Emp Vs Solar Panel

Solar panels surprisingly enough solar panels can weather an emp fairly well.

Emp vs solar panel.

They do suffer some damage reducing their output by about five percent but they will still work. However the larger the solar array is the more likely that there will be damage to the supporting equipment including the wiring charge controller and inverter. We also test what an emp does to a. But since solar panels are pretty expensive i guess that only a few people buy them just to put them aside for hard times.

The best way to protect them is of course to enclose them in a faraday cage. A solar storm and a nuclear emp are two totally different things. The biggest danger in a residential area is a long term loss of power. A solar storm will mostly affect electric power grids possibly damaging larger transformers.

Your solar panels and battery bank are not particularly vulnerable to solar flares cmps or emps. The vulnerability of solar panels to an emp wave therefore depends on their internal structure. Since there is no circuitry electromagnetic pulses have little to no effect on your solar panels. Because of the high cost of installing a solar panel system and because you ll want to ensure that you can still produce power with your solar panels after an emp it is very important that you take steps to protect that investment against the dangerous effects of emps.

The internal working anatomy of many solar panels contains and depends on diodes to control the flow of current harnessed from the sun. Furthermore the same is true for your battery bank that stores your energy for later use. In the analysis of emp damage one needs to look not only at the device itself the solar panel but you also need to take into account the peripheral equipment and wiring. Depending on the strength of the electromagnetic pulse emp most solar panels would likely not be affected.

But a nuclear emp powerful enough will destroy unprotected solar panels. A solar panel itself may be inherently resistant to emp to some extent. This means you won t be able to use your solar panels. The good news is solar panels in and of themselves contain very little electronics that could be affected by an emp.