In regards to an EMP, personally, I don't think it matters if your items are in a faraday cage or not because all the infrastructure will be fried. Lines, receivers, everything. So my focus is prepping to live without electricity. .............Really hope your feeling better, thanks for the video despite being sick.
The ground/earth debate is a tough one because if the cage gets hits first then it will dissipate to earth but if the electric grid gets hit then you could introduce pulse waves thru the earth/ground cable. A lot of variables. With the microwave, I would remove the +/- cables from inside the machine - electricity can arc across small distances. Also remove the magnetron cos if that gets activated for even a few seconds - poofff - up in smoke
@@Christian-Prepper I was going to say the SAME THING! It won't matter HOW prepared YOU are, if the local and regional power supplies are entirely FRIED!
A ground wire is ONLY needed if there are conductors that enter the cage itself. In the situation with your steel briefcase, no ground is needed as it is a simple shell. For the microwave however, since you have conductors that enter the steel box, grounding it is a good idea.
Very good tips here. My main concern would be the rest of society learning about your food stores and doing everything in their power to get to it. It’s one thing to be prepared to feed yourself and your family but what do you do about the thousands of hungry desperate people outside that will be searching every home for food?
Good point. Right now I try to convince my family, neighbors and friends to start prepping. A lot of them have started to prepare for an uncertain future.
@@wearetheremnants1615 Your firearms aren't going to be much use after a global thermonuclear conflagration. Everyone would die.... including you and your family.
A wise man said a long time ago: "The shrewd one sees the danger and conceals himself, But the inexperienced keep right on going and suffer the consequences." You see what is happening and you act on it...that is not fear...that is wisdom.
Lilly to check if your faraday box is sealed, try putting an active cell phone into the sealed box and call the phone. If there is a faulty seal your phone will receive a signal and you will hear it ringing.
Let me tell you something, I don't know if it's the 4g 5,g whatever cellular lte service, I have built two faraday boxes absolutely 100 percent sealed tightly. The phone still works in it. Radios do not. So is this something to do with "cell" service I don't know what frequency or how these things work but whatever it is it's very powerful
@J L This goes back to the ground/earth debate. If a signal isn't dissipated then it is free to potentially amplify. Especially thru electronics left in the, in Lilly's case, microwave. Try an earth spike rather than earthing thru the grid/sockets. The kind of thing you connect to aerials to protect from lightning strikes. But keep it separate from your grid ground and don't connect any electronic equipment to it. 0V is just where you set it so you can get a voltage drop and blow up equipment pretty easily
I've been quite concerned about uprising from within our own borders and the Corruption in Our own Government right here in the US. I prepare what I can, but being elderly, handicapped and on Social Security ONLY, my options are very limited. I just wish my kids would recognize the possibilities of the coming problems.
Make every preparation for practicality but try and be too busy for worry. Be ready to help those around you, your concern for the world testifies your compassion and your need for action, your worry shows your need for direction. I’m not smart but I can remember the quotes of smart people ... “With the world so set on tearing itself apart, it don't seem like such a bad thing to me to want to put a little bit of it back together.” - Desmond T. Doss Medic, Hacksaw Ridge
@@dsmith004 I watched vids on how some preppers seal their stuff till its a pain to access items in their EMP proof cases. Not something I want to follow. Food tins come in many sizes. And I can enjoy the food while emptying the tin! 😁 I am not EMP expert too. 😅
The ultimate goal should be an extinguisher in every room, but at least 2 on each floor of a home... One CO2 for simple fires and one dry chemical for the worst... It's essential.
If an EMP strikes. The entire grid will be down... including all the cell towers and relay stations. Most of your electronics will be useless in or out of a Faraday cage! Lol!
The best way to store your canned goods in the pantry is upside down, rather the right way up. This is in case a rat or mouse, or other crawling insects and bugs crawl across the top of your can and then the dirt and bacteria can fall into your food when you open it. The last thing you want if/ when the grid goes down is to have a bad case of food poisoning. It's also best practice to clean the cans when you're about to use them too.
Each can should be packed in a zip-up bag. This protects against dirt, and after you have eaten your meal, you can put it back there in order to jam against a clunky smell (e.g. a can of fish). I recommend that you do not discard the packaging of dog or cat food because it is great in terms of stopping bad smells ...
If you had ever seen what goes on in food packaging facilities and stores you would wipe the top of every can and bottle with a bleach solution before you store it - and before you open it
A doctor told me years ago, "stress brings out disease." In other words, if you have a small illness that isn't exhibiting any major symptoms, that may become worse with stress. Get well soon, my friend.
Indeed. To anyone feeling anxious and stressed, I suggest seeking some counselling. I also suggest you turn off the media for a while, or at least reduce your consumption. If you're being told that the world is ending all day long by pundits on the nightly news and Twitter, then yes, you're going to think the worst.
@@tomcurran1538 No. We need to apply criticial thinking skills, not conspiracy theories. Covid was a public health emergency. Some authorities stuffed it up, overreached, some didn't.
@@nameremovedforyourpleasure352 I'm Australia, we did OK. Very low death rate. Except for the state of Victoria, which was over-the-top authoritarianism.
Even if the networks are down, a smart phone can retain other functions, displaying offline maps, playing music, ebooks..i think its definitely worth having one even if it ends up being useless for its primary function
You are not alone! It is affecting us all. I am having many restless nights. My whole family live in various countries in Europe and I feel for your proximity to this. Stay strong! My prayers are with you for peace.
Don't stress about nuclear war. The reality of nuclear war is far, far less than the media would have you believe. It is possible, yes, but this is not the Cuban missile crisis. Russia has not taken steps to prepare for nuclear war so far. The US is not on high alert.
One is none, two is one, three is fine or something, idk how the saying goes. Basically, have at least 2 boxes with identical contents. Open the first one after you think it's safe to do so, and leave the second one for when the first when gets fried by an EMP. I would also recommend minimizing the time you have electronic devices outside of your Faraday box, this way you might be able to "dodge" any EMPs or CMEs that come after the initial one.
@@taoist32 Depends on the yield of the warhead, the distance, surface or air burst etc etc... Underground bunkers are no guarantee either & at some point the people HAVE to emerge...& to WHAT. You might gain a little extra time & the end is slower...but the suffering & the agony.
Lilly, I am a long time admirer of your chan and you have taught me so much. It worries me so much to see you concerned about the prospect of [nuclear] war, something I grew up with in the 1970's (I'm guessing your parents also). I do not dispute the possibility, but what I would suggest to you is the probability is still something we can influence. It's not so much a question of survival but the world in which we want to survive.
The experience of living through the Cold War does help. It helps provide some perspective. People should understand that we are not in a nuclear crisis. Yes, it could escalate, but that has been true of many crises since WWII. Putin is belligerent and evil and borderline incompetent, but he does not appear to be insane. The Russian nuclear forces are not on a significantly higher war footing.
I appreciate all the practical suggestions and instruction in your videos. I am praying for your safety and wisdom and peace and of course praying for peaceful resolution of tensions in the world.
“Concerned” is the right word. I’m not sliding into fear….nope! Making progress here in my preps. Thanks for info on Faraday cages. I need to get on that!
