I'm an Electrical R&D Engineer. They basically operate using Zener Avalanche Diodes. Their theory is sound...IF you have an earth Ground to dissipate the high voltage spikes that an Electrical Magnetic Pulse produces. When I called EMP Sheild to inquire about how they operated in an electrically isolated DC system with no reference to Earth Ground, such as a vehicles electrical system is, I received a stammered through, bull shit explanation about a "tornado effect", I understand their theory here, I don't see it protecting as advertised.......However, in a home electrical system, I can see it functioning as advertised, because you have a place to dissipate the charge, an earth ground....but we are talking about a DC electrical system that is Electrically Isolated from earth......and again, we are talking about Nano second reaction times. Everything in a modern, Microprocessor Controlled Vehicle, now with even more microprocessors. Everything references the Vehicles Frame Ground. Their theory is to "loop" the high voltage spike until it dissipates.....I'm going to have to call Bull Shit on this one. IF...IF you connected a chain, Copper Wires....something....that hung below the vehicle that at least touched the earth, then I believe this has a better possibility of actually working. This video did nothing other than act as another "Look how easy it is to install". Without testing it accomplishes nothing. I don't give a crap if the DOD bought a million of these, the Military Vehicles are not setup the same as Civilian Vehicles, and several of them have chains that touch the ground when stopped or parked. Look next time you see one. The government used to spend $1300 on a ballpeen hammer....not a comforting reference....
Also, what good is protecting your house when the main electrical grid is likely to be affected? Unless you have your own souce of power (Generator or solar). Just a thought. Thanks for the good info.
@@MyDadCanFixAnything Protect the house in hope a surge don't burn it down. For sure if it works on your vehicle if ever needed its worth it's weight. Since your so smart why don't you make one? Hehehe...:)
They did test the unit through a 3rd party lab, the same lab that tests DoD and over government equipment. The info and test results are on their website.
Lol guys come on if it was real it would of been bought by the government or another government or another multi billion dollar company and whoever came up with it wouldn't be Hocking it on the internet it's buullshit! 100% and trust me The Guy making this video knows it too he's making a buck off of the scam too that's why he made the video don't take my word for it do some research for yourselves
@@ScootersAdventure I find it difficult to believe as well, but the company has military contracts, they're working with Texas to strengthen their power grid, and I've seen them purchased for various police departments. My opinion is stuck right in the middle and I think opening it up will help us identify something that verifies their claim or debunks it.
As the warranty states $25,000 equipment cost replacement. I've been working as a low voltage engineer for after market electronics from radio P25 EQ to emergency management systems. The issue is about EMPs. EMP (ElectroMagnetic Pulse) isn't a directional event in nature. If it happens it is a world wide issue and a event that will more than likely change our futures forever. If its a natural event from the sun, then i would call it a brute force attack on our entire electronic/electrical systems from low voltage to our extremely high voltage transmission switching stations that deliver our electrical energy throughout the world. With a coronal mass ejection which includes is a solar storm that deliver's a high energy plasma charge into our atmosphere. Our last noticeable event was in Canada in 2012 but you probably didn't know the event happened since Canada took the brunt of the storm, But in 1859 a large solar storm caused destruction to our newly formed telegraph system throughout the United States. Most of the hardware was burnt to a crisp and either burned in a fire or just melted. this event was witnessed world wide, but not many countries had telegraph systems. So, these little boxes will save the day, which I highly doubt. It doesn't matter where you would install the device, it just will not stop a brute force attack that high energy plasma will find its way into a cars electrical system causing your cars computer to short and die. The cars computer is a seal aluminum cased unit, but the wires that run throughout your car will act as antennas funneling these highly charged plasma energy right into your computer. The only real sure way to protect any electronic device is to place it in a faraday cage which will allow the electrical charge to fixate around the item inside the cage. Do not ground a true faraday cage as the cage will then act like a antenna. Always remember anytime of electricity DC or AC looks for only one thing in its life. The fastest path to ground. Now, Lets talk about these EMP Shields. If you are so lucky to be apart of a solar flare event with a high plasma coronal mass ejection that hits the earth, that company EMP Shield will not be in business anymore. The business itself is selling a product that once it fails, its going to fail big. So selling a $300 device until a CME happens is just a roll of the dice. The company is betting that during the life of the business that a CME will not happen. If it does happen, its just not your issue only, it will be the 200,000 other EMP Shields that will also fail. As they say get in line as your peice of the pie during its payout will be less then a penny! So they are betting on your paranoia and your prepping check list that you will have the sense (not commonsense) but peace of mind sense. Hey if it makes you fell good enough, pay the $300.00, but just don;t come crying when your EQ doesn't work anymore. Lets talk about Thermal Nuclear War and its EMP effects. When Talking about a nuclear device blowing up in the upper atmosphere, its trying to create a Carrington effect like a CME, but its going to be a lot weaker then a CME solar flare. But the one thing it does have is speed. Without getting too technical you want protection in the nanoseconds for at least two or more times in protecting electronic devices. Those surge protectors you by a WM or TRGT are similar in design and they do a relative decent job when lighting strikes as lightning does create a localized EMP of short. But its the speed of the device that will protect your equipment. According to EMP Shield its the fastest commercial EMP device on the market, maybe, maybe not. But you can build one your self just as fast has they do. You can create a large faraday cage that is EMP proof or build a fast reaction surge device under $50.From Ferrite suppressors, MOV's, Bandpass filters etc. Theres a host of on-line circuts that you can build for pennies vs. buying a $300 device. Oh, By the way, if someone detonated a nuclear warhead 200 miles above us, I can bet that again, once you find that your EMP shield failed, As you just can't bet the farm on a single device installed in a vehicle protecting the hundreds of wires leading to devices and computer that act as a antenna causing a death short or that your 6 flat screen TV don't work anymore in your house. Well, lets just say your going to have to wait until the war is over, which shall be short, but I suppose the customer help line will be lacking that human element. I'm sorry for such a long response, but I want to make it clear that these miracle devices to save the electronic world are nothing more then a miracle dream, as you will sleep better knowing that if you spent $300 on a protection device that it will work, OK Gumby, I do have some swamp land that isn't swamp land that you need to buy to put your underground shelter in. What you can do is buy a metal trash can, throw all your Electronics in it and seal it air tight, I just saved everything for you costing about $14.00. Good luck to you all. Bear, I think you are thinking the same as I, what the hell is in that box!
@@mikeroland9751 EMP devices work for the load they are suppose to carry, does that help you at all. Problem is depending on strength of the magnetic burst, unless your sharing space with NORAD then you are more than likely wasting money, does that help. What I would recommend if your worried is start learning to read in the dark now. a EMP will happen either naturally or by design some day, just depends where you are. If your sitting in the US, then kiss your 50K worth of vehicles, computers devices goodbye! FYI P25 is APCO or Project 25 for public safety, not ebox. I'm just a little old to be playing games.
@@nunyabizness1257 a farady cage doesn't need to be grounded as it's designed for energy to freely navigate over it's protective cage. If you ground your cage you create a potential difference between the cage and ground. More likely attracting more energy to flow on the faraday cage. While a farady cage works, your not try to see just how much energy you can get to flow over it before bad things start to happen. Think of a potential difference like this. Why jump off a vehicle with live wires on the chassis vs. One leg at a time? You create a circuit by causing that potential difference. A farady cage is a shell only and should only be used as such. Now two things here, whatever devices you have inside the cage should not be connected metal to metal. Your device should be in a insulated blanket or a insulated ziplock bag to keep the metal structure of the device from touching the cage as anything metallic would become a part of a farady cage. Also, look at aircraft, are they grounded, no. Aircraft are the most attracted objects flying through the sky either creating a charge or flying into a charge, they are built EMP harden just for those purposes. That's why it's hard to bring a modern aircraft down due to lightning. You will read about safety of humans in a farady cage. If your cage is that big, I would recommend a purpose built insulated suit as you don't want to become a part of the cage. If you build a cage around a insulated airtight box then your devices or yourself will be 100% safe. But once you insulate then you become a part of a antenna to ground circuit of attraction, not a good thing. Better to be in a 737 at 29,000 feet.
