Extra Electrical Components to store in Faraday Cage/Storage

Do you all have any ideas? So far I gather:
- computer
- Extra Fuses
- Alternator
- Battery

Bug out purposes

 

Meth

 

If an EMP is able to destroy the diodes and voltage regulator in your alternator all of the various IC chips and electronic peripherals that control your truck will also be destroyed.

 

Firearms

 

Build a Faraday Cage and park an extra Tacoma inside along with a few tons of Weapons and ammunition. If we have an event you will need the guns and ammo to keep the Tacoma.

 

Sub AF.

 

Fuel. As much as you can store. Because once the fuel is gone, no amount of spare parts will matter.

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

If you want to EMP harden your Taco, then replace all the negative grounded electrical circuits with twisted pair wires or equivalent paired conductor wires and stop using the chassis as a ground return. This method is covered in the above article.

 

I think it's a lot to ask of such an electronic heavy vehicle to survive and then work, and then while you're worried about everything else, to put the thing back together with a complete electronic overhaul.

If this is really a concern for you, go with something more basic. A 4 wheeler, gator, dirt bike, motorcycle, or vintage car with very little electronics. I'm pretty sure on my old vw bug I might have to replace the coil and a few other things and off she goes.

I don't get why preppers worry about vehicles. If the shit ever really does hit the fan, I don't want to LOOK prepared. Somebody sees you with your tactical grade bug out bag in a tacoma and they think, that's the dude I want to kill in his sleep and take all his shit. They see me with my hello kitty backpack on my huffy and they think that dude isn't worth the trouble to run down, LOL.

 

Exactly right. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 

If the event is nuclear and close by, I'll run towards it, as I don't care to be a periphery survivor disabled and dying slowly.

Bugging out is only good if you have a prepped place to go, can get there in a short time (under 4 hrs?) and can self sustain in place for a long time. For urbanites, almost impossible in many locations.

Like when we have hurricanes, most folks who think they are prepped, aren't. As the game is never what you predict.

 

I think everybody should have some emergency supplies. I'm not saying don't prep at all or anything. Candles, kero lanterns and heaters, water and food supplies for a month or so. This is more for local events like power outages and serious snow storms though. If there is a truly national or global event, most of us are probably just screwed.

Even the natural disaster prep only works if you bother to test, refresh supplies, and do some practice runs. Most people don't do that. My family can survive comfortably for about a month, in place. Beyond that, I really hope God has a plan for us because I sure don't.

 

Truth.

It's why bread, milk, water and gas get sold out in the hours before a storm. Never have figured out the milk.

 

My guess is that milk is for kids who are used to drinking it. And also for cooking as lots of recipes for cooking require milk. When I lived along the Gulf Coast it was SOP to stock up on milk, both fresh and powered for cooking before and after a Hurricane. Powdered milk can make biscuits, pancakes, cakes, and other food stuffs that folks like to cook for comfort food before, during, and after a storm. I also believe that lots of folks who don't drink milk as part of their daily routine habitually buy milk when a disaster is looming because its a basic staple they think they need.

But to drift back on topic for OP, it is actually surprising how little you need to survive after a disaster if you are prepared. #1 always on my list is at least two or more ways to get and store potable water. Water is life. Without water, life grinds to a halt fairly quickly. I have a 300 gallon inline storage tank installed in my crawlspace that uses FIFO storage (First in, First out) with simple piping. At 1 gallon per person per day ~350ish gallons of H2O give me roughly two months of potable water. After water, salt is most important. After salt, basic foodstuffs like flour, sugar, and oil complete the prep list. With just those, you and your family can survive almost any natural disaster for the minimum recovery time. I also have at least two or three new in wrap large Harbor Freight Tarps that can serve as improvised rain catchers. Rains plenty where I live.

I gave up on having a vehicle for a BOB list item years ago for all the reasons posted here. If I have the only working vehicle I am a target. If I have the only working vehicle I need fuel. Its just not worth it. In my suburban hood I plan to use Pete and Re-Pete or a bike to get around.

If I had to pick one thing and one thing only that mattered most for prep its potable Water. No other resource is as important.

 

My Christmas gift has me covered!

 

When hurricanes come stock up on bottled water, canned food ( non perishable and can be eaten cold) ammo, gasoline (lots of it), butt wipe, propane tanks, batteries, flashlights, candles, and a few other odds and ends. Looters are a thing during hurricane strikes. I like to be on the ball. Guns loaded, curtains drawn. Also heavy duty long zip ties and duct tape come in damn handy for many things. My rule is stealth over confrontation. If I can keep my prepared shit out of sight then it’s better for me.

 

You fuckin bubblehead!

<< Fellow Bubblehead!

What boats were you on?

 

MT2(SS) on the Lafayette 616B

 

I was an TM1(ss) on the Thomas Jefferson 618 in Guam. Converted to MT1(ss) and served on the Holland and then the Lewis and Clark 644 in Charleston.

I wanted to add I worked with the A2, A3, C3, C4 and D5 Missiles and Systems.

 

I joined in '78 when the TM's were all converting to MT. It was good times back then.

 

Yes it was. I converted in 78 and went to shore duty in Charleston SC.

I do not know what to think about the new Navy with females on the boats. I couldn't do it.