@@dannydenham8141 Whatever it might be, history shows that rough times create strong men, that create good times. What I do know though, is that it will probably better than this god forsaken Sodom and Gomorrha we are currently living in.
Its not tha A Bomb you need to worry about. This years food crops did not get planted and the crop that did get planted did not have sificiant fertilised because of Russian trade embargoes. A deliberate engineered famine is coming in 6 months and you can thank your own government leaders for being complicit in Klaus Schwabs evil plans.
I both look forward to, and dread the collapse. We need hard times, and number reductions. I find myself coming back to that same quote, over and over, in the past year. We've had good times for too long, and gotten too soft. I'm not a religious person, I just see it purely as it is. We need a reset of society. As you said though, usually what comes after hard times is better than what was before.
Hope you feel better Lilly. The sad fact is, a faraday cage will not protect anything against a modern nuclear EMP, the power it too great. Both China and Russia have developed specialized nuclear devices that enhance the "E1" phase of the gamma induced EMP specifically to defeat defenses like yours, and Russia has already adapted them to their new hypersonic missiles. That's not to say they can't help, if such a detonation is far enough away, say 200 km or so, then you have an above average chance some of your devices will survive. The best defense today is to do everything in our power to make sure such weapons are never unleashed. Let's hope the powers that be are smart enough not to back anyone who possesses them into a corner where they feel they have nothing to lose by using such terrible weapons.
The "anyone" you are talking about is cornering himself. And unless you want a world where invasion and occupation becomes norm again, there is no other option but to fight back and not allow any kind of capture of foreign land from independent countries. Especially after the "anyone" has slaughtered thousands of innocents and cause massive infrastructure destruction already, giving him any win will make him even more greedy and determined in his imperialistic mission.
Exactly...there's a dereliction of duty from the governments of the collective west with no sign of DIPLOMACY only provocation & escalation...especially from the US, UK & the EU so-called leaderships. An absolute disgrace the lot of them, that will lead us ALL to destruction. Russia is NOT Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria nor Libya & whatever the "conventional" realities are on the ground, they'll not be pushed around for much longer.
That's a myth. A cage can protect you from a direct lightning strike. It does have to be conductive enough for the emp to create a current in the wires; that current is what causes the skin effect and keeps the radiation out from the interior.
I appreciate your concern, but there have been no advancements to overcome the laws of physics. An electrically insulated, double-walled steel box like her microwave oven should be fine even against the worst EMP blasts that leave the house standing. Much like most other weapons, Nuclear weapons are ranged, meaning the effects dwindle with distance. If something goes off close enough to zap the powered off components inside that selfsame double-walled steel box Lily wisely chose to be one of her Faraday cages, there's little chance anything around it isn't already on fire or blown up.
Actually keeping products in a wooden cabinet inside a refrigerator which is placed inside a wood line closet works too. In my boat I keep spare electronics, GPS, Radios, in a wooden box which is kept inside an aluminum box that I had welded together.
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You are not alone in your concern, here in America for those of us awake we are concerned about food shortages and prices as well as the potential for WW3
Not everyone inAmerica is concerned. In fact, I only know one other person besides myself. Everyone else, friends, family, co-workers, etc. seem to be living like everything is back to normal.
We’ll, we all have a chance to fix what’s going on in America if we all vote these idiots out of office. They want panic. They want pandemics. They want war. They make a ton of money off of it at our expense. None of this would be happening if America didn’t vote the wrong president in. Or possibly cheat their way in. Putin would’ve never invaded Ukraine with a strong president in office. He waited for us to have a weak president.
I’m in America and I’m no more concerned about nuclear conflict than at any other time. I’m extremely concerned about NWO evildoers and their efforts to poison us, starve us, you name it in pursuit of their land grab, wealth grab, and sick Satanic agendas. But we, the people of the world, are winning, and we will defeat them together with our Lord’s help. 🙏
Rice/flour etc often comes with little bugs inside it. Apparently dried chillies minimize their propagation and destruction of the food. Put the dries chillies in a kind of onion sack or netting with larger holes.
Lilly, you should get the metal duct tape and seal the big box with it. When you shut the box I could see a large part of the aluminum foil fell away from the front, leaving a big part unsealed. The metal duct tape will completely seal it though.
Hi Lilly sorry you are feeling poorly, like you I too am worried about what's going on in the world these days iam stocking up on food and water hope you feel better and stay safe God bless and keep prepping love your videos
Anti static bubble wrap and anti static tape to seal the electronics in the bubble wrap. The anti static is pink. Don't confuse them with regular bubblewrap. Protect your solar panels in the same way. Use aluminum ducting tape. It is aluminum metal. Overlap successive rounds of this ducting tape by half its width and press down for good adhesion. Do that any place you suspect a seam.
Don't always trust the ground. Many of us have met a "hot neutral" in our lives. Mine actually made the bathroom sink faucet make my hand tingle. (copper water pipe is often used as a ground source over the years) Had to track it down myself. It was due to some bad outside light wiring.
@@suecook8379 Uncross the frayed wires that allowed a 110 VAC wire to connect to a ground wire nearby. In my case it was among 3 very old power wires suspended to an outdoor light on a clothes line pole outside. A hot neutral is partial leak, or full connection of a power lead, to the ground wire group, anywhere in your power system. Thanks for asking, Sue. You would be best to find a true electrical engineer to explain it, but I learned a bit firsthand.
A hot neutral is uncommon but can be nasty if you find one. Even a good wall outlet ground does add exposure to lighting damage as well as a large network of exposed wire to things like induction. I do not recommend putting all of your important electronic in the same place incase that one 1 place is failed somehow. Don't put all your eggs is one basket. You have been very helpful to my wife and me with your videos. You are much closer to the mad bear in Österreich than we are in the United States of America. I hope you are feeling well soon. Legen Sie nicht alle Eier in einen Korb
@@sixoffive Yep. Big difference between tinkling in a shower, and tingling in a shower. Unfortunately I think this happened in a few military installations in Desert Storm, or Afghanistan. The contractors were eventually found negligent.
If you have that going on you need to get it sorted out as there is clearly a problem with your grounding or lack there of. I am betting you are in the US.
Try heating/air conditioner conduit tape. It's aluminum and fairly thick/strong. Find the grounding rod under your house. It should be near your electric service box. Copper plumbing pipes going into the ground works or get a 4-5 foot piece of 1/2" rebar and drive it into the ground at least 4 feet. Hardware stores sell the clamps that let you attach copper wires to the grounding rod.
Remove antennas from walkie talkies if you can unscrew them. Also when not using your CB or Amateur radio gear, remove outside antenna connections. Aluminium foil will not stop EMP, use steel wool if possible.
I know that something is coming, but I was feared to admit to myself! An excellent topic BTW, about the EMP you don't need long wires, those high energy parricles will penetrate every device here on Earth, every conductor will suffer. Even a Faraday cage of couple cm thick pure lead won't help.
All nuclear countries have a chain of command, so it takes a handful of crazy people to agree. It's unlikely, but a small chance is still awful. Thanks for sharing.
I'm in America and we have a whole host of nuts that wanna run the country. Biden is doing his best to stop Putin but we have millions of people on Putin's side. So, yup be prepared.
Russia's fighting style is heavy on stupid, feeble, blind and crazy. Having nukes won't change that. Not to say it won't be awful if they start using them, just that it will be the closing act of the disaster that was Russia.