@@ryanclark8257 if it's a $400 to $500 unit like mine you are really wasting your $ and time. There are numerous MOVs in there encapsulated in epoxy. If you don't know what that means look it up and save your $.
This is like putting a surge protector on your fuse box, then routing your TV antenna around your lightning rod and being surprised that your TV got hit by lightning. Ask them for their DOD contract number, they aren't putting these on any military vehicles.
They do use them on local police and Sheriff's vehicles that have the budget for it. I believe it will work if you are far away enough from the blast radius period but if you were close to ground zero, I highly doubt anything will work, including Faraday cages, Faraday bags, and Faraday closets
@@pierowmania2775 actually yes. Tell me all knowing, if a emp happened , which dont matter anyways , how much other infrastructure , gas stations banks etc shut down , and the biggest concern is going for a drive get real , when shit goes bad all you will have is what's in your head and pockets ,
Dirty Roofer if is a emp shtf no car is safe even my 1970 boss 302 not worth it why because if I’m driving easy target also better a bicycle better two wheels rather than two legs also if you get a car that works remember traffic jam no way to drive if so many cars park there
There are movs (metal oxide varistors) encapsulated in epoxy inside the box. Nothing to see even if you got it open. I used to install these on electrical panels as a master electrician about 20 years ago. I had a high voltage unit on the main panel in a very large fish factory in New Bedford Ma and the electric company screwed up and over voltaged the plant due to faulty equipment. Well the unit, which looked exactly like these, did it's job and clamped (shorted). Had it been a pulse all would have been fine but it was not a pulse but a long duration over voltage so the unit overheated and exploded. It then carboned up the entire huge panel full of $800 breakers and shorted every breaker in the panel with carbon resulting in thousands of dollars worth of damage. We subsequently rented a Drantz unit which records everything that happens on that line and proved it was the electric provider's fault but the plant had to be shut down for the day and the total loss was like $30,000. I asked the mov company owner what happens when you encase red hot wires in epoxy and wasn't that the definition of a bomb? He couldn't answer. I have one of those units on both my panels here. I inadvertently tested them when a motel customer just up the street from my house called to say they had suffered a line pulse that had wiped out their $7000 telephone system. Well I had just had to reset my two 20a breakers that morning and I was puzzled as all get out as to why they had popped. We were hit by the same pulse and the unit had done it's job. No damage at our house at all. The motel had me install one on their service that day. So there you have it. They work for a pulse👍😎👌I
I don't see how that can work, it is just in parallel with the circuit, how is that going to protect your electronics? It might let you know your gear is toast? I am skeptical as well.
I spent over 20 years in the USAF working with highly classified comm equipment. All the gear and the vehicles in which it was installed/transported were completely EMP shielded (MIL-STD-188-125-2 - Transportable Systems). When you raised the hood of one of those vehicles, you did not see any wires running in a loom. You saw solid metal tubes with very short, very heavily shielded flexible sections terminated with water tight Amphenol connectors. This even included all the lights. The lights were even layered with what looked like a flat screen wire. The buildings in which the equipment/vehicles were stored were also EMP shielded (MIL-STD-188-125-1 Fixed Facilities). Radio signals could not propagate through the buildings. None of the commercial, handy-talkies or man portable radios (PRC-25) could send/receive when in the building. I have grave doubts that the "EMP Shield" they have for retail sale could even begin to match the performance of any of those systems. Especially with all the antennas (unshielded wires) coming out of the devices and those of the items they are supposed to protect. One added benefit of all that shielding was that the vehicles were rated to ford water up to 2 meters deep, already had the elevated intake/exhaust. We all thought that was silly since at that dept the only thing above water would be the drivers head.
Great info, thanks for sharing. I hope you were working on things to benefit the people and not just the government.... By the sounds of it, we should forget about protecting ourselves from EMPs as it would require ridiculous budgets, yes?
If so-called EMP protection doesn't work when the big EMP hits, how would you contact a seller/manufacturer to get a refund. You couldn't if all communications are down. And these dealers know this. How do you know this isn't snake oil? You don't.
@@kevinbode6483 A ground fault circuit interruptor includes, a circuit interruptor. One that would have to be installed in line and sized for the total ampacity of the circuit. A typical residential home with a 200a circuit would require a large 200a contactor, and a minimum of 1/0 cu conductors.
I just can't help but wonder exactly HOW they were expecting you to really "test" these. Install in your truck, and drive to the nearest EMP test site? Do you have a homemade high altitude EMP that you aren't telling us about? Huh! HUH well...do you?!
I have been looking at emp shield for a year and I have yet to buy one. I'm very glad you did this content tonight,thank you. Your production value is priceless Bear!
The pulse is distributed on both sides of the device at the same time, if you had a large enough toroid coil to set up a counter emf but the pulse effects all surfaces at the same time so I am some what leery, so what do you do if it does not protect your devices send it back? just put away spare parts in a faraday cage for after the event.
Personally I think I’m just going to build a home out of shipping containers. My reasons are that: -It will save money to a good extent -I can have a home I can be proud of -They are modular, so I can add more -They are EMP resistant -They are strong and sturdy I mean I see 40ft & 8ft tall containers go for around $5,000 but usually around $4,800. I get 45K worth of shipping containers then spend money to renovate them and make them livable.
@WILL I AM D IV No, I have not, it is more of a future possibility among other home ideas. I’ve been keeping an eye on a lot of building techniques, trying to see if shipping containers would be the best approach. I think a combination of shipping container(s) with other building styles would be nice. Also the shipping is another factor. A lot of the base prices are lower, at $1,200 to $2,300, yet the shipping is typically around $5,000. I’d say if you can find shipping containers with a low shipping cost consider it (but I’m am definitely NOT an expert in any sense of the word).
I worked on that movie gamer.... We built a shipping container village.. we had him stack and stacked up sideways it was pretty badass.. those containers sell out here for a couple Grand a piece. One thing to know that was if you put them in the ground you have to support them structurally from side-to-side. They're built to withstand wait on the top of them but not with their pushing on the sides.. but I have seen a lot of really really bad ass houses made out of these
This magic box might work if your vehicle is running, but when the ignition key is turned off their are multiple circuit’s that are now isolated from this box. For example the fuel pump circuit, the wires go from the relay box under hood all the way back to the fuel tank, the wires will get charged with electrons and will find ground through the fuel pump motor windings destroying the pump. You would need several magic boxes wired in to all the vehicles separate key off circuits to protect it. And a eight foot ground rod driven into the earth connected to the vehicle body or frame. Spend the money on food instead.
Paul ! I think your assessment is 100% accurate and well thought out! I wondered about the running, or not running aspect as soon as I saw this product, and its claimed function? Thanks!
I think the big thing people are missing is if there was a nation wide or global EMP, you would have bigger things to worry about then your car not working......
So Pastor, did you ever open one of the units up? Would you buy one of these with your own money? I just bought a UTV to have at my bug out location and researching how to EMP proof the unit.
I'm retired lab. tech. and I have done time responses before. How are you timing its response to the time of spike to the time of open circuit ? In the lab, We used a multi channel oscilloscope to judge the difference.
They are simply using the manufacturer provided response time of the inner MOVs which is 500nS. This is not time to open circuit, it is response time of the MOV to start clamping the high voltage. If the box is hit hard enough by a big spike, it simply blows the 20A breaker to their suppressor. From then on, the rest of your equipment open to future hits.
The only thing it could be doing would be dissipating magnetically (EMP) or other induced stray currents. There is no way the manner in which it is connected, it is disconnecting anything for protection.
I don't see how this thing would work. It's just connected to the battery - what good is that? The whole setup makes no sense to me. I will have to check out their website and see if I can get an explanation.
