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Originally Posted by Legbreaker
Firstly, I'd be interested in how they worked up to their settings - was it in one sudden pulse, or did they just turn the dial slowly until they achieved the desired level?
Secondly, they only tested up to approximately 50,000 V/m. That's NOTHING when you consider,
Originally Posted by FAS
...electric fields greater than 1,000,000 V/m and peak magnetic fields greater than 4,000 A/m can exist.
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I would have to assume the peak fields would not reach the surface over a large area. Unless this commission feels they can get away with testing 1/20 of what will actually hit the surface and not get called on it. Also remember that when something radiates in 3 dimensions energy drops rapidly for every doubling of distance.
Their tests show computers having problems at 3kV/m and Damaged at 8-16 kV/m. Locomotives start have disruptive problems around 20 kV/m. Cars and to a lesser extent trucks just seem more robust under similar testing circumstances.