I've heard that it's better to charge lithium batteries to about 70% when storing long term. Of course, that would only make sense if the charge could be topped up during an power outage.
First technical comments I've seen so far and yes 50% ish is good for long term storage. It would be a good idea to look at the specs or data sheet for expensive items.
I know a lithium hybrid battery that shows 100% on the meter is actually around 70-80%. It is a manufacturers way of preventing overcharge. Probably the same way with other high cost lithium batteries
Good luck to you Lily. Thank you for being such an excellent source of help and advice. Credit to you for being one of the preppers who is remaining calm and pragmatic through all of this.
the nuclear weapons threat is a psyop. i have been stating thsi for over 5 years, afte i learned about it from others, i have a few yuotube pages online which discuss the toxic environment were living in, thsi info can actually help people get situationally aware.
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I am glad to see your basement well stocked. A geiger counter would also be nice to have. I am glad that I live in the Southern Hemisphere. The fallout from any nuclear exchange with remain north of the equator due to the Coriolis Effect. Stay safe.
@@SurvivalLilly Lilly, you should think about moving to the USA. Some places like Alaska and maybe the southwest might be alright for survival is any of the atomic weapons are used. Maybe better than being in Europe?
Consider watching the 1958 movie "On the Beach" that revolves around survivors south of the equator. It's quite good, and more than a little heart breaking.
I think I’m partly prepared, not perfect but it will work. But tbh if I need protection for an emp caused by an nuclear weapon I have to ask myself, do I want to live in a possible future world like this?
Hi Lilly! I'm sorry you've been sick. I hope you get completely better very soon. Please drink lots of clean water, eat well, get lots of rest. Take the best care of yourself. We will still be here looking forward to your good health and future videos. 🤗
To me, its worth turning your entire pantry into a Faraday cage. Where you store your food/survival gear should be entirely contained. Its actually easier to do this with a large room versus a small container.
I pray for you to feel better. Even when your sick your a beast. I can tell you don't feel good. Get some rest. We need you. Where can i get a faraday box like that?
I do a lot of work in the intelligence community and also in the private contractor community and there's a lot of intelligence that says Russia actually might use a nuclear weapon. I personally never ever in my whole entire life thought I would ever have to worry about it but it's getting pretty bad.
@@SurvivalLilly keep up the amazing work you do lilly it's pretty amazing how far you have came over the last several years you want from being a secretary accounting to being very good at bushcraft and survivor keep up the good work you have helped so many people.
Basically a decisive first strike drops triple digit megaton payloads via SATAN2 and Poseidon AI guided sleeper torpedos. USSFCOM just released an interesting propaganda video though.
Lilly....To test your faraday cage. Place a mobile phone inside the box, then try to call it. If it does not ring you have a good cage. Just some advice from an old radio technician LOL.
The solar EMP is the speed of light burst from a solar flare, usually they cause radio blackouts for the duration of the flare. Some solar flares are coupled with a CME, these are the wind of charged particles travelling at sub-luminal speeds, much slower but still able to travel the distance in half a day (really fast) to a week (really slow) The CME needs three things to be a threat, high speed, high density and be earth facing. There is a phenomena called the ‘earth facing solar quiet’ which makes it less likely (statistically) for a sunspot group to go all-balls-out when directly facing us (that’s a good thing) If one of high speed density is ejected at earth the electronics attached to the grid are at risk. It is incorrect (in theory) to state that a solar event cannot affect non grid linked items. That purely depends on the magnitude of the flare. Given that the 1859 Carrington was estimated at an X45 (+/- 5) and also given that the research paper titled “Statistical Properties of Superflares on Solar-type Stars: Results Using All of the Kepler Primary Mission Data” gives a possibility of stars like our sun twatting out an X700 or x1000 every 3000 and 6000 years respectively, I’d say that in this eventuality, you may want to wear your brown trousers. Peace out. God bless.
When I was in the army we were told when there were substantial solar storms so we'd know to set up a retransmission station. One had our comms range down to half. The other just caused some crackling on the radio. Some of the mouth breathers were putting on extra sunblock, and running across the field to the other tracks. Ha!
@@meat-hookmakes sense for local comms. So medium/longwave I assume? (not shortwave) On the flip side, increased solar activity usually results in greater/stronger shortwave range/signal. Sunspot maximums (every 11 years) are shortwave heaven because the ionosphere acts like a mirror to bounce the signal off. I assume you must have been talking with local contacts not using so the skip distance was not a factor. Tech aside, Glad you are still living and breathing after your high risk life. I hope your losses were minimal. God bless you always
Grounding allows the adsorbed EMI radiation to be dissipated into the ground. Without grounding the faraday cage can hold an electrical charge like a battery or capacitor.
Bud. I made a Faraday Cage from a metal bin. I haven't grounded it. How would I ground it? Is it necessary? I'm in the UK. I'm a woman on limited budget with only a few tools.
@@debbiecurtis4021 You connect the box to a grounding point with an electrical cable. Insulated cable (vinyl wrapped) is preferred.. It needs to have a good electrical connection on both ends (this means metal to metal, no paint in between). I know nothing about electrical wiring in the UK so cannot advise on how you can locate a grounding point. I know nothing about your metal bin so cannot advise on how you can best attach the cable to it.
@@debbiecurtis4021 Do not ground it! That "completes the circuit". That battery or capacitor theory is nonsense and counterproductive. Look for The EMP Doctor on this site.
You take your own chances and you pay your own dues. A Faraday cage that is not grounded can hold an electrical charge. If you touch it you become the conduit for the dissipation of that charge. Grounding that box causes no harm. Leaving it ungrounded... not so much.
Get well soon! I am prepping too, Maybe we should get an armor too? Seriously! The future is frightening, it really is. Thanks for sharing your expertise with us Lilly, I really appreciate it
As always good info and advice. People should always prepare for the worst and pray for the best. It was hammered into our heads in sniper school that paranoid people are extremely hard to kill or catch..Keep up the good work!!
A Faraday cage will still protect your gear if it isn't grounded, but if it isn't grounded it may retain a charge. Ground them if you can. If you can't, be careful to discharge it before you touch it. Get Well soon. Best of Days.
@@leonardogarces262 an ionized vapor trail comes out of the sky, makes contact with Earth and the lightning comes out of the ground and follows the vapor trail back up to the sky.👍
Question. Would an emp activate the microwaves motor even if it dosent have power? i feel like the emp might send a strong enough pulse to activate it. maybe removing the microwave motor would be best
In an emergency, tablets and cellphones are a necessity. Not because they can be used for communications or for land navigation via their GPS systems but because you can store a lot of PDF (ebooks) on a memory chip and access it from those devices. I suggest anyone doing so keep several pairs of cheap magnifying (reading glasses) around to save wear on their eyes. Also, if possible keep the batteries for electronic devices charge but do not store them in the device for two reasons. First to prevent trickle drain of the batteries and second to avoid having your device damaged should the batteries leak.
Appliances like a fireplace, solar oven, power tools or generators won’t be affected by an EMP. These non-electric appliances don’t necessarily operate with solid-state electronic controls and will probably still work when even after an EMP has blasted through your area.