Questions... why is there Zero videos anywhere (that I can find at least) where someone has torn one of these things apart? There are videos of almost any other device out there where someone has torn it apart and showed the guts and even how it works, even starlink satellite dishes. But no one has torn one of these down? Or at least no one has torn one down, made a video, and that video wasn't deleted....?? **How do we know it isn't just some wires with a green led light covered in epoxy? Its not like we're going to go back after an emp and get our money back. ****Also how do we know that this isn't a device thats true purpose is to make preppers "think" they are protected from emp, when they aren't? Again, we won't find out until its too late. And no, in my opinion we shouldn't care about "dod" or whatever other "government/military testing" certifications and ect. ***Further, from what I have heard from other channels, although these are supposed to protect from a lightning strike... it will burn the unit out.... a standard surge protector will do that. So how does these units burn out from lightning strike but yet is supposed to protect from emp? -->I'm not saying these don't/won't work, just asking questions how do we know they will work? And that we're not just wasting our money and putting our "faith" _(so to speak)_ that a device/car or electrical system is protected, when it actually isn't? new sub btw. good channel
@@TROU1984 i agree. Since my original comment, I've actually bought several of the EMP shields for different items plus I installed one in my house and one over at my Dad and Moms house. I come to the conclusion that if things still get fried by an EMP, then I did all that I was able too. But if I didn't get these, and an EMP happened and fried everything, then I would regret not getting the EMP shields. So I'd rather pay the $ and hope they work, then to regret not getting them. Shortly after I installed one on my Dad and Moms house, their house got hit by lightning. First time that had ever happened. It burned out the EMP shield, as they said it would, but didn't damage anything in the house including their new refrigerator and washer. So if it protected that, it paid for itself. And yes they did send me a replacement. They do have good customer service.
The way an EMP destroys stuff is that as the magnetic wave/pulse passes a conductor, it induces a current. If the resultant current is too much for the circuit to handle, something fries. To protect against this, the circuit needs to be isolated from the passing wave/pulse. A faraday cage allows the current to build up on its surface, thereby preventing a current buildup inside of it. A strong enough field could pass through, but nesting multiple, isolated cages, may provide enough protection. What a couple of wires and a magic box would do, or how it could work, I would not even hazard to guess.
To compare this product vs the Eaton whole home surge protector: EMP Shield: $369 105.5kA surge, Voltage protection L-G 270V, L-N 270V, L-L 540V. or the Eaton CHSPT2ULTRA for $90 108kA Surge, Voltage Protection L-G 600V, L-N 600V, L-L 1000V, N-G 800V. Eaton is the clear winner on performance and price. Of course the Eaton doesn't have the MIL-STD testing but that is a moot point. In the event of a high altitude nuclear detonation the EMP wave will be coming into a home from the power grid and the internal wiring at essentially the same time, flooding surge across the circuits. A better use of $400 would be to cascade surge protection devices at the main power panel ($80), sub panel ($50), AC ($70), and then use strip surge protectors ($10-20 each) at the outlets. Google "cascade SPD" to see the various testing and papers on the topic.
Eaton is way too slow. It would work with a solar flare, but not E1--it would be fried before E2 even arrived. I don't know about the automobile version, but I have installed these on some hill top facilities that have let electronics survive a lightning strike. Eaton would be toast.
@@innocenty1bystander Not sure how you can say that. The 'Eaton' and 'EMP Shield' have the exact same response time -- 500nS. NOTHING survives a direct lightning strike. But both could survive an indirect strike depending on how far away and whatever else is in the path. The EMP Shield box and Eaton box have nearly the same current shunting capability. In fact, the Eaton box actually has a slightly higher surge current rating so I cannot possibly see how the EMP Shield version would do better. A newer and better solution would be the Siemens FS140. 40% higher current surge rating than the EMP Shield and the Siemens FS140 is cheaper.
Hey Brother, I was just curious if you would revisit this video with newer products since this video is 3 years old now? It's kind of crazy how lots of videos from great content creators like yourself have been popping up this week on my feed considering what's going on recently, everything being relevant with current events.
Wires and other stuff is typically rated for CONTINUOUS power. Run 400 amps through a 14 AWG wire and it will burn up very quickly. Run 1000 amps for the less than the 1usec maximum duration of a T1 EMP pulse and it won’t even get warm. Faraday cages don’t need to be grounded. That can even cause problems in many cases. If they did need to be grounded, they couldn’t protect circuitry in military planes. The idea behind this is that what matters is the max voltage across a electronic device, the max current Through it and the duration of the event which determines the power dissipation. The other factor is does the protection circuitry have a fast enough response time. A T1 EMP pulse rises in 1 ns and is over before 1 us. If it can shunt the high current for that time. Years ago when I designed this stuff for military aircraft, MOV’s were not fast enough. But that was a long time ago. There may be modern devices that are and can dissipate the power which is not that much. As that work was classified, I really can’t say more. The other question is if the inductance of short wire runs is high enough to effectively isolate the EMP protection device from the circuitry. Haven’t had time to do those calculations. Many experts say solar panels will survive a CME or a HEMP. Some say only the panel blocking diodes will be damaged and that could be easily repaired. I keep spares of all electronics in Faraday cages. Usually at least twice and often 5 times what I’m using. The sources EMP Shield supplies are impressive and it may vary well work. I have money and may buy some. I don’t understand how it can protect car or house electronics that are turned off. But, these are complex systems and trying to model them with simplistic models can give false results. Metal cases and short wire runs may be enough protection. At this point I’m not sure. More analysis is needed. Frankly all the analysts that I’ve seen here is lacking. Remember the 1859 Event had those long wire runs. Having my ranches completely on solar with back up Generacs makes me more secure. The power grid scares me.
As an end user of the product how do we know it works.... I mean who has an EMP generating device to test it. Are we really have is there statement that at works.
Randy Scott , the idea is it saves your vehicle from damage due to a solar storm . Think of it like your EDC pistol the statistical chance you will need to use it is very low , but it’s better to have and not need it than need it and be screwed. I installed on in my 2015 Jeep JK. It’s simply peace of mind.
An electromagnetic pulse (EMP), also sometimes called a transient electromagnetic disturbance, is a short burst of electromagnetic energy. Such a pulse's origin may be a natural occurrence or man-made and can occur as a radiated, electric, or magnetic field or a conducted electric current, depending on the source. EMP interference is generally disruptive or damaging to electronic equipment, and at higher energy levels a powerful EMP event such as a lightning strike can damage physical objects such as buildings and aircraft structures. The management of EMP effects is an important branch of electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) engineering. Weapons have been developed to deliver the damaging effects of high-energy EMP.
LMFAO! I know what a EMP Is. I know how to hook it up. I am a electrical lineman. So knowing about electricity it is hooked up parallel not in series, don't see how it protects anything.
@@randyscott4478 right on brother. It's just that you asked "what the h@#$ does it do?" So naturally I tried to answer the question. Maybe next time dont ask a question if you already know, yah?
@@bodysnatcher8122 not trying to be an a-hole. Do appreciate your reply, just seems like someone is trying to make money! Bear even looked a little sceptical to me. I understand electricity, and still think it's B.S. I'm not saying it doesn't work, but I would have to see it before I spent money on it. I watched some other videos still not convinced. Must work like a lightning arrestor!!?
Ok help !!! emps wave doesn't follow electric lines /wires- so even if it cuts circuit immediately won't the emp wave just go around and attack everything else?
Random questions Bear Would it be a good idea to go do the things with a certain survival group that do several different kinds of activities? Or would it be better to go do the things with people that you know better then that certain group?
What happens if there is more than one EMP Blast in succession? This configuration gives me pause for thought, for practicality.There may be a relay, better than a fuse, which would only burn (or trip) once. Jes Sayin, I'm not that smart. 🤔
I work for minimum wage and just paying my bills and trying to buy a little extra food is hard enough, but it never have enough money ahead to purchase an emp shield,,, isvthere another way to ground my ford thats cheaper?
211,000amp @240V wouldn't the wiring itself be the fuse? I don't think 12ga. multistrand can handle that kind of load, right? I'm no electrician so that is a legit question
“Excuse me,” he said. “Of course my good man, always a pleasure to meet a gentleman.”, I reply. First time watching. Enjoyed the video, sir. Well done.
Wow, phunny u bring up the "Obmaroid". They main difference between u and he would be...he is the kind of person who takes apart the Rolex, leaves it on the floor in pieces, gets another Rolex, takes it apart, leave it on the floor and so on. This is what he did to our country. You on the other hand take it apart, adjust, put back together to make it run better. Love you bro. One more thing, Confuses say, "never use full power for first test of main bus bar".
Well Bear when you’re driving down the road and everybody else vehicle is stalled you’ll know it worked. You’re right you will just have to take their word for it because something like that is hard to test.
