Effect of an EMP on today's cars?

eminemence · 19th March 2009, 18:57

Hi All,
I am curious to know the effect of EMP on today's generations of cars?
I have usually seen ads which tout of having microprocessors in them, so would an EMP render them useless?
--eminemence.

santhosh_kumard · 19th March 2009, 19:48

I would definitely want to do an EMP pulse on folks who honk / flash headlights behind me ;-).

Jayabusa · 19th March 2009, 20:29

Guys, I have a sincere request-please put down the full forms of abbreviations in brackets so that laymen like me can understand discussions. At times certain threads look like encoded chat-rooms to me.

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eminemence · 19th March 2009, 20:31

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Originally Posted by Jayabusa

Guys, I have a sincere request-please put down the full forms of abbreviations in brackets so that laymen like me can understand discussions. At times certain threads look like encoded chat-rooms to me.

Regards

Well here it is Electromagnetic pulse.

speedmiester · 19th March 2009, 21:02

EMP stands for Electro Magnetic Pulse, it is a by product of all nuclear explosions and also used in so called dirty bombs.
These pulses interfere with all electronic equipments within the blast radius rendering them useless and also destroy them.

Obviouslyit will affect all the cars with ECU, so can prove disastrous for cars.

gd1418 · 20th March 2009, 00:04

Phew....! you said it Jayabusa. I agree with you totally.

Now coming to EMP, why bother about it in a city. If at all a NB/NE happens, would life survive in such area to even think about the survival of ECU/ECM in automobiles?

NB/NE = Nuclear Blast/Nuclear Explosion.

All members being motorheads here, I don't think ECU/ECM needs expansion..

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Originally Posted by Jayabusa

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greenhorn · 20th March 2009, 00:11

what if a standalone EMP were to be used ?

dinar · 20th March 2009, 01:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by eminemence

Hi All,
I am curious to know the effect of EMP on today's generations of cars?
I have usually seen ads which tout of having microprocessors in them, so would an EMP render them useless?
--eminemence.

Hey guys an E.M.P would destroy a modern car electronics. But only if the circuit in ON during the pulse.There is no effect on a switched OFF circuit.

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Originally Posted by speedmiester

EMP stands for Electro Magnetic Pulse, it is a by product of all nuclear explosions and also used in so called dirty bombs.
These pulses interfere with all electronic equipments within the blast radius rendering them useless and also destroy them.

Obviouslyit will affect all the cars with ECU, so can prove disastrous for cars.

A dirty bomb is a crud nuclear device which does not produce a nuclear explosion only spread radiation in atmosphere.
E.M.P. can be produced without a nuclear explosion, there are way to generate E.M.P. but with a small radius of effect.

gd1418 · 20th March 2009, 11:19

Ok, reading about all the "good qualities" of EMP with reference to frying up of the Caretronics, I would like to know if there is a way to bypass the fried up system (in the event of an EMP attack

) and limp/cruise back home?

Oh the good ol'e Amby, Fiat days...

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eminemence Newbie Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: PNQ/BLR Posts: 12 Thanked: 3 Times	Effect of an EMP on today's cars? Hi All, I am curious to know the effect of EMP on today's generations of cars? I have usually seen ads which tout of having microprocessors in them, so would an EMP render them useless? --eminemence.
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santhosh_kumard BHPian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Back to BLR Posts: 176 Thanked: 15 Times	I would definitely want to do an EMP pulse on folks who honk / flash headlights behind me ;-).
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speedmiester Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: bangalore Posts: 2,387 Thanked: 6,631 Times	EMP stands for Electro Magnetic Pulse, it is a by product of all nuclear explosions and also used in so called dirty bombs. These pulses interfere with all electronic equipments within the blast radius rendering them useless and also destroy them. Obviouslyit will affect all the cars with ECU, so can prove disastrous for cars. Last edited by speedmiester : 19th March 2009 at 21:03.
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gd1418 Senior - BHPian Join Date: May 2006 Location: Gurgaon Posts: 3,578 Thanked: 728 Times View My Garage	Ok, reading about all the "good qualities" of EMP with reference to frying up of the Caretronics, I would like to know if there is a way to bypass the fried up system (in the event of an EMP attack) and limp/cruise back home? Oh the good ol'e Amby, Fiat days...
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