To make a gasket/sealing strip you can use copper tape and a rubber sealing strip. Take copper tape (fx the kind used to repell snails from gardening boxes) it has copper on one side and adhesive on the other side. put it with the adhesive side up and put in the sealing strip (fx P model) with the adhesive sides towards each other along the long edge. Roll the copper tape and the sealing strip so the sealing strip become engulfed by the adhesive side of the copper tape, will take about half the length/depth of the copper tape and now you have something that looks like a P with the bottom half of the P having adhesive and the top half being squishy. The bottom half you can now attach the adhesive side towards the top box part of the box, to hold the seal in the right place. The top part of the P (without the adhesive) you fold between the lid and the box and you have good conductivity between the lid and the box by the non adhesive sides of the strip being smushed against lid and box. since you are going to store your equipment somewhere why not in a metal box, and if so then why not just make a seal so that no dust and so on comes in, and if you are going to do a seal anyway why not make it a conductive seal. there is little extra cost and if anything whatever happens its better to have it than not have it. Best of luck everyone!
You should add silica gel desiccant packs so there is not a buildup of moisture inside your Faraday cages. Condensation inside sealed boxes can also damage your sensitive electronics.
I love your videos Survivor Lilly ❤️ I discovered your videos watching you and Canadian Prepper camping in Canada back in 2019. You 2 had deep discussion about prepping versus survivalist. What gave me goose bumps is that you discussed weather you thought if pandemic or war would be in your lifetime. How scary to know what is coming in just couple years. Stay safe everyone. Much love
I have a similar power bank. Mine is from Jackery. I've used it several times when we've had power failures. It will power my WiFi router, my cable box and a 65" TV for 3 hours and still had 45% power left. It also charged 2 tablets, a phone and a small flashlight.
just to point out some things. to work a faraday cage need to be a metal box with no gaps around what you want to protect. the box shown has a rubber seal and that isn't conductive and will not work. the foil will bridge that gap but make sure you make connection all the way around.
👍👍👍✝️✝️✝️🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 hope ya get well soon! 🥾🤠🎒🔪🔫🗡🛡🧦🔥💧🪓🛠🏹🔦🔎🍶🧵🏕🍫🍫🍫🥫🥫🥫🍗🍗🍗⚒! I made faraday cages out of several 32gal metal trashcans with metal lids sealed with Aluminum tape, tin foil and mylar blankets! Now working on sealing my whole garage into a faraday cage also at BOL! May God bless and keep you Lilly!
I bought soldering equipment and components. Fuses for the vehicles and house are also in my faraday cage. This is what I was prepping for when the pandemic hit.
@Lilly you could use copper wool sold as a pot scrubber to make a good seal for your lid. If you cut it into strips you can tape it oover the edge with aluminu,m foil tape used for sealing hvac ducts. Only tape the edges of the copper; so that it makes good contact wtih the other side. You want no gaps or it will leak.
What helps is putting a slightly smaller plastic box like a sealed tote inside the metal box. Then put your electronics inside the plastic box. A metal trash can with a smaller plastic trashcan inside is also a cheap large one. Find a sealed plastic box that fits inside of that microwave, or even a few very thick plastic bags like the ones used to brine a turkey.
Are you prepared for CME or EMP? How do you protect your electronic equipment?
Power Station I used in this video: amzn.to/3wbA0qJ
In regards to an EMP, personally, I don't think it matters if your items are in a faraday cage or not because all the infrastructure will be fried. Lines, receivers, everything. So my focus is prepping to live without electricity. .............Really hope your feeling better, thanks for the video despite being sick.
The ground/earth debate is a tough one because if the cage gets hits first then it will dissipate to earth but if the electric grid gets hit then you could introduce pulse waves thru the earth/ground cable. A lot of variables.
With the microwave, I would remove the +/- cables from inside the machine - electricity can arc across small distances. Also remove the magnetron cos if that gets activated for even a few seconds - poofff - up in smoke
@@Christian-Prepper I was going to say the SAME THING! It won't matter HOW prepared YOU are, if the local and regional power supplies are entirely FRIED!
A ground wire is ONLY needed if there are conductors that enter the cage itself. In the situation with your steel briefcase, no ground is needed as it is a simple shell. For the microwave however, since you have conductors that enter the steel box, grounding it is a good idea.
You can use a metal trash can, or a small metal or steel box to protect your phones or electronics
Very good tips here. My main concern would be the rest of society learning about your food stores and doing everything in their power to get to it. It’s one thing to be prepared to feed yourself and your family but what do you do about the thousands of hungry desperate people outside that will be searching every home for food?
Be well armed and have a plan..
Good point. Right now I try to convince my family, neighbors and friends to start prepping. A lot of them have started to prepare for an uncertain future.
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In the wake of a thermonuclear conflagration everyone would be dead. There would be no one to steal from because there wouldn't be anyone left.
@@wearetheremnants1615 Your firearms aren't going to be much use after a global thermonuclear conflagration. Everyone would die.... including you and your family.
A wise man said a long time ago: "The shrewd one sees the danger and conceals himself,
But the inexperienced keep right on going and suffer the consequences." You see what is happening and you act on it...that is not fear...that is wisdom.
This is right out of Proverbs.
Lilly to check if your faraday box is sealed, try putting an active cell phone into the sealed box and call the phone. If there is a faulty seal your phone will receive a signal and you will hear it ringing.
I think she knows that 🙄
Let me tell you something, I don't know if it's the 4g 5,g whatever cellular lte service, I have built two faraday boxes absolutely 100 percent sealed tightly. The phone still works in it. Radios do not. So is this something to do with "cell" service I don't know what frequency or how these things work but whatever it is it's very powerful
How about a satellite phone?
Cellular towers will be fried, so no need for your cellphone.
@J L This goes back to the ground/earth debate. If a signal isn't dissipated then it is free to potentially amplify. Especially thru electronics left in the, in Lilly's case, microwave.
Try an earth spike rather than earthing thru the grid/sockets. The kind of thing you connect to aerials to protect from lightning strikes. But keep it separate from your grid ground and don't connect any electronic equipment to it. 0V is just where you set it so you can get a voltage drop and blow up equipment pretty easily
You are very much not alone with being worried about what’s happening in the world now.
Same here!😰
Prepare for the worst but Pray for the best.
I've been quite concerned about uprising from within our own borders and the Corruption in Our own Government right here in the US.
I prepare what I can, but being elderly, handicapped and on Social Security ONLY, my options are very limited.
I just wish my kids would recognize the possibilities of the coming problems.
Make every preparation for practicality but try and be too busy for worry.
Be ready to help those around you, your concern for the world testifies your compassion and your need for action, your worry shows your need for direction.
I’m not smart but I can remember the quotes of smart people ...
“With the world so set on tearing itself apart, it don't seem like such a bad thing to me to want to put a little bit of it back together.”
- Desmond T. Doss
Medic, Hacksaw Ridge
You are still worrying about things that you have no control over.
You are doing a great job Lilly! Stay safe, we are all in this mess together!
Metal tape: you can get it in aluminum or copper. You can also use antistatic bags for 90+ percent survivability.
Great tip. Anti static bags are cheap too.
my satellite phone is in one of those, which is in my faraday cage.
Is metal buscuit tins a good idea? 🤔
@@soreeyez I think you could line with cardboard and use but I should add I am not an EMP expert.