I am an electrical engineering, build semiconductors for a living, former USMC combat engineer and there are several things that bug me about this 1. The DOD would not install a box that looks like that even as a proto type. It is not rugged enough. 2. This disconnects nothing. At the most it might save the battery from the field effects of an EMP but the rest of the electronics would be fried. I know this as I have worked at places that make EMP hardened semiconductors. 3. As you mentioned the only way to test would be able to test the WHOLE vehicle at one time to a EMP field "DOD". 4. Who is going to hold them for false advertising after SHTF. ??? So if you are that worried about an EMP build an old fashion Ferriday cage large enough to put your vehicle in and leave it there until you need it after an EMP hits. Or buy a horse LOL
@@seangerbick6357 Probably has electronic fuel injectors and a car computer, so it's not old enough. To be old enough, you have to look into pre-1984 models of Toyota.
Hey man...arnd 2010 or so id bought an 06 expedition 5.4 3 valve motor....1st thing i did after plugs was promptly ignored its 5w20 oil suggestions and put valvoline synthetic 10w30 in it every 3k miles. That was at 50k miles....hundred thousand miles later it still ran fine...no ticking lifters no busted phasers no bad chains.....
I thought I was ready for anything and everything. But "zombies trying to rape my dog" 0:41 is on a whole nother level. Now he just glazed over that topic, but my dog and I would like more info on that so we can prepare.
I invested about $300 into one of these. If it doesn’t work….we’ll it’s not the worst thing I’ve wasted money on. If it does work then not only did I protect my expensive truck but I will have one of the few working vehicles left in the country which is priceless. All you people who say it doesn’t work haven’t tested one. There are a very few who have any actual electrical knowledge who are questioning it. The rest are a bunch of douche bags who don’t know one way or the other. Maybe they work and maybe they don’t. What do you have to lose? $300? Half of you wasted more than that on beer last month.
If a emp is required to test this product how can anyone confirm if it is a scam or not if you have to wait for a emp to occur. I think I would rather waste the money and have the product on my truck and home then not have it and if they work great if not then olwell I wasted more on dumber shit.
Bear, I just watched your video. Thank you for being you. Honest people are hard to come by these days!!. I was also that kid that took everything apart. I thought for sure you were going to open it. I was so excited. I have a question, aside from my truck which I already ordered and EMP protector, Should I install an EMP protector on my electrical panel and one on the ATS switch for my stand by generator?
Yea, I want to know too. But we can't afford one so. God's got us though so I'm gonna worry to much. Just keep on keeping on.. GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY BROTHER.
Wires and other stuff is typically rated for CONTINUOUS power. Run 400 amps through a 14 AWG wire and it will burn up very quickly. Run 1000 amps for the less than the 1usec maximum duration of a T1 EMP pulse and it won’t even get warm. Faraday cages don’t need to be grounded. That can even cause problems in many cases. If they did need to be grounded, they couldn’t protect circuitry in military planes. The idea behind this is that what matters is the max voltage across a electronic device, the max current Through it and the duration of the event which determines the power dissipation. The other factor is does the protection circuitry have a fast enough response time. A T1 EMP pulse rises in 1 ns and is over before 1 us. If it can shunt the high current for that time. Years ago when I designed this stuff for military aircraft, MOV’s were not fast enough. But that was a long time ago. There may be modern devices that are and can dissipate the power which is not that much. As that work was classified, I really can’t say more. The other question is if the inductance of short wire runs is high enough to effectively isolate the EMP protection device from the circuitry. Haven’t had time to do those calculations. Many experts say solar panels will survive a CME or a HEMP. Some say only the panel blocking diodes will be damaged and that could be easily repaired. I keep spares of all electronics in Faraday cages. Usually at least twice and often 5 times what I’m using. The sources EMP Shield supplies are impressive and it may vary well work. I have money and may buy some. I don’t understand how it can protect car or house electronics that are turned off. But, these are complex systems and trying to model them with simplistic models can give false results. Metal cases and short wire runs may be enough protection. At this point I’m not sure. More analysis is needed. Frankly all the analysts that I’ve seen here is lacking. Remember the 1859 Event had those long wire runs. Having my ranches completely on solar with back up Generacs makes me more secure. The power grid scares me.
I'm an Electrical R&D Engineer. They basically operate using Zener Avalanche Diodes. Their theory is sound...IF you have an earth Ground to dissipate the high voltage spikes that an Electrical Magnetic Pulse produces. When I called EMP Sheild to inquire about how they operated in an electrically isolated DC system with no reference to Earth Ground, such as a vehicles electrical system is, I received a stammered through, bull shit explanation about a "tornado effect", I understand their theory here, I don't see it protecting as advertised.......However, in a home electrical system, I can see it functioning as advertised, because you have a place to dissipate the charge, an earth ground....but we are talking about a DC electrical system that is Electrically Isolated from earth......and again, we are talking about Nano second reaction times. Everything in a modern, Microprocessor Controlled Vehicle, now with even more microprocessors. Everything references the Vehicles Frame Ground. Their theory is to "loop" the high voltage spike until it dissipates.....I'm going to have to call Bull Shit on this one. IF...IF you connected a chain, Copper Wires....something....that hung below the vehicle that at least touched the earth, then I believe this has a better possibility of actually working. This video did nothing other than act as another "Look how easy it is to install". Without testing it accomplishes nothing. I don't give a crap if the DOD bought a million of these, the Military Vehicles are not setup the same as Civilian Vehicles, and several of them have chains that touch the ground when stopped or parked. Look next time you see one. The government used to spend $1300 on a ballpeen hammer....not a comforting reference....
Also, what good is protecting your house when the main electrical grid is likely to be affected? Unless you have your own souce of power (Generator or solar). Just a thought. Thanks for the good info.
@@MyDadCanFixAnything Protect the house in hope a surge don't burn it down. For sure if it works on your vehicle if ever needed its worth it's weight. Since your so smart why don't you make one? Hehehe...:)
Perhaps a light bulb would do the trick, if dissipation is the problem.
@@gcanaday1 guy posted taka 12ga to ur incomming power lines,,,id haft agree
@@MyDadCanFixAnything that's the reason I want one. They also make them inline for radio antennas, supposedly works for lightning too
When the emp goes off and it didn't work. How are you supposed to contact them to complain. Ha.
TRUTH...!
I was thinking same thing
Exactly, this is a great scam. No average person could test this shit haha
write a letter..... you know that papery stuff that cuts your fingers and ink...from a pen..
@@gablia2002 And fly it to them with a carrier pigeon...It's probably in the fine print.
EMP Shield should do a demo with a third party lab scientist to test it using an EMP gun
No need. It's a total scam
They did test the unit through a 3rd party lab, the same lab that tests DoD and over government equipment. The info and test results are on their website.
@@TenemaesLament Source?
@@MR-nl8xr source is anyone with basic electrical knowledge
hit a vehicle with a charge and start it up... ON VIDEO !!! All this "testing" but NO VIDEO proof. Talk/type is cheap... show me the money.
I wanna know what's inside too.....
I second that!
Maybe we need to go together and buy him one just so he can!
I have two and I can't bring myself to open it up. PLEASE open one lol
Lol guys come on if it was real it would of been bought by the government or another government or another multi billion dollar company and whoever came up with it wouldn't be Hocking it on the internet it's buullshit! 100% and trust me The Guy making this video knows it too he's making a buck off of the scam too that's why he made the video don't take my word for it do some research for yourselves
@@ScootersAdventure I find it difficult to believe as well, but the company has military contracts, they're working with Texas to strengthen their power grid, and I've seen them purchased for various police departments. My opinion is stuck right in the middle and I think opening it up will help us identify something that verifies their claim or debunks it.
As the warranty states $25,000 equipment cost replacement. I've been working as a low voltage engineer for after market electronics from radio P25 EQ to emergency management systems. The issue is about EMPs. EMP (ElectroMagnetic Pulse) isn't a directional event in nature. If it happens it is a world wide issue and a event that will more than likely change our futures forever. If its a natural event from the sun, then i would call it a brute force attack on our entire electronic/electrical systems from low voltage to our extremely high voltage transmission switching stations that deliver our electrical energy throughout the world. With a coronal mass ejection which includes is a solar storm that deliver's a high energy plasma charge into our atmosphere. Our last noticeable event was in Canada in 2012 but you probably didn't know the event happened since Canada took the brunt of the storm, But in 1859 a large solar storm caused destruction to our newly formed telegraph system throughout the United States. Most of the hardware was burnt to a crisp and either burned in a fire or just melted. this event was witnessed world wide, but not many countries had telegraph systems.
