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will solar panels survive solar flare or EMP????
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It is possible to survive an EMP with a working system. The worse EMP possible on earth is a lighting strike. Transmitters, cell towers and such get hit by lighting all the time and mostly survive. It all a matter of being able to bypass the surge energy to ground. A big CME is very different from an EMP. Where an EMP is a fast pulse (mostly RF energy), A big CME is a huge DC current. This DC current will saturate large power transformers and melt wiring both in the transformers and switchgear, and on the long lines. This will cause massive spikes in the AC power lines, but again, not as bad as a direct lighting strike. If your system is hardened enough to survive lighting, it will survive both EMP and CME events. A good link on lighting protection (it's all about the grounding) [ link to www.windsun.com]
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