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Re:A pilot who stole a secret Soviet fighter jet by varjag on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @03:03PM (#12446119)
> I also must re-emphasize the fact that during Soviet high-altitude nuclear tests over Kazakhstan in 1962, rugged diesel generators having no solid state parts were burned out by E1 EMP.

http://www.futurescience.com/emp/vehicles.html

Magnetos have induction coils, that's sufficient.

Typical E1 pulse component has up to 50KV/m at ground level and is a high-frequency spectrum, you don't need a long antenna for that. EU railway field immunity test is 10 volts per meter and huge portion of industrial electronic equipment fails that already.

Stuff that burns power lines are lower frequency (and lower yield) E2&E3 components.

https://cdn.selinc.com/assets/Literature/Miscellaneous/EMP-T...

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Re:A pilot who stole a secret Soviet fighter jet by fnj on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @04:39PM (#12447438)
Not reputable. Does the author have any conception of diesel engine theory? I do. Prior to computer controls (circa 1990s), the only active electrical component involved in keeping a diesel like the one in my Audi 5000 running, once started, is the fuel shutoff solenoid. Jam that open mechanically, and you can throw the alternator and battery away.
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Re:A pilot who stole a secret Soviet fighter jet by varjag on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @04:44PM (#12447479)
Your Audi has an alternator, just as the diesel generator mentioned there. It has no active components, just stator coils and possibly a rectifier, yet it was cooking up.
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Re:A pilot who stole a secret Soviet fighter jet by fnj on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @06:16PM (#12448376)
Yes, it has an alternator, and as I already explained, if you push-start the car and jam the fuel cutoff solenoid, you don't even need the alternator (or the battery). OK, you need them at night, for the headlights.

Those windings and diodes will carry 100 amps continuously. The E1 pulse isn't going to touch them. It doesn't last anywhere near long enough for them to even begin heating up. The E2 and E3 pulses aren't even a factor.

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