@@dsmith004 I watched vids on how some preppers seal their stuff till its a pain to access items in their EMP proof cases. Not something I want to follow.
Food tins come in many sizes. And I can enjoy the food while emptying the tin! 😁
I am not EMP expert too. 😅
Don't forget a fire extinguisher system. If an emp/cme hits it will cause power spikes and possibly hit your fuse box/consumer unit in the house.
The ultimate goal should be an extinguisher in every room, but at least 2 on each floor of a home... One CO2 for simple fires and one dry chemical for the worst... It's essential.
If an EMP strikes. The entire grid will be down... including all the cell towers and relay stations. Most of your electronics will be useless in or out of a Faraday cage! Lol!
The best way to store your canned goods in the pantry is upside down, rather the right way up. This is in case a rat or mouse, or other crawling insects and bugs crawl across the top of your can and then the dirt and bacteria can fall into your food when you open it. The last thing you want if/ when the grid goes down is to have a bad case of food poisoning. It's also best practice to clean the cans when you're about to use them too.
Each can should be packed in a zip-up bag. This protects against dirt, and after you have eaten your meal, you can put it back there in order to jam against a clunky smell (e.g. a can of fish). I recommend that you do not discard the packaging of dog or cat food because it is great in terms of stopping bad smells ...
If you had ever seen what goes on in food packaging facilities and stores you would wipe the top of every can and bottle with a bleach solution before you store it - and before you open it
@@feoxorus Yup I wash the top every can & beer cans { rinse }
Food idea
Also, upside down, the mice and bugs have more difficulty reading the contents.
I hope you get well soon Lilly. Best wishes!
A doctor told me years ago, "stress brings out disease." In other words, if you have a small illness that isn't exhibiting any major symptoms, that may become worse with stress.
Get well soon, my friend.
Indeed.
To anyone feeling anxious and stressed, I suggest seeking some counselling.
I also suggest you turn off the media for a while, or at least reduce your consumption.
If you're being told that the world is ending all day long by pundits on the nightly news and Twitter, then yes, you're going to think the worst.
That was the who,e idea behind the Covid deal, get people stressed out and sick.
@@tomcurran1538 No. We need to apply criticial thinking skills, not conspiracy theories.
Covid was a public health emergency. Some authorities stuffed it up, overreached, some didn't.
@@w0mblemania Sweden did it better than most except for some in the third and fourth world. China and Canada are how not to do it.
@@nameremovedforyourpleasure352 I'm Australia, we did OK. Very low death rate.
Except for the state of Victoria, which was over-the-top authoritarianism.
Even if the networks are down, a smart phone can retain other functions, displaying offline maps, playing music, ebooks..i think its definitely worth having one even if it ends up being useless for its primary function
100%
I have hours and hours of talks on various topics on my phone, from guided meditations to mental & physical health related talks.
And spy on you!
For sure! Not sure how I would survive without audiobooks lol
You are not alone! It is affecting us all. I am having many restless nights. My whole family live in various countries in Europe and I feel for your proximity to this. Stay strong! My prayers are with you for peace.
Don't stress about nuclear war.
The reality of nuclear war is far, far less than the media would have you believe.
It is possible, yes, but this is not the Cuban missile crisis.
Russia has not taken steps to prepare for nuclear war so far.
The US is not on high alert.
I pray for your family safety, people should evacuate Europe just until everything cool down
@@WOLF2JAK
Wtf is going on? I haven't seen tv for many weeks.
@@carl8568 really??, Oke Russian Intel agency just find out that America help Ukraine to take out their flag ship and America don't Deny it
@@WOLF2JAK
Ok, sounds like just your usual geopolitical shenanigans, blown up by the parasitic media.
Be worried about the true enemies, the ones in charge of your own countries.
I hope you feel better Lilly! This is the second time in my life that there was a threat of nuclear war. Not a good situation.
What was the first?
Thanks lilly, like you I am very concerned about the state of affairs. Fingers crossed that these things never come to pass. x
One is none, two is one, three is fine or something, idk how the saying goes.
Basically, have at least 2 boxes with identical contents. Open the first one after you think it's safe to do so, and leave the second one for when the first when gets fried by an EMP. I would also recommend minimizing the time you have electronic devices outside of your Faraday box, this way you might be able to "dodge" any EMPs or CMEs that come after the initial one.
@@SickWheyfu If a nuke happens, nothing you do can avoid being destroyed besides living in an underground bunker.
@@SickWheyfu thanks for the reply. I appreciate the practical advice.
@@taoist32 Depends on the yield of the warhead, the distance, surface or air burst etc etc...
Underground bunkers are no guarantee either & at some point the people HAVE to emerge...& to WHAT. You might gain a little extra time & the end is slower...but the suffering & the agony.
Thanks for bringing more great content to the community
Thank you for another great video Lilly, but please give yourself enough time to heal and get well again.
Lilly, I am a long time admirer of your chan and you have taught me so much. It worries me so much to see you concerned about the prospect of [nuclear] war, something I grew up with in the 1970's (I'm guessing your parents also). I do not dispute the possibility, but what I would suggest to you is the probability is still something we can influence. It's not so much a question of survival but the world in which we want to survive.
The experience of living through the Cold War does help. It helps provide some perspective.
People should understand that we are not in a nuclear crisis.
Yes, it could escalate, but that has been true of many crises since WWII.
Putin is belligerent and evil and borderline incompetent, but he does not appear to be insane.
The Russian nuclear forces are not on a significantly higher war footing.
half of the things she propagates is pure BS.
Thank you Lilly , keep us updated on the tyranny in Austria
yes! tyranny is global these days
Hi from Syracuse NY USA my friend thank you for sharing what you are doing for prepping and survival
I appreciate all the practical suggestions and instruction in your videos. I am praying for your safety and wisdom and peace and of course praying for peaceful resolution of tensions in the world.
“Concerned” is the right word. I’m not sliding into fear….nope! Making progress here in my preps. Thanks for info on Faraday cages. I need to get on that!
Personally speaking, I'm not even concerned, I'm actually cherishing the idea of a collapse (Not the atom war part though).
@@Fuerwahrhalunke But.... what sort of Phoenix will rise from the ashes🤔
@@dannydenham8141 Whatever it might be, history shows that rough times create strong men, that create good times. What I do know though, is that it will probably better than this god forsaken Sodom and Gomorrha we are currently living in.
Its not tha A Bomb you need to worry about. This years food crops did not get planted and the crop that did get planted did not have sificiant fertilised because of Russian trade embargoes. A deliberate engineered famine is coming in 6 months and you can thank your own government leaders for being complicit in Klaus Schwabs evil plans.
I both look forward to, and dread the collapse. We need hard times, and number reductions. I find myself coming back to that same quote, over and over, in the past year. We've had good times for too long, and gotten too soft. I'm not a religious person, I just see it purely as it is. We need a reset of society. As you said though, usually what comes after hard times is better than what was before.
Hope you feel better Lilly.
The sad fact is, a faraday cage will not protect anything against a modern nuclear EMP, the power it too great. Both China and Russia have developed specialized nuclear devices that enhance the "E1" phase of the gamma induced EMP specifically to defeat defenses like yours, and Russia has already adapted them to their new hypersonic missiles. That's not to say they can't help, if such a detonation is far enough away, say 200 km or so, then you have an above average chance some of your devices will survive.
