Whole home surge PROTECTION worth it?? EMP SHIELD Review 

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They're lying by calling this an "EMP" shield. This item is a surge protector. EMP, however, blankets everything. The pulse doesn't enter your house via the breaker box. I could imagine that the EMP Shield itself might survive the EMP, but it can't protect your computer from one. Only a faraday cage solves this problem.

We had something similar on the panel of our previous house. I was not sure about it until a big storm rolled through and there was a lighting strike that blew out a lot of our neighbors stuff. That little box saved us a small fortune, at least to us, in electronics. The box was sacrificial in nature and was rendered DOA after the event. It did its job and were were happy it did.

I think this would work OK for surges coming into the house on the power line. But an EMP pulse could also come from an air burst weapon. In this case it will come in via a TV cable or antenna connection which is after the protector on the power line. It may even come in directly to a units wiring or circuit board traces. Like a tv or appliance with digital controls.

This looks exactly like a Siemens FS 140 which does the same thing for less $. I installed the Siemens in all of my breaker boxes right after we had a surge which knocked out our new HVAC , the repair man said to get a Siemens FS140 and all of our electronics would last much longer

We had this EMP SHIELD added to our car and to electric box. Phoned our Licensed Electrician to search out his opinion and he said he already had it added to his electric box at his house. So we had the vehicle and electric box EMP added. NOW WE SLEEP VERY GOOD EACH NIGHT!! 😴

rememder when the grid gooes down this means your main power station is propably going to go down

We had them installed on both vehicles and the house. We also added surge suppression to all cable tv, dsl, and network cables. Don’t forget these.

Very helpful video but this beginner noticed on thing you didn't mention. From what I've learned from other videos is that the surge protector SHOULD be connected to the breakers that are closest to the main breaker on top. You've got yours on the bottom. No biggie.

The "flying hands" are very distracting! Less distracting though, when the video zoomed out and the camera filmed the breaker box.

Finally someone that understands how an EMP works. There are so many people saying this will protect from an EMP no matter what. If you read EMP Shields papers on their testing and approvals it says that the device is tested on a hardened structure (Basically a faraday cage enclosed building). This means just like you said its only protecting what comes in on the utility line. It does not protect from the EMP wave, so if you are outside that wave then you are probably ok but inside the wave it won't help.

Lightning was my real concern in getting one. Looking at comparably rated whole home surge protectors like the Siemens Boltshield FSPD 140-kA it is only about $120 USD more. Worth it, IMO.

Thanks for your review!

The only way I can think making a house completely EMP protection I here you need a metal faraday cage. And main service probably need to be in Ridge Metal pipe. What if wires would need to be in MC or EMT pipe because we shielded Low voltage in commercial in a EMT pipe. A lot low voltage wire that shielded has a tinfoil wrap around wires underneath the insulation. So we ground to water main and put in 2 ground rods. And if a concrete slab has a rebar we hit that run a ground wire for the gas company so that can clamp there gas line. But old house don’t have all that the old ground wire only hit the water main. And If PVC water main come in there be no ground for that no need to ground plastic. So I say to try to make a faraday cage in you house make all your wires surround by metal so running wire through pipe and MC and make boxes Metal you surrounded all your wires with metal. The only way I can think it can happen. Romex had a ground but surrounded by plastic and air. I can’t say it will work but they say you need in metal cage to protect the electronic so i think if all wires are run in metal conduit or Metal Clad they be surrounded by metal . When plug thing into a metal box that has a cord put your cell phone in box receptacle inside to charging your electronic close metal box cover so the hole system like hospital ground with a second insulated ground

Thanks Tim! This was the first time I've seen a really honest review of an EMP Shield! I've wanted to buy one for my car, but due to the expense, I'm not sure it's worth it. Your review has REALLY changed my mind! Thanks again!

Just protecting your house from lightning and power surges is worth getting it. I know if they are meeting military acceptance then that says something. I was introduced to EMP protection on generators in the military in the 80's. Lots of testing since then. I will look into it for my house. Thanks for the well-researched review.

Great review thanks, I've been looking for a whole house surge protector and really like the EMP-Shield as you said the EMP protection would be icing on the cake.

Nice to know information thank you

I added one for my house, and one for a vehicle just last weekend. I personally know of two houses that have been hit by lightning. I purchased for EMP protection it was not my first thing I did for protection, but I feel in todays world an EMP is much more likely.

Great video!