So, these little boxes will save the day, which I highly doubt. It doesn't matter where you would install the device, it just will not stop a brute force attack that high energy plasma will find its way into a cars electrical system causing your cars computer to short and die. The cars computer is a seal aluminum cased unit, but the wires that run throughout your car will act as antennas funneling these highly charged plasma energy right into your computer. The only real sure way to protect any electronic device is to place it in a faraday cage which will allow the electrical charge to fixate around the item inside the cage. Do not ground a true faraday cage as the cage will then act like a antenna. Always remember anytime of electricity DC or AC looks for only one thing in its life. The fastest path to ground.
Now, Lets talk about these EMP Shields. If you are so lucky to be apart of a solar flare event with a high plasma coronal mass ejection that hits the earth, that company EMP Shield will not be in business anymore. The business itself is selling a product that once it fails, its going to fail big. So selling a $300 device until a CME happens is just a roll of the dice. The company is betting that during the life of the business that a CME will not happen. If it does happen, its just not your issue only, it will be the 200,000 other EMP Shields that will also fail. As they say get in line as your peice of the pie during its payout will be less then a penny! So they are betting on your paranoia and your prepping check list that you will have the sense (not commonsense) but peace of mind sense. Hey if it makes you fell good enough, pay the $300.00, but just don;t come crying when your EQ doesn't work anymore.
Lets talk about Thermal Nuclear War and its EMP effects. When Talking about a nuclear device blowing up in the upper atmosphere, its trying to create a Carrington effect like a CME, but its going to be a lot weaker then a CME solar flare. But the one thing it does have is speed. Without getting too technical you want protection in the nanoseconds for at least two or more times in protecting electronic devices. Those surge protectors you by a WM or TRGT are similar in design and they do a relative decent job when lighting strikes as lightning does create a localized EMP of short. But its the speed of the device that will protect your equipment. According to EMP Shield its the fastest commercial EMP device on the market, maybe, maybe not. But you can build one your self just as fast has they do. You can create a large faraday cage that is EMP proof or build a fast reaction surge device under $50.From Ferrite suppressors, MOV's, Bandpass filters etc. Theres a host of on-line circuts that you can build for pennies vs. buying a $300 device.
Oh, By the way, if someone detonated a nuclear warhead 200 miles above us, I can bet that again, once you find that your EMP shield failed, As you just can't bet the farm on a single device installed in a vehicle protecting the hundreds of wires leading to devices and computer that act as a antenna causing a death short or that your 6 flat screen TV don't work anymore in your house. Well, lets just say your going to have to wait until the war is over, which shall be short, but I suppose the customer help line will be lacking that human element. I'm sorry for such a long response, but I want to make it clear that these miracle devices to save the electronic world are nothing more then a miracle dream, as you will sleep better knowing that if you spent $300 on a protection device that it will work, OK Gumby, I do have some swamp land that isn't swamp land that you need to buy to put your underground shelter in.
What you can do is buy a metal trash can, throw all your Electronics in it and seal it air tight, I just saved everything for you costing about $14.00. Good luck to you all. Bear, I think you are thinking the same as I, what the hell is in that box!
That's a long ass way of saying you have no clue weather or not the EMP Shield works or not. Next time, save your thumbs for your 2am XBOX gaming. 🤣
@@mikeroland9751 EMP devices work for the load they are suppose to carry, does that help you at all. Problem is depending on strength of the magnetic burst, unless your sharing space with NORAD then you are more than likely wasting money, does that help. What I would recommend if your worried is start learning to read in the dark now. a EMP will happen either naturally or by design some day, just depends where you are. If your sitting in the US, then kiss your 50K worth of vehicles, computers devices goodbye! FYI P25 is APCO or Project 25 for public safety, not ebox. I'm just a little old to be playing games.
Ive got one im perfectly willing to tear apart. i kinda wanna see the pink stuff too.
@@nunyabizness1257 a farady cage doesn't need to be grounded as it's designed for energy to freely navigate over it's protective cage. If you ground your cage you create a potential difference between the cage and ground. More likely attracting more energy to flow on the faraday cage. While a farady cage works, your not try to see just how much energy you can get to flow over it before bad things start to happen. Think of a potential difference like this. Why jump off a vehicle with live wires on the chassis vs. One leg at a time? You create a circuit by causing that potential difference. A farady cage is a shell only and should only be used as such. Now two things here, whatever devices you have inside the cage should not be connected metal to metal. Your device should be in a insulated blanket or a insulated ziplock bag to keep the metal structure of the device from touching the cage as anything metallic would become a part of a farady cage. Also, look at aircraft, are they grounded, no. Aircraft are the most attracted objects flying through the sky either creating a charge or flying into a charge, they are built EMP harden just for those purposes. That's why it's hard to bring a modern aircraft down due to lightning. You will read about safety of humans in a farady cage. If your cage is that big, I would recommend a purpose built insulated suit as you don't want to become a part of the cage. If you build a cage around a insulated airtight box then your devices or yourself will be 100% safe. But once you insulate then you become a part of a antenna to ground circuit of attraction, not a good thing. Better to be in a 737 at 29,000 feet.
@@ryanclark8257 if it's a $400 to $500 unit like mine you are really wasting your $ and time. There are numerous MOVs in there encapsulated in epoxy. If you don't know what that means look it up and save your $.
Being almost March 1, 2023 has your opinion changed since install of this EMP Shield?
This is like putting a surge protector on your fuse box, then routing your TV antenna around your lightning rod and being surprised that your TV got hit by lightning. Ask them for their DOD contract number, they aren't putting these on any military vehicles.
Yeah what's the contract number and what was it approved for. These guys are master scammers
They do use them on local police and Sheriff's vehicles that have the budget for it. I believe it will work if you are far away enough from the blast radius period but if you were close to ground zero, I highly doubt anything will work, including Faraday cages, Faraday bags, and Faraday closets
My diesel dont need electric , and drill those rivets , that rooster would make good soup .peace
Is it a mechanical injection?
Is it a stick? & do you start it with a pony motor???
All those push starts must be annoying! Can you even push start a diesel?
@@pierowmania2775 actually yes. Tell me all knowing, if a emp happened , which dont matter anyways , how much other infrastructure , gas stations banks etc shut down , and the biggest concern is going for a drive get real , when shit goes bad all you will have is what's in your head and pockets ,
Dirty Roofer if is a emp shtf no car is safe even my 1970 boss 302 not worth it why because if I’m driving easy target also better a bicycle better two wheels rather than two legs also if you get a car that works remember traffic jam no way to drive if so many cars park there
There are movs (metal oxide varistors) encapsulated in epoxy inside the box. Nothing to see even if you got it open. I used to install these on electrical panels as a master electrician about 20 years ago. I had a high voltage unit on the main panel in a very large fish factory in New Bedford Ma and the electric company screwed up and over voltaged the plant due to faulty equipment. Well the unit, which looked exactly like these, did it's job and clamped (shorted). Had it been a pulse all would have been fine but it was not a pulse but a long duration over voltage so the unit overheated and exploded. It then carboned up the entire huge panel full of $800 breakers and shorted every breaker in the panel with carbon resulting in thousands of dollars worth of damage. We subsequently rented a Drantz unit which records everything that happens on that line and proved it was the electric provider's fault but the plant had to be shut down for the day and the total loss was like $30,000. I asked the mov company owner what happens when you encase red hot wires in epoxy and wasn't that the definition of a bomb? He couldn't answer. I have one of those units on both my panels here.
I inadvertently tested them when a motel customer just up the street from my house called to say they had suffered a line pulse that had wiped out their $7000 telephone system. Well I had just had to reset my two 20a breakers that morning and I was puzzled as all get out as to why they had popped. We were hit by the same pulse and the unit had done it's job. No damage at our house at all. The motel had me install one on their service that day. So there you have it. They work for a pulse👍😎👌I
So you are saying yes to this emp protector?
