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>Modern electronics, at least the bulk that are in daily use are much more shielded, higher quality, and resilient enough to not bring down civilization. Does
by TMWNN 5y ago
>Modern electronics, at least the bulk that are in daily use are much more shielded, higher quality, and resilient enough to not bring down civilization.
Does the same shielding required for consumer electronics to meet FCC Class B requirements also protect them from solar events?
- codezero 5y agoHaven’t done anything to back this up, but I suspect buildings and cars are extra shielding for the bulk of what we need to avoid absolute meltdown. I also suspect modern manufacturing tolerances in general are better than needed and most FCC regulation seems to be focused on protecting the device from damaging other devices or interfering with the ambient EMF.
- rcxdude 5y agoThe main thing which protects them is size. Roll a neodynium magnet around a laptop or cell phone and it's already experienced a far larger magnetic field change than will ever appear due to a solar flare. The earth's magnetic field holds immensly more energy than the magnet but it's so extremely diffuse it will only effectively couple into massive-scale structures.