Save yourself a load of cash and buy lightening/surge protection for $50 bucks instead of $360. That's what arrestors do, they shunt surges to ground and the arrestor is blown to bits instead of your equipment. EMP protection? Nuclear blasts happening overhead? Sheesh.... Worse things to think about than electrical circuits. Solar flares? The last significant blast in 1859 charged up the giant earth capacitor that kept the telegraph lines running for hours without their battery power connected. Show me a device that can deal with that and I'm onboard. Otherwise, nahhhh not so much.

love your videos by the way ok get doing it

Dragging a chain under your rig makes you a fire hazard. DOT warns against just letting your trailer chains drag for that reason. The last thing we need in brush and forest fire country is, sparks flying off of a chain be dragged down the road at 60 MPH. AND, some say the dragging chain builds up a charge on the vehicle.

I want this device as an EMP/CME protector not a regular surge protector. I am interested in getting a few of these for our vehicles because the shit is getting more wild in the world right now and the chances of a World War are very high. With that war coming the chances of EMP/CME are very very high and I want to be able to rip up further North in British Columbia if and when it does go down. Some people might say that when it does happen we are all done but it all depends where you live and how prepared you are (some of us might survive it all or survive a bit longer.) I have read up information on forums and people are saying that this device is a scam. Majority of the people who buy this device in the States and Canada are wanting it for an actual EMP/CME scenario and not a regular surge protector or lighting protection, especially the fact that the device is named EMP Shield. Thanks for video!

I had my entire heating air central air sys. fried after a power outage snd restart. Codt over 500. Now i have these on home and vehicle. My electrician purchased 3 for his vehicle and shop.

It looks like you have done a lot of research that means a lot

I was looking forward to a teardown! What's inside?

I ordered the product still waiting on the delivery we will see! Just had a huge number of cell towers go down today due to a solar flare which when looking up on nasa website we have been experiencing a lot here lately and are expecting more this year. They said they will work for me and even if the power is off to my office grid property so hope they are right! Being prepared can be a good thing, I would rather have it and not need it than need it and not have it ! God bless and be with you all.

I will comment on this company's vehicle EMP suppressor. The RED goes to the POSITIVE, the BLACK goes to the NEGATIVE of the battery. Great! The GREEN goes to the metal on your car; to 'dump to ground' the EMP. EXCUSE me, but the metal chassis and the NEGATIVE of the battery are the SAME THING. They are 'dumping the surge' back into the battery. The car is ISOLATED from EARTH ground by the rubber tires. Tell me how I'm wrong, so I can learn something.

Nice video

This is great. I’m just worried the utility providers don’t prep for this and what good will this do in your house if the whole grid that provides energy is down? 😊

Just bought the home unit - cost in Canadian dollars was $542.94 not counting install (with 20 Amp breaker included) $292.95 = total $835.89. As I had no surge protection anyway - I decided to get both types of protection. I already had an emergency generator panel installed with external hook-up for my 6500W Honda Generator to connect to - so $ 835.89 more wasn't going to make much of a difference budget wise. Thanks for the informative video - I have to use an electrician due to Condo rules - but the install looks fairly straight forward as long as home insurance is not an issue.

Thank you for your presentation, well done but you also need to add high saturation ferrite that clips around your wires coming into the panel .Usually need 3 but some panel set up needs 4. This will absorb the E1 first wave so that your protector can deal with the E2 and E3 wave. You can also do the same for your vehicle clasping a high saturation ferrite on the positive and neg battery cables along will EMP shield for vehicle. My concern is to protect from a geomagnetic storm power surge that will do a lot of damage to the wires ,panel , and electronics in the house. Without this protection on your modern vehicle , the electronics get fried and the vehicle is done. The probability of a Carrington like event geomagnetic storm is much higher than a nuclear EMP and will occur in this solar maximum cycle. Will it hit the Americas or Europe or Asia is the unknown, but we need to be prepared. the manufacturer claims that it will protect against a geomagnetic storm which is different than a nuclear EMP. When you know that there is an X 15 or more stronger flare and that the CME is going to impact the Earth , you can cover your vehicles and generator with a Faraday cloth( pricey cloth) for added protection.

I used to live in a trailer house outside of Tucson. There are some pretty intense lighting storms that go through that area. I installed one of these there because I considered it extremely cheap insurance. Did I get hit by lighting? No. Would I spend that money if I had to to it over again? You bet your bippy I would! Like I said, cheap insurance!

Should be as easy as installing a 220 breaker for a 220 branch circuit

Really seems inexpensive for the benefit. Thanks for the walk through.

I purchased an EMP Shield for my solar controller. It totally discharged my batteries and damaged the controller forcing me to buy another. I'd NEVER advise someone to buy this thing as they do NOT stand behind their warranty. Incidentally, they have NOT adequately tested this thing so there's no proof that it will actually work.

If it would protect your house from an EMP that would be nice but the issue is that your Electric Utility is not protected so no electricity would be going into your home for a very very very long time

They also sell EMP Shields for vehicles so I wish you would have mentioned that. One other point is protection from CMEs also. The third party testing which is what I liked. There is no way of knowing if it works and only time will tell. I hope it works.