The best defense today is to do everything in our power to make sure such weapons are never unleashed. Let's hope the powers that be are smart enough not to back anyone who possesses them into a corner where they feel they have nothing to lose by using such terrible weapons.
I appreciate your insight…….scary stuff indeed.
The "anyone" you are talking about is cornering himself. And unless you want a world where invasion and occupation becomes norm again, there is no other option but to fight back and not allow any kind of capture of foreign land from independent countries. Especially after the "anyone" has slaughtered thousands of innocents and cause massive infrastructure destruction already, giving him any win will make him even more greedy and determined in his imperialistic mission.
Exactly...there's a dereliction of duty from the governments of the collective west with no sign of DIPLOMACY only provocation & escalation...especially from the US, UK & the EU so-called leaderships. An absolute disgrace the lot of them, that will lead us ALL to destruction. Russia is NOT Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria nor Libya & whatever the "conventional" realities are on the ground, they'll not be pushed around for much longer.
That's a myth. A cage can protect you from a direct lightning strike. It does have to be conductive enough for the emp to create a current in the wires; that current is what causes the skin effect and keeps the radiation out from the interior.
I appreciate your concern, but there have been no advancements to overcome the laws of physics. An electrically insulated, double-walled steel box like her microwave oven should be fine even against the worst EMP blasts that leave the house standing. Much like most other weapons, Nuclear weapons are ranged, meaning the effects dwindle with distance. If something goes off close enough to zap the powered off components inside that selfsame double-walled steel box Lily wisely chose to be one of her Faraday cages, there's little chance anything around it isn't already on fire or blown up.
Excellent video, Lilly. Very practical. I hope you start to feel better soon.
I hope you get feeling better soon.
Better to be prepared than not. Good on you Lily for showing us your concerns and prepper style. Hopefully we can have peace very soon. Take care
Actually keeping products in a wooden cabinet inside a refrigerator which is placed inside a wood line closet works too. In my boat I keep spare electronics, GPS, Radios, in a wooden box which is kept inside an aluminum box that I had welded together.
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Thank you Lily!
Praying for your continued healing. We are concerned to. 🙏🙏🙏
Thanks for sharing this video!
Prayed for you Lilly, and for a quick recovery. Thank You for your videos, they are very informative.
Thank you Lilly. Get well soon. ❤️
You are not alone in your concern, here in America for those of us awake we are concerned about food shortages and prices as well as the potential for WW3
Not everyone inAmerica is concerned. In fact, I only know one other person besides myself. Everyone else, friends, family, co-workers, etc. seem to be living like everything is back to normal.
@Martinez At this point I am more concerned about our wonderful new "Ministry Of Truth" than I am a thermonuclear exchange.
Lake Powell situation is a big problem too.
We’ll, we all have a chance to fix what’s going on in America if we all vote these idiots out of office. They want panic. They want pandemics. They want war. They make a ton of money off of it at our expense. None of this would be happening if America didn’t vote the wrong president in. Or possibly cheat their way in. Putin would’ve never invaded Ukraine with a strong president in office. He waited for us to have a weak president.
I’m in America and I’m no more concerned about nuclear conflict than at any other time. I’m extremely concerned about NWO evildoers and their efforts to poison us, starve us, you name it in pursuit of their land grab, wealth grab, and sick Satanic agendas. But we, the people of the world, are winning, and we will defeat them together with our Lord’s help. 🙏
Rice/flour etc often comes with little bugs inside it. Apparently dried chillies minimize their propagation and destruction of the food. Put the dries chillies in a kind of onion sack or netting with larger holes.
Lilly, you should get the metal duct tape and seal the big box with it. When you shut the box I could see a large part of the aluminum foil fell away from the front, leaving a big part unsealed. The metal duct tape will completely seal it though.
^^What he said ^^^
Hi Lilly sorry you are feeling poorly, like you I too am worried about what's going on in the world these days iam stocking up on food and water hope you feel better and stay safe God bless and keep prepping love your videos
I hope you feel better and thank you for making the video 📹...keep up the good work 💪 👏🏼
Anti static bubble wrap and anti static tape to seal the electronics in the bubble wrap. The anti static is pink. Don't confuse them with regular bubblewrap. Protect your solar panels in the same way. Use aluminum ducting tape. It is aluminum metal. Overlap successive rounds of this ducting tape by half its width and press down for good adhesion. Do that any place you suspect a seam.
Don't always trust the ground. Many of us have met a "hot neutral" in our lives. Mine actually made the bathroom sink faucet make my hand tingle. (copper water pipe is often used as a ground source over the years) Had to track it down myself. It was due to some bad outside light wiring.
@@suecook8379 Uncross the frayed wires that allowed a 110 VAC wire to connect to a ground wire nearby.
In my case it was among 3 very old power wires suspended to an outdoor light on a clothes line pole outside.
A hot neutral is partial leak, or full connection of a power lead, to the ground wire group, anywhere in your power system.
Thanks for asking, Sue. You would be best to find a true electrical engineer to explain it, but I learned a bit firsthand.
A hot neutral is uncommon but can be nasty if you find one.
Even a good wall outlet ground does add exposure to lighting damage as well as a large network of exposed wire to things like induction.
I do not recommend putting all of your important electronic in the same place incase that one 1 place is failed somehow.
Don't put all your eggs is one basket.
You have been very helpful to my wife and me with your videos.
You are much closer to the mad bear in Österreich than we are in the United States of America.
I hope you are feeling well soon.
Legen Sie nicht alle Eier in einen Korb
I knew someone it happened in their shower. It progressively got worse, he survived it. Major plumbing issues in an older house.
@@sixoffive Yep. Big difference between tinkling in a shower, and tingling in a shower. Unfortunately I think this happened in a few military installations in Desert Storm, or Afghanistan. The contractors were eventually found negligent.
If you have that going on you need to get it sorted out as there is clearly a problem with your grounding or lack there of. I am betting you are in the US.
These are scary times we live in. Much love from the USA citizens. The American Government is extremely corrupt.
They're certainly dangerous as well...where's the DIPLOMACY? ALL I hear is provocation & escalation.
@@ajacks1349 Thats what we get from a President and administration that was selected and not elected.
Thanks and take care of you. (From Canada, Québec). We like to listen to you. You do great job.
Try heating/air conditioner conduit tape. It's aluminum and fairly thick/strong. Find the grounding rod under your house. It should be near your electric service box. Copper plumbing pipes going into the ground works or get a 4-5 foot piece of 1/2" rebar and drive it into the ground at least 4 feet. Hardware stores sell the clamps that let you attach copper wires to the grounding rod.
Remove antennas from walkie talkies if you can unscrew them. Also when not using your CB or Amateur radio gear, remove outside antenna connections. Aluminium foil will not stop EMP, use steel wool if possible.
Will copper mesh wrapped around electronics be protected?
Thank you Lilly, this stuff is so help full. The threat is real.
I know that something is coming, but I was feared to admit to myself! An excellent topic BTW, about the EMP you don't need long wires, those high energy parricles will penetrate every device here on Earth, every conductor will suffer. Even a Faraday cage of couple cm thick pure lead won't help.