@@jamiestubbs4396 worked for me. As long as it's just a pulse they work great.
Hey Bear, How long did it take to run the battery down with the emp shield connected to your F150?
The golden rule of working on a truck, even the simplest of installation will throw you some sort of obstacle.
I don't see how that can work, it is just in parallel with the circuit, how is that going to protect your electronics? It might let you know your gear is toast? I am skeptical as well.
SO... its been almost 2 years since you posted this video. Is there an update? Have you reverse engineered one yet?
Right it's 2024
Aren't vehicles rolling Faraday cages anyway?
I spent over 20 years in the USAF working with highly classified comm equipment. All the gear and the vehicles in which it was installed/transported were completely EMP shielded (MIL-STD-188-125-2 - Transportable Systems). When you raised the hood of one of those vehicles, you did not see any wires running in a loom. You saw solid metal tubes with very short, very heavily shielded flexible sections terminated with water tight Amphenol connectors. This even included all the lights. The lights were even layered with what looked like a flat screen wire. The buildings in which the equipment/vehicles were stored were also EMP shielded (MIL-STD-188-125-1 Fixed Facilities). Radio signals could not propagate through the buildings. None of the commercial, handy-talkies or man portable radios (PRC-25) could send/receive when in the building. I have grave doubts that the "EMP Shield" they have for retail sale could even begin to match the performance of any of those systems. Especially with all the antennas (unshielded wires) coming out of the devices and those of the items they are supposed to protect. One added benefit of all that shielding was that the vehicles were rated to ford water up to 2 meters deep, already had the elevated intake/exhaust. We all thought that was silly since at that dept the only thing above water would be the drivers head.
Great info, thanks for sharing. I hope you were working on things to benefit the people and not just the government.... By the sounds of it, we should forget about protecting ourselves from EMPs as it would require ridiculous budgets, yes?
And here they just needed this magical little box that creates an invisible impenetrable field! No need for faraday cages
If so-called EMP protection doesn't work when the big EMP hits, how would you contact a seller/manufacturer to get a refund. You couldn't if all communications are down. And these dealers know this. How do you know this isn't snake oil? You don't.
For real can’t know until it actually happens and at that point your not worried about a refund.
What about the electronics in a truck’s alternator? No one ever talks about being able to charge your battery.
so true
It would be nice to see one with the cover off, if its patented circuitry EMP Shield should not mind, and if it's not they should get to work on that!
If I'm thinking right a ground falt would do the same thing
@@kevinbode6483 A ground fault circuit interruptor includes, a circuit interruptor. One that would have to be installed in line and sized for the total ampacity of the circuit. A typical residential home with a 200a circuit would require a large 200a contactor, and a minimum of 1/0 cu conductors.
At least check resistance and continuity with a muti meter.
I just can't help but wonder exactly HOW they were expecting you to really "test" these. Install in your truck, and drive to the nearest EMP test site? Do you have a homemade high altitude EMP that you aren't telling us about? Huh! HUH well...do you?!
Maybe they should’ve been included A suitcase nuke or we could change that to a pick up truck nuke😋
I have been looking at emp shield for a year and I have yet to buy one.
I'm very glad you did this content tonight,thank you.
Your production value is priceless Bear!
Sarcasm don’t work well over text comments 😜
I did the same thing but then I finally 8 bullet and bought one
Just asking for a friend.. how are they planning on putting 200kA through that #12 ground wire?
The pulse is distributed on both sides of the device at the same time, if you had a large enough toroid coil to set up a counter emf but the pulse effects all surfaces at the same time so I am some what leery, so what do you do if it does not protect your devices send it back? just put away spare parts in a faraday cage for after the event.
Personally I think I’m just going to build a home out of shipping containers.
My reasons are that:
-It will save money to a good extent
-I can have a home I can be proud of
-They are modular, so I can add more
-They are EMP resistant
-They are strong and sturdy
I mean I see 40ft & 8ft tall containers go for around $5,000 but usually around $4,800.
I get 45K worth of shipping containers then spend money to renovate them and make them livable.
Might be a good idea. Just seal them and rust proof them
@WILL I AM D IV No, I have not, it is more of a future possibility among other home ideas. I’ve been keeping an eye on a lot of building techniques, trying to see if shipping containers would be the best approach. I think a combination of shipping container(s) with other building styles would be nice. Also the shipping is another factor. A lot of the base prices are lower, at $1,200 to $2,300, yet the shipping is typically around $5,000. I’d say if you can find shipping containers with a low shipping cost consider it (but I’m am definitely NOT an expert in any sense of the word).
Have fun filtering all of the electrical going in and out of them...living without windows, and not having normal floorspace
You will need to wrap them in copper mesh. This will create a faraday cage which will shield EMP sensitive equipment.
I worked on that movie gamer.... We built a shipping container village.. we had him stack and stacked up sideways it was pretty badass.. those containers sell out here for a couple Grand a piece. One thing to know that was if you put them in the ground you have to support them structurally from side-to-side. They're built to withstand wait on the top of them but not with their pushing on the sides.. but I have seen a lot of really really bad ass houses made out of these
This magic box might work if your vehicle is running, but when the ignition key is turned off their are multiple circuit’s that are now isolated from this box. For example the fuel pump circuit, the wires go from the relay box under hood all the way back to the fuel tank, the wires will get charged with electrons and will find ground through the fuel pump motor windings destroying the pump. You would need several magic boxes wired in to all the vehicles separate key off circuits to protect it. And a eight foot ground rod driven into the earth connected to the vehicle body or frame. Spend the money on food instead.
Paul ! I think your assessment is 100% accurate and well thought out! I wondered about the running, or not running aspect as soon as I saw this product, and its claimed function? Thanks!
Did you ever use the ground penetrating radar??
Doesn't it have to be plugged in to a curcuit for it to protect it? To me, it looks like a very expensive night light for the engine.
I think the big thing people are missing is if there was a nation wide or global EMP, you would have bigger things to worry about then your car not working......
So Pastor, did you ever open one of the units up?
Would you buy one of these with your own money?
I just bought a UTV to have at my bug out location and researching how to EMP proof the unit.
My only problem is how do you "try out" an EMP device? You won't know if it works or not until it's too late to look for something else.
20:52 omg I almost died choking on my drink from laughing! 🤣
same brother
😂😂😂🐓
You may already know this but if you’re doing plugs on a 5.4 use an impact to remove the plugs. It pretty much eliminates them breaking in the head.
100%! It’s funny watching new techs struggle when they break all 8 lol.
I have a bunch of these, I look at it as insurance. If it doesn’t work won’t be any one to go after for warranty issues! 😂😂
I'm retired lab. tech. and I have done time responses before. How are you timing its response to the time of spike to the time of open circuit ? In the lab, We used a multi channel oscilloscope to judge the difference.
They are simply using the manufacturer provided response time of the inner MOVs which is 500nS. This is not time to open circuit, it is response time of the MOV to start clamping the high voltage. If the box is hit hard enough by a big spike, it simply blows the 20A breaker to their suppressor. From then on, the rest of your equipment open to future hits.
For $400 bucks for Vehicle EMP shield, I can just buy a spare ECU's?
Tip: you can build one of these for about $10 using parallel TVS diodes and some wires.
Is this just a surge protector? Would a whole house surge protector accomplish the same thing?
The only thing it could be doing would be dissipating magnetically (EMP) or other induced stray currents. There is no way the manner in which it is connected, it is disconnecting anything for protection.
It won't do that either. There's no way you can dissipate EPM except by using a faraday cage. I have a strong feeling this is a scam.
I don't see how this thing would work. It's just connected to the battery - what good is that? The whole setup makes no sense to me. I will have to check out their website and see if I can get an explanation.
Questions... why is there Zero videos anywhere (that I can find at least) where someone has torn one of these things apart? There are videos of almost any other device out there where someone has torn it apart and showed the guts and even how it works, even starlink satellite dishes. But no one has torn one of these down? Or at least no one has torn one down, made a video, and that video wasn't deleted....?? **How do we know it isn't just some wires with a green led light covered in epoxy? Its not like we're going to go back after an emp and get our money back.
****Also how do we know that this isn't a device thats true purpose is to make preppers "think" they are protected from emp, when they aren't? Again, we won't find out until its too late. And no, in my opinion we shouldn't care about "dod" or whatever other "government/military testing" certifications and ect.
