Eli5 how could an electromagnetic impulse, say from the sun for example, disable a whole power grid?
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Electro-magnetic pulses can induce voltage spikes in ungrounded/poorly shielded circuitry. These voltages can fry the junctions in transistors, killing the device. This is one of the problems during a nuclear war….all the modern circuitry would die as the electromotive forces were produced during the bomb explosion.
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