You are right to worry. While I don't have a crystal ball that predicts the future, I have never been this concerned and I grew up in the cold war
All nuclear countries have a chain of command, so it takes a handful of crazy people to agree. It's unlikely, but a small chance is still awful. Thanks for sharing.
Everyone will do as they are told. Sorry, that’s just the way it is.
@@suecook8379 money root of all evil..agreed
I'm in America and we have a whole host of nuts that wanna run the country. Biden is doing his best to stop Putin but we have millions of people on Putin's side. So, yup be prepared.
Russia's fighting style is heavy on stupid, feeble, blind and crazy. Having nukes won't change that. Not to say it won't be awful if they start using them, just that it will be the closing act of the disaster that was Russia.
Russia's chain of command now begins and ends with Putin 😔
I've heard that it's better to charge lithium batteries to about 70% when storing long term. Of course, that would only make sense if the charge could be topped up during an power outage.
My expensive LiPo RC car batteries like to sit at 50 percent . I paid over 100 cad each and they work for a long long time when properly stored.
Just bought a pair of wireless earbuds that were at 70%
First technical comments I've seen so far and yes 50% ish is good for long term storage. It would be a good idea to look at the specs or data sheet for expensive items.
@@asahearts1 The drop to 70% anyway even when fully charged.
I know a lithium hybrid battery that shows 100% on the meter is actually around 70-80%. It is a manufacturers way of preventing overcharge. Probably the same way with other high cost lithium batteries
Good luck to you Lily. Thank you for being such an excellent source of help and advice. Credit to you for being one of the preppers who is remaining calm and pragmatic through all of this.
You give me new hope in the younger generation lily. God bless you and your family and keep you safe
the nuclear weapons threat is a psyop.
i have been stating thsi for over 5 years, afte i learned about it from others,
i have a few yuotube pages online which discuss the toxic environment were living in, thsi info can actually help people get situationally aware.
Thanks for your video! Good work! And I hope you feel better real soon!
I HATE yard work but this spring I'm putting in a container garden growing 6-7 crops, onions, tomatoes, peas, carrots, beets, potatoes. I have to decide on the other one yet,
I am glad to see your basement well stocked. A geiger counter would also be nice to have. I am glad that I live in the Southern Hemisphere. The fallout from any nuclear exchange with remain north of the equator due to the Coriolis Effect. Stay safe.
staying south is certainly a good idea.
@@SurvivalLilly Lilly, you should think about moving to the USA. Some places like Alaska and maybe the southwest might be alright for survival is any of the atomic weapons are used. Maybe better than being in Europe?
@@blueduck9409 Alaska is next door to Siberia though...
@@blueduck9409 not really , ifit kicks off the amount of stuff dropped on the USA would be nuts.. I think the USA gets EMP attack
Consider watching the 1958 movie "On the Beach" that revolves around survivors south of the equator. It's quite good, and more than a little heart breaking.
I think I’m partly prepared, not perfect but it will work. But tbh if I need protection for an emp caused by an nuclear weapon I have to ask myself, do I want to live in a possible future world like this?
we Austrians survived Tschernobyls fallout. We will certainly survive one or two smaller nukes.
@@SurvivalLilly Pretty sure it will be one or two. Try a couple hundred.
I concur!
We're all stepping out of these bodies someday. Prep for eternity too.
Lilly, You are not alone. I worry for our allies and friends overseas because of tyranny.
Hi Lilly! I'm sorry you've been sick. I hope you get completely better very soon. Please drink lots of clean water, eat well, get lots of rest. Take the best care of yourself. We will still be here looking forward to your good health and future videos. 🤗
Stay safe Lilly
It looked like the foil moved when you closed the lid on the big box
Microwave ovens are Faraday cages. You can stuff your small electronics in small microwave ovens that you don't use anymore.
To me, its worth turning your entire pantry into a Faraday cage. Where you store your food/survival gear should be entirely contained. Its actually easier to do this with a large room versus a small container.
I pray for you to feel better. Even when your sick your a beast. I can tell you don't feel good. Get some rest. We need you. Where can i get a faraday box like that?
I do a lot of work in the intelligence community and also in the private contractor community and there's a lot of intelligence that says Russia actually might use a nuclear weapon.
I personally never ever in my whole entire life thought I would ever have to worry about it but it's getting pretty bad.
Yes I m afraid this will happen
Yeah i used to private contract but do amateur osint as a hobby now and theyre ready for what they call a decisive first strike.
@@SurvivalLilly keep up the amazing work you do lilly it's pretty amazing how far you have came over the last several years you want from being a secretary accounting to being very good at bushcraft and survivor keep up the good work you have helped so many people.
Basically a decisive first strike drops triple digit megaton payloads via SATAN2 and Poseidon AI guided sleeper torpedos.
USSFCOM just released an interesting propaganda video though.
@@adzbadz8349 it's pretty scary
Lilly....To test your faraday cage. Place a mobile phone inside the box, then try to call it. If it does not ring you have a good cage. Just some advice from an old radio technician LOL.
@survivalLilly I pray and wish you a quick recovery and healthy body to continue your IMPORTANT work. God bless you and yours from South Africa.
you should only charge the battery to 80%, in order to greatly extend the lifecycles of them
Depends on the batteries and whether the manufacturer has set limits which now they usually do.
The solar EMP is the speed of light burst from a solar flare, usually they cause radio blackouts for the duration of the flare.
Some solar flares are coupled with a CME, these are the wind of charged particles travelling at sub-luminal speeds, much slower but still able to travel the distance in half a day (really fast) to a week (really slow)
The CME needs three things to be a threat, high speed, high density and be earth facing.
There is a phenomena called the ‘earth facing solar quiet’ which makes it less likely (statistically) for a sunspot group to go all-balls-out when directly facing us (that’s a good thing)
If one of high speed density is ejected at earth the electronics attached to the grid are at risk.
It is incorrect (in theory) to state that a solar event cannot affect non grid linked items.
That purely depends on the magnitude of the flare.
Given that the 1859 Carrington was estimated at an X45 (+/- 5) and also given that the research paper titled “Statistical Properties of Superflares on Solar-type Stars: Results Using All of the Kepler Primary Mission Data” gives a possibility of stars like our sun twatting out an X700 or x1000 every 3000 and 6000 years respectively, I’d say that in this eventuality, you may want to wear your brown trousers.
Peace out.
God bless.
Thanks 😅
Thanks 😅
When I was in the army we were told when there were substantial solar storms so we'd know to set up a retransmission station. One had our comms range down to half. The other just caused some crackling on the radio. Some of the mouth breathers were putting on extra sunblock, and running across the field to the other tracks. Ha!
@@meat-hookmakes sense for local comms. So medium/longwave I assume? (not shortwave)
On the flip side, increased solar activity usually results in greater/stronger shortwave range/signal. Sunspot maximums (every 11 years) are shortwave heaven because the ionosphere acts like a mirror to bounce the signal off.
I assume you must have been talking with local contacts not using so the skip distance was not a factor.
Tech aside, Glad you are still living and breathing after your high risk life. I hope your losses were minimal.
God bless you always
@@GwladYrHaf indeed. Just across Fort Carson. SINGARS have a max range of 40 miles if I remember right. But the hills up here cut that to a lot less.