***Further, from what I have heard from other channels, although these are supposed to protect from a lightning strike... it will burn the unit out.... a standard surge protector will do that. So how does these units burn out from lightning strike but yet is supposed to protect from emp?
-->I'm not saying these don't/won't work, just asking questions how do we know they will work? And that we're not just wasting our money and putting our "faith" _(so to speak)_ that a device/car or electrical system is protected, when it actually isn't?
new sub btw. good channel
If that happens you get a replacement for $50 what other options do we have?
@@TROU1984 i agree. Since my original comment, I've actually bought several of the EMP shields for different items plus I installed one in my house and one over at my Dad and Moms house. I come to the conclusion that if things still get fried by an EMP, then I did all that I was able too. But if I didn't get these, and an EMP happened and fried everything, then I would regret not getting the EMP shields. So I'd rather pay the $ and hope they work, then to regret not getting them.
Shortly after I installed one on my Dad and Moms house, their house got hit by lightning. First time that had ever happened. It burned out the EMP shield, as they said it would, but didn't damage anything in the house including their new refrigerator and washer. So if it protected that, it paid for itself. And yes they did send me a replacement. They do have good customer service.
I wouldn't buy without knowing if something works or how it works.
It can't work. Only shielding electronic equipment within a faraday cage will protect microprocessors and other sensitive equipment.
Did u open the device ?
How da ya test the dang thing?
The way an EMP destroys stuff is that as the magnetic wave/pulse passes a conductor, it induces a current. If the resultant current is too much for the circuit to handle, something fries.
To protect against this, the circuit needs to be isolated from the passing wave/pulse. A faraday cage allows the current to build up on its surface, thereby preventing a current buildup inside of it. A strong enough field could pass through, but nesting multiple, isolated cages, may provide enough protection.
What a couple of wires and a magic box would do, or how it could work, I would not even hazard to guess.
EMP device to break/prevent damage to vehicle? Any good,like does it work, worth cost? Where can I get one if you will? With respect, Shalom
since you know allot about our electrical grid. Is it emp safe at all?
To compare this product vs the Eaton whole home surge protector: EMP Shield: $369 105.5kA surge, Voltage protection L-G 270V, L-N 270V, L-L 540V. or the Eaton CHSPT2ULTRA for $90 108kA Surge, Voltage Protection L-G 600V, L-N 600V, L-L 1000V, N-G 800V. Eaton is the clear winner on performance and price. Of course the Eaton doesn't have the MIL-STD testing but that is a moot point. In the event of a high altitude nuclear detonation the EMP wave will be coming into a home from the power grid and the internal wiring at essentially the same time, flooding surge across the circuits. A better use of $400 would be to cascade surge protection devices at the main power panel ($80), sub panel ($50), AC ($70), and then use strip surge protectors ($10-20 each) at the outlets. Google "cascade SPD" to see the various testing and papers on the topic.
Great advice - thank you. BTW... IMHO, the chances of a EMP coming form the sun are far greater than from nukes, but ya, will help with both. Thanks.
Eaton is way too slow. It would work with a solar flare, but not E1--it would be fried before E2 even arrived. I don't know about the automobile version, but I have installed these on some hill top facilities that have let electronics survive a lightning strike. Eaton would be toast.
@@innocenty1bystander Not sure how you can say that. The 'Eaton' and 'EMP Shield' have the exact same response time -- 500nS. NOTHING survives a direct lightning strike. But both could survive an indirect strike depending on how far away and whatever else is in the path. The EMP Shield box and Eaton box have nearly the same current shunting capability. In fact, the Eaton box actually has a slightly higher surge current rating so I cannot possibly see how the EMP Shield version would do better. A newer and better solution would be the Siemens FS140. 40% higher current surge rating than the EMP Shield and the Siemens FS140 is cheaper.
@@bigdog8008 Could be that those ratings are just exaggerated and therefore, you can only take it as a reference only and not at face value.
How do you test it?
Hey Brother, I was just curious if you would revisit this video with newer products since this video is 3 years old now?
It's kind of crazy how lots of videos from great content creators like yourself have been popping up this week on my feed considering what's going on recently, everything being relevant with current events.
How do you test it? need an EMP?
how dose that stop an emp from going through your whole vehicle ? dose a metal cage fly out and cover the vehicle
Ok this was 6 months ago. Did you open the box? What was inside?
I bought a emp device for the car... It's called the T.R.A.P... I will also never know if it works
It doesn't seem there's a way for it to disconnect the system if something does happen , looks sketchy .
How does the person tested once it's on the car you never know if it's going to work so how do you go about testing your vehicle to see if it works?
How does a wire rated at 600v handle anywhere near 200k volts?
Wires and other stuff is typically rated for CONTINUOUS power.
Run 400 amps through a 14 AWG wire and it will burn up very quickly. Run 1000 amps for the less than the 1usec maximum duration of a T1 EMP pulse and it won’t even get warm.
Faraday cages don’t need to be grounded. That can even cause problems in many cases. If they did need to be grounded, they couldn’t protect circuitry in military planes.
The idea behind this is that what matters is the max voltage across a electronic device, the max current Through it and the duration of the event which determines the power dissipation.
The other factor is does the protection circuitry have a fast enough response time. A T1 EMP pulse rises in 1 ns and is over before 1 us. If it can shunt the high current for that time.
Years ago when I designed this stuff for military aircraft, MOV’s were not fast enough. But that was a long time ago. There may be modern devices that are and can dissipate the power which is not that much.
As that work was classified, I really can’t say more.
The other question is if the inductance of short wire runs is high enough to effectively isolate the EMP protection device from the circuitry. Haven’t had time to do those calculations.
Many experts say solar panels will survive a CME or a HEMP. Some say only the panel blocking diodes will be damaged and that could be easily repaired.
I keep spares of all electronics in Faraday cages. Usually at least twice and often 5 times what I’m using.
The sources EMP Shield supplies are impressive and it may vary well work. I have money and may buy some.
I don’t understand how it can protect car or house electronics that are turned off. But, these are complex systems and trying to model them with simplistic models can give false results. Metal cases and short wire runs may be enough protection. At this point I’m not sure. More analysis is needed.
Frankly all the analysts that I’ve seen here is lacking.
Remember the 1859 Event had those long wire runs. Having my ranches completely on solar with back up Generacs makes me more secure. The power grid scares me.
As an end user of the product how do we know it works.... I mean who has an EMP generating device to test it.
Are we really have is there statement that at works.
Bear do you have any controll over the ads that show before and during your videos? Just saying they are showing Bloomberg anti gunner ads.
Doesn't make sense to me! What the hell does it do?
Randy Scott , the idea is it saves your vehicle from damage due to a solar storm . Think of it like your EDC pistol the statistical chance you will need to use it is very low , but it’s better to have and not need it than need it and be screwed. I installed on in my 2015 Jeep JK. It’s simply peace of mind.
An electromagnetic pulse (EMP), also sometimes called a transient electromagnetic disturbance, is a short burst of electromagnetic energy. Such a pulse's origin may be a natural occurrence or man-made and can occur as a radiated, electric, or magnetic field or a conducted electric current, depending on the source.
EMP interference is generally disruptive or damaging to electronic equipment, and at higher energy levels a powerful EMP event such as a lightning strike can damage physical objects such as buildings and aircraft structures. The management of EMP effects is an important branch of electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) engineering.
Weapons have been developed to deliver the damaging effects of high-energy EMP.
LMFAO! I know what a EMP Is. I know how to hook it up. I am a electrical lineman. So knowing about electricity it is hooked up parallel not in series, don't see how it protects anything.
@@randyscott4478 right on brother. It's just that you asked "what the h@#$ does it do?" So naturally I tried to answer the question. Maybe next time dont ask a question if you already know, yah?
@@bodysnatcher8122 not trying to be an a-hole. Do appreciate your reply, just seems like someone is trying to make money! Bear even looked a little sceptical to me. I understand electricity, and still think it's B.S. I'm not saying it doesn't work, but I would have to see it before I spent money on it. I watched some other videos still not convinced. Must work like a lightning arrestor!!?
Hope there is no g p s location device hidden in there .God bless
I'd be worried It is some sort of transmitter....
