It has happened before, Carrington event. Took out the telegraph system entirely and today it would cripple us. There was even a storm of the same magnitude 3 years ago that missed us.
No we don't and our electrical grid is not insulated. I have my wiremans license, albeit not a full journymen I know what kind of electrical goes into buildings in north america and they are not shielded against a carignton type event.
So you mean those green METAL junction boxes are not insulted. or those cages around power plants?
Or the fact airplanes have a full metal shell around them? Or how majority of servers are in a aluminium case...
The wiring in a house could easily absorb a sudden Gigawatt of power, I'll be you may blow a couple fuses. The breaker would be fine since it's a metal case.
You gotta remember that sensitive material is the copper imbedded into IC. your standard 8g wire would be fine(assuming the rays are not constant...its just a single pulse).
No they are not they are thins sheets of metal that won't do shit to protect from a 90 min electrical flare. Thank you for proving how ignorant you are, do you got to your doctors office and tell him whats wrong with you? Not only do you know nothing about our electrical infrastructure or how electricity even works; but you clearly do not even know what happened during the carrington event, where people were electrocuted and bolts of lighting flew from pylons. [1][2][3][4]
I am sure though that scientist all over the world, publications like popular science, me with years of experience, and thousands of other electricians around the country are all wrong, and you, some asshole on the internet who has no clue what they are talking about is right. Yea that is logical.
Im an electrical engineer with materials experience....
I've looked at those articles and they dont say anything contrary to what I said.
We see solar storms all the time. You would know if you ever had to voltage adjustments on pipeline's polarities. During a solar storm a pipeline absorbs a bunch of power from the waves, and I have to calculate what to adjust our rectifiers to, so that the pipe doesnt corrode.
Now guess what? my gear still works. your gear works. Our shit isn't getting fired up. This is because we adjust the power going through the lines from fail safes and lowering power output, and your gear is in a metal box. You as an electrician wouldn't know of this. All you do is install shit, so dont act like you know anything. Im the guy who puts this stuff on paper. Every IC I design goes inside a metal case. Otherwise even a small solar flare well melt all the thin cables in the IC.
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DJexs ago
It has happened before, Carrington event. Took out the telegraph system entirely and today it would cripple us. There was even a storm of the same magnitude 3 years ago that missed us.
k0s ago
No we shield sensitive gear nowadays.
DJexs ago
No we don't and our electrical grid is not insulated. I have my wiremans license, albeit not a full journymen I know what kind of electrical goes into buildings in north america and they are not shielded against a carignton type event.
k0s ago
So you mean those green METAL junction boxes are not insulted. or those cages around power plants?
Or the fact airplanes have a full metal shell around them? Or how majority of servers are in a aluminium case...
The wiring in a house could easily absorb a sudden Gigawatt of power, I'll be you may blow a couple fuses. The breaker would be fine since it's a metal case.
You gotta remember that sensitive material is the copper imbedded into IC. your standard 8g wire would be fine(assuming the rays are not constant...its just a single pulse).
Most IC devices are in a metal case.
DJexs ago
No they are not they are thins sheets of metal that won't do shit to protect from a 90 min electrical flare. Thank you for proving how ignorant you are, do you got to your doctors office and tell him whats wrong with you? Not only do you know nothing about our electrical infrastructure or how electricity even works; but you clearly do not even know what happened during the carrington event, where people were electrocuted and bolts of lighting flew from pylons. [1][2][3][4]
I am sure though that scientist all over the world, publications like popular science, me with years of experience, and thousands of other electricians around the country are all wrong, and you, some asshole on the internet who has no clue what they are talking about is right. Yea that is logical.
k0s ago
Im an electrical engineer with materials experience....
I've looked at those articles and they dont say anything contrary to what I said.
We see solar storms all the time. You would know if you ever had to voltage adjustments on pipeline's polarities. During a solar storm a pipeline absorbs a bunch of power from the waves, and I have to calculate what to adjust our rectifiers to, so that the pipe doesnt corrode.
Now guess what? my gear still works. your gear works. Our shit isn't getting fired up. This is because we adjust the power going through the lines from fail safes and lowering power output, and your gear is in a metal box. You as an electrician wouldn't know of this. All you do is install shit, so dont act like you know anything. Im the guy who puts this stuff on paper. Every IC I design goes inside a metal case. Otherwise even a small solar flare well melt all the thin cables in the IC.
Heres the proof: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_shielding
If you dont understand the math, dont bother replying. This is what I work on everyday.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzqUum7MalE http://www.todayshomeowner.com/how-to-protect-your-home-from-solar-flares-and-solar-storms/ http://2012forum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=23274 http://space.stackexchange.com/questions/1034/how-are-the-astronauts-in-the-iss-protected-from-solar-flares