Lilly, thanks for pumping out a video even though were not feeling very well!
so organized. I really need to improve on mine. Great info, thank you
Grounding allows the adsorbed EMI radiation to be dissipated into the ground. Without grounding the faraday cage can hold an electrical charge like a battery or capacitor.
Bud. I made a Faraday Cage from a metal bin. I haven't grounded it. How would I ground it? Is it necessary? I'm in the UK. I'm a woman on limited budget with only a few tools.
@@debbiecurtis4021 You connect the box to a grounding point with an electrical cable. Insulated cable (vinyl wrapped) is preferred.. It needs to have a good electrical connection on both ends (this means metal to metal, no paint in between). I know nothing about electrical wiring in the UK so cannot advise on how you can locate a grounding point. I know nothing about your metal bin so cannot advise on how you can best attach the cable to it.
@@debbiecurtis4021 Do not ground it! That "completes the circuit". That battery or capacitor theory is nonsense and counterproductive. Look for The EMP Doctor on this site.
A faraday cage does not require grounding. EMP is not lightning. It doesn't work that way.
You take your own chances and you pay your own dues. A Faraday cage that is not grounded can hold an electrical charge. If you touch it you become the conduit for the dissipation of that charge. Grounding that box causes no harm. Leaving it ungrounded... not so much.
Get well soon! I am prepping too, Maybe we should get an armor too? Seriously! The future is frightening, it really is. Thanks for sharing your expertise with us Lilly, I really appreciate it
I have a stab vest
As always good info and advice. People should always prepare for the worst and pray for the best. It was hammered into our heads in sniper school that paranoid people are extremely hard to kill or catch..Keep up the good work!!
Gute Besserung liebe Lilly und wie immer sehr beachtlich was du weißt, hast und machst! Beste Grüße, Sepp
A Faraday cage will still protect your gear if it isn't grounded, but if it isn't grounded it may retain a charge. Ground them if you can. If you can't, be careful to discharge it before you touch it. Get Well soon. Best of Days.
Yes. An airplane isn't grounded, however still bring protection to its occupants against lighting strikes.
How do you know when the EMP is over and it's safe to open the cage?
@@leonardogarces262 an ionized vapor trail comes out of the sky, makes contact with Earth and the lightning comes out of the ground and follows the vapor trail back up to the sky.👍
Question. Would an emp activate the microwaves motor even if it dosent have power? i feel like the emp might send a strong enough pulse to activate it. maybe removing the microwave motor would be best
Maybe. Could be. I will find out I guess
@@bio-techlarry9602 ok thanks that makes sense. was just a thought i had and wondered if lilly accidently made a reverse faraday cage lol
Hey Lily thank you for the video information and I hope you have a blessed and safe happy mother's day and feel better soon
Thanks Lilly ❤️ hope you feel better
I was wondering if an old (or broken) microwave oven could be used as a faraday cage?
Not, if you don't ground it properly and insulate the things you keep in it (hint: a layer of cardboard is not proper insulation)
@@sinenomine4540 Cardboard? I'm referring to the actual microwave oven, not the box it came in. lol
Lily if any kind of info i can send to you from eastern side...russian neighbour out here..and we see stuff
PS -- Oregano essential oil, Quercetin and Zinc, Vit C, Vit D3, Colloidal Silver, GARLIC and GINGER tea will get you well faster. Take care!
Thank you for your excellent chats, get well soon and hope you feel better tommorow.
Bunker Time...lol
I know of a small night club called the bunker....it is (or was) in an old WW2 bunker
Sending prayers that you feel better soon and for the world. Amen. Thanks for the video now I know what to look for to do mine.
In an emergency, tablets and cellphones are a necessity. Not because they can be used for communications or for land navigation via their GPS systems but because you can store a lot of PDF (ebooks) on a memory chip and access it from those devices. I suggest anyone doing so keep several pairs of cheap magnifying (reading glasses) around to save wear on their eyes. Also, if possible keep the batteries for electronic devices charge but do not store them in the device for two reasons. First to prevent trickle drain of the batteries and second to avoid having your device damaged should the batteries leak.
Appliances like a fireplace, solar oven, power tools or generators won’t be affected by an EMP. These non-electric appliances don’t necessarily operate with solid-state electronic controls and will probably still work when even after an EMP has blasted through your area.
To make a gasket/sealing strip you can use copper tape and a rubber sealing strip.
Take copper tape (fx the kind used to repell snails from gardening boxes) it has copper on one side and adhesive on the other side. put it with the adhesive side up and put in the sealing strip (fx P model) with the adhesive sides towards each other along the long edge.
Roll the copper tape and the sealing strip so the sealing strip become engulfed by the adhesive side of the copper tape, will take about half the length/depth of the copper tape and now you have something that looks like a P with the bottom half of the P having adhesive and the top half being squishy.
The bottom half you can now attach the adhesive side towards the top box part of the box, to hold the seal in the right place. The top part of the P (without the adhesive) you fold between the lid and the box and you have good conductivity between the lid and the box by the non adhesive sides of the strip being smushed against lid and box.
since you are going to store your equipment somewhere why not in a metal box, and if so then why not just make a seal so that no dust and so on comes in, and if you are going to do a seal anyway why not make it a conductive seal. there is little extra cost and if anything whatever happens its better to have it than not have it.
Best of luck everyone!
You should add silica gel desiccant packs so there is not a buildup of moisture inside your Faraday cages. Condensation inside sealed boxes can also damage your sensitive electronics.
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I love your videos Survivor Lilly ❤️ I discovered your videos watching you and Canadian Prepper camping in Canada back in 2019. You 2 had deep discussion about prepping versus survivalist. What gave me goose bumps is that you discussed weather you thought if pandemic or war would be in your lifetime. How scary to know what is coming in just couple years. Stay safe everyone. Much love
I have a similar power bank. Mine is from Jackery. I've used it several times when we've had power failures. It will power my WiFi router, my cable box and a 65" TV for 3 hours and still had 45% power left. It also charged 2 tablets, a phone and a small flashlight.
Hope you get to feeling better soon Lily thanks for making the video for us, even though you didn't feel good we appreciate it take care.
You’re doing great work, Lilly, so keep prepping! Thanks for your work and information. Get well soon.😊
just to point out some things. to work a faraday cage need to be a metal box with no gaps around what you want to protect. the box shown has a rubber seal and that isn't conductive and will not work. the foil will bridge that gap but make sure you make connection all the way around.
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Awesome video! Thx Lilly 👍🏻
I bought soldering equipment and components. Fuses for the vehicles and house are also in my faraday cage. This is what I was prepping for when the pandemic hit.
@Lilly you could use copper wool sold as a pot scrubber to make a good seal for your lid. If you cut it into strips you can tape it oover the edge with aluminu,m foil tape used for sealing hvac ducts. Only tape the edges of the copper; so that it makes good contact wtih the other side. You want no gaps or it will leak.
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What helps is putting a slightly smaller plastic box like a sealed tote inside the metal box. Then put your electronics inside the plastic box. A metal trash can with a smaller plastic trashcan inside is also a cheap large one. Find a sealed plastic box that fits inside of that microwave, or even a few very thick plastic bags like the ones used to brine a turkey.