The electrical grid will be one of the first to die from excessive voltage and current through the *long* wires that catch a lot of the signal - just like in the old days with telegraph, where in times of high solar activity, some telegraph equipment would catch fire and other would work even with their batteries disconnected.
BTW, modern electronics is not only sensitive, but also frequently every well shielded, so you'd need a *very* high energy pulse to destroy it. Since the wiring in a car is relatively short and well-shielded due to the need to remove the local interference (either dozens of kiloVolts sparks generated in the engine or hundreds of Amps of current running through the electric motor). This could mean that even during hefty solar activity your car radio will only produce static and OnStar and your GPS will not work, but your car will drive normally otherwise. For the home converters who want to be prepared for the worst - even if you like the smoothness of an electronic controller, you can still add a rudimentary contactor controller in parallel that will always be able to bring you home, whether your controller decides to let the smoke out or the sun acts up beyond what the electronics can take. I only hope that by that time I have my solar panels installed, otherwise my EV will be sitting in the garage not because it is damaged but because it cannot charge from the grid.... Cor van de Water Chief Scientist Proxim Wireless Corporation http://www.proxim.com Email: [email protected] Private: http://www.cvandewater.info Skype: cor_van_de_water Tel: +1 408 383 7626 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Lussmyer Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2014 9:31 AM To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List Subject: [EVDL] computing cars On Thu Jan 16 06:49:33 PST 2014 [email protected] said: >Now think of this, If a LARGE Solar mass ejection hits this planet, every damn computer car on the planet will be DEAD, every computer will be DEAD, the electrical grid will be DEAD, get out your walking shoes Its a long way to Tipperary. How do I know this, I have been a student of Astronomy for about 50 years. And theres no argument aginst this, its already happened .. So the new Cadillac EV, tha'ts nothing more than a very expensive Volt , that cost 80,000$ sits in the drive way as a planter now And pretty much EVERY conversion on the road is Dead as well. All but a VERY VERY FEW use an electronic controller - which has a computer in it. -- Try my Sensible Email package! https://sourceforge.net/projects/sensibleemail/ _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