ROGER THAT
Ok help !!! emps wave doesn't follow electric lines /wires- so even if it cuts circuit immediately won't the emp wave just go around and attack everything else?
I might get a couple but still plan on faraday caging my pcm and other electronics so I can put them one after if it doesn't work
I tried the promo code and it’s not working
How can your home continue to have power if the whole grid goes?
Random questions Bear
Would it be a good idea to go do the things with a certain survival group that do several different kinds of activities? Or would it be better to go do the things with people that you know better then that certain group?
Depends on the people you know
I can't help but think about that scene in Napoleon Dynamite when he tries to travel in time...
Wait, I forgot to put in the crystals.
Seems like a big surge protector to me. Thanks Bear
It's effectively a scam, a off the shelf surge protector would work just as well...for a fraction of the cost...
No, it doesn't. Not even close. The response time is way too long.
Can I please get a simple yes or no answer can this protect your car from an actual real world EMP and will it not do any damage to your car
Reading from a lot of peoples comments, the concensus seems to be no. There is no confidence among the general public that this device will work.
White Sands NM has an EMP test apparatus one can drive a vehicle through.
How big a condenser do you need to store up mega volts from an EMP?
20:38 that little spit at the end of that statement was the perfect for the context of the statement. 👏🏾
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What happens if there is more than one EMP Blast in succession? This configuration gives me pause for thought, for practicality.There may be a relay, better than a fuse, which would only burn (or trip) once. Jes Sayin, I'm not that smart. 🤔
I thought the purpose of the video was to find out if it sucks. Or was it actually 20:49?
I work for minimum wage and just paying my bills and trying to buy a little extra food is hard enough, but it never have enough money ahead to purchase an emp shield,,, isvthere another way to ground my ford thats cheaper?
i wonder if it would work on a semi-truck?
211,000amp @240V wouldn't the wiring itself be the fuse? I don't think 12ga. multistrand can handle that kind of load, right? I'm no electrician so that is a legit question
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“Of course my good man, always a pleasure to meet a gentleman.”, I reply.
First time watching. Enjoyed the video, sir. Well done.
So if I have a carbureted engine would it be ok if a emp would happen?
If your carbureted you should be fine as long as you can turn the engine over when the battery goes. (Ex roll start)
Wow, phunny u bring up the "Obmaroid". They main difference between u and he would be...he is the kind of person who
takes apart the Rolex, leaves it on the floor in pieces, gets another Rolex, takes it apart, leave it on the floor and so on.
This is what he did to our country. You on the other hand take it apart, adjust, put back together to make it run better.
Love you bro. One more thing, Confuses say, "never use full power for first test of main bus bar".
Well Bear when you’re driving down the road and everybody else vehicle is stalled you’ll know it worked. You’re right you will just have to take their word for it because something like that is hard to test.
Mars0o7 but then east target also second no way to drive if traffic jam so many cars park there you can’t go there
@@AlejandroP1980s You might even get shot at by desperate people if such a situation arises. Especially now.
I am an electrical engineering, build semiconductors for a living, former USMC combat engineer and there are several things that bug me about this
1. The DOD would not install a box that looks like that even as a proto type. It is not rugged enough.
2. This disconnects nothing. At the most it might save the battery from the field effects of an EMP but the rest of the electronics would be fried. I know this as I have worked at places that make EMP hardened semiconductors.
3. As you mentioned the only way to test would be able to test the WHOLE vehicle at one time to a EMP field "DOD".
4. Who is going to hold them for false advertising after SHTF. ???
So if you are that worried about an EMP build an old fashion Ferriday cage large enough to put your vehicle in and leave it there until you need it after an EMP hits. Or buy a horse LOL
What you you do to EMP shield a 1996 Toyota 4Runner? Hopefully is old and does not have a lot of Electronics
@@seangerbick6357 Probably has electronic fuel injectors and a car computer, so it's not old enough. To be old enough, you have to look into pre-1984 models of Toyota.
I wonder if it will drain your battery
Hey man...arnd 2010 or so id bought an 06 expedition 5.4 3 valve motor....1st thing i did after plugs was promptly ignored its 5w20 oil suggestions and put valvoline synthetic 10w30 in it every 3k miles. That was at 50k miles....hundred thousand miles later it still ran fine...no ticking lifters no busted phasers no bad chains.....
I think the in-line fuse is the best part of this! After the first 20 amps your gear is on it's own? :D
"We need to smoke that rooster." Hahaha!
Mmmm smoked rooster!
The whole video I wish he would of done it sooner.
Don’t forget about solar flares! We almost got hit by a carrington level solar flare last solar max.
I thought I was ready for anything and everything. But "zombies trying to rape my dog" 0:41 is on a whole nother level.
Now he just glazed over that topic, but my dog and I would like more info on that so we can prepare.
Well bear bear there's an old saying is it better to be safe or be sorry
So there are 3 different EMP Shields??? So what's the difference? Is one better than the others? Maybe the type of vehicle you have?
I invested about $300 into one of these. If it doesn’t work….we’ll it’s not the worst thing I’ve wasted money on. If it does work then not only did I protect my expensive truck but I will have one of the few working vehicles left in the country which is priceless. All you people who say it doesn’t work haven’t tested one. There are a very few who have any actual electrical knowledge who are questioning it. The rest are a bunch of douche bags who don’t know one way or the other. Maybe they work and maybe they don’t. What do you have to lose? $300? Half of you wasted more than that on beer last month.
I tried the promo code and it said invalid
There ain't no way that thing works. Seriously WTF. Yes I said a bad acronym. Love your patreon and channel.
If a emp is required to test this product how can anyone confirm if it is a scam or not if you have to wait for a emp to occur. I think I would rather waste the money and have the product on my truck and home then not have it and if they work great if not then olwell I wasted more on dumber shit.
Bear, I just watched your video. Thank you for being you. Honest people are hard to come by these days!!. I was also that kid that took everything apart. I thought for sure you were going to open it. I was so excited.
I have a question, aside from my truck which I already ordered and EMP protector, Should I install an EMP protector on my electrical panel and one on the ATS switch for my stand by generator?
If I could afford it, I would grind it out and see what it does, and what’s in it and how it works and if it really works
Love the background music during the install. I know you had fun with that. Thanks for the review.
Oh, enjoy the rooster btw! 😂
Yea, I want to know too. But we can't afford one so. God's got us though so I'm gonna worry to much. Just keep on keeping on.. GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY BROTHER.
I'm going to congratulates me for been # 12 on viewers. First time I go this low on #. Good video like usual.
Wires and other stuff is typically rated for CONTINUOUS power.
Run 400 amps through a 14 AWG wire and it will burn up very quickly. Run 1000 amps for the less than the 1usec maximum duration of a T1 EMP pulse and it won’t even get warm.
Faraday cages don’t need to be grounded. That can even cause problems in many cases. If they did need to be grounded, they couldn’t protect circuitry in military planes.
The idea behind this is that what matters is the max voltage across a electronic device, the max current Through it and the duration of the event which determines the power dissipation.
The other factor is does the protection circuitry have a fast enough response time. A T1 EMP pulse rises in 1 ns and is over before 1 us. If it can shunt the high current for that time.
Years ago when I designed this stuff for military aircraft, MOV’s were not fast enough. But that was a long time ago. There may be modern devices that are and can dissipate the power which is not that much.
As that work was classified, I really can’t say more.
The other question is if the inductance of short wire runs is high enough to effectively isolate the EMP protection device from the circuitry. Haven’t had time to do those calculations.
Many experts say solar panels will survive a CME or a HEMP. Some say only the panel blocking diodes will be damaged and that could be easily repaired.
I keep spares of all electronics in Faraday cages. Usually at least twice and often 5 times what I’m using.
The sources EMP Shield supplies are impressive and it may vary well work. I have money and may buy some.
I don’t understand how it can protect car or house electronics that are turned off. But, these are complex systems and trying to model them with simplistic models can give false results. Metal cases and short wire runs may be enough protection. At this point I’m not sure. More analysis is needed.
Frankly all the analysts that I’ve seen here is lacking.
Remember the 1859 Event had those long wire runs. Having my ranches completely on solar with back up Generacs makes me more secure. The power grid scares me.