day. They are mostly blocked by the Earth's magnetosphere. On occasion, we get hit with multiple ones that are so close that the trailing CME gets through and causes damage. The last one was 2014 but it didn't have much effect. The last one that did was in 1989 and it mostly effected Quebec, Canada. But that was due to their system "trip level" was set lower than it should have been. Since then, technology has upgraded substantially so we've been hit with stronger CMEs without issues.

 

[Bear44]

They happen every day; from .2 to 3.5. The Sun emits anywhere from 1 CME every 5 days, up to 3 CMEs in a day. They are mostly blocked by the Earth's magnetosphere. On occasion, we get hit with multiple ones that are so close that the trailing CME gets through and causes damage. The last one was 2014 but it didn't have much effect. The last one that did was in 1989 and it mostly effected Quebec, Canada. But that was due to their system "trip level" was set lower than it should have been. Since then, technology has upgraded substantially so we've been hit with stronger CMEs without issues.

That's why I said it needs to be large enough. We're about due for a really bad one and our electrical systems and dependence is far more vulnerable than when the last one hit in 1859.

150 Years Ago: The Worst Solar Storm Ever

On Sept. 2, 1859, an incredible storm of charged particles sent by the sun slammed into Earth's atmosphere, overpowered it, and caused havoc on the ground.

www.space.com

 

[FreedomUSMC]

That's why I said it needs to be large enough. We're about due for a really bad one and our electrical systems and dependence is far more vulnerable than when the last one hit in 1859.

150 Years Ago: The Worst Solar Storm Ever

On Sept. 2, 1859, an incredible storm of charged particles sent by the sun slammed into Earth's atmosphere, overpowered it, and caused havoc on the ground.

www.space.com

It was 48% predicted that we should have a large one between 1990 and 2022. So there's still time! lol.

How are our systems more vulnerable? Back then they didn't even have shielding.

 

[JoKeR50]

But then how am I going to heat up my squirrels that we will be leaving on if the Nukes take out my solar panels?

 

[FreedomUSMC]

But then how am I going to heat up my squirrels that we will be leaving on if the Nukes take out my solar panels?

I'm sure the nukes will have cooked everything already. lol

 

[mfoster]

The one on 247 is 800 acres. It’s huge.

Take feagen rd and make the loop mind boggling

 

[Bear44]

It was 48% predicted that we should have a large one between 1990 and 2022. So there's still time! lol.

How are our systems more vulnerable? Back then they didn't even have shielding.

Much of our systems today do not have sufficient shielding and there's a LOT more of them. Our society is much more dependent on those systems.

 

[Comanche]

Solar
Is a chance I’d be willing to take on a smaller scale.
Good question for some of the dedicated solar topic has Dudes on you too be.