Just say that its sacrificial.......I finally am sort of onboard...... but where does it go relative to the fuse

Interesting, how do two grounds work? The car version has a ground and a ground...sure the house ver has similar...so connecting two grounds is a short...hm...

I have 3 questions that I am hoping you can answer...1) my home is old and ungrounded, so will it still work the same as advertised? 2) Is installation the same? 3) So with this installed, there is no need for other surge protection in your home correct?

Faraday cages aren’t 100% for emp or solar flares. They are so powerful there is leakage that can still destroy ur electronics and this comes from someone who hangs out with a friend who had studied emps and solar flare and cmes. He has a faraday cage in his garage and I said I need one to protect from an emp and he said yea no it won’t protect fully cause there is leakage cause of how powerful they are. He did say having a faraday cage and then a microwave inside of it and putting ur phone and stuff inside that would protect it from whatever leakage makes it through.

I work in a technical college in Israel. Obviously we have many computers, electronics, delicate equipment and other specialized stuff for the students, profs, and researchers. The newer buildings have the grounds go through a triple CB(as if made for a 3~ circuit) although the ground is by definition one phase, I assume to make sure it only trips if there is a massive over-current event and not just a fault with one CB. This is done mostly in case lightning strikes the mountain the college sits on. Would I hook up the ground wire of the EMP gadget directly to the REAL ground(unprotected, or uninterruptable, by the triple CB tripping), thus shunting lightning or EMP around the triple CB lightning protection? Is it to be connected to the general, interruptable, ground?

I have been investigating this product, and Tim uses a great deal of common sense in his video. Good information and I will probably purchase this product.

How does it work? It doesn't really seem to be "in-line" with the path of a surge like a surge protector power strip used for computers and etc.

Love the video but it would be even cooler if you made a 5 min version of this video you may get more views :D

I was told this will not do anything..

It has 3 BIG honking fast acting *_metal oxide varistors_* in it, one that goes from L1 to ground, one that go from L2 to ground and one that goes across L1 to L2. *_Metal Oxide Varistors (varistors)_* are used to protect electronic devices against overvoltage surges. An MOV rated at 120 volts AC may be able to handle 170 volts or more for a short time. This is call the shunt or crowbar voltage, what happens is when the voltage is below the crowbar voltage the MOV is open when the voltage exceeds the crowbar voltage it becomes a dead short and shunts or crowbars the higher voltage directly to ground there by protecting the devices that are connected to the grid. The MOV that is across L1 to L2 has a higher crowbar voltage than the ones that go from L1 or l2 to ground. There is a little more to it but that is basically what it does. *_Metal Oxide Varistors (varistors)_* are used on the tops of just about all of the grid power poles on the grid, if you know what to look for you can see them on the poles. They are usually next to or near the BIG honking circuit breaker located on the top of the power poles. MOV have been used for this purpose for years to help protect the power grid.

Tim, I really enjoy listening to you on Nicole's show from time to time. This EMP Shield is a scam though. I saw a post on Reddit where a guy took one apart and all there was inside was an LED. I'm an electrical engineer with experience in EMI testing on military products. Can a device be protected from EMP? Yes. Proper shielding, special diodes, and other methods can do it but there is no out of the box solution. None. Please tear one of these products apart and see for yourself.

We have a tin roof and have metal panals on outside walls, if i was to cover windows with insulated double side foil would my house then be a faraday cage for the electronics that arent plugged in? We are still connected to grid so i get that anything plugged in would fry. Possibly ignighting. Shoot. My house isnt fireproof... but is my house a faraday cage?

Do you need these for inverters and charge controllers not connected to the grid? Them things are not cheap.

Its surge prtector "thats it" nothing more!

A paid reviewer/testing lab might not have an investment in the company but if they're paid to review something there is a financial incentive to be positive.

ok, if I installed it in my trucks. Wouldn't the car battery still be dead? Items not plugged in wouldn't be affected? like a gas-powered generator, or how would you wire that, the same?

Ok Tim, it is connected to one half of your breaker box electrical, what about the other half? Seems to me only 1/2 of your house is protected. Two legs on your box (120 X 2) and your connected to one side leg while the other leg isn't connected. It isn't a 6 wire unit only a 4 wire. There is only one 20a breaker. Explain that to me please. How is your whole house protected?

I had my heat pump fried by electric surge.

How to hook it up to my bluetti solar system and generator in my Rv?

I watched your video & have been thinking of buying something to protect my home & vehicle. Regarding a whole home EMP protection, what good is it if the power grid itself is blown, there would be no power coming to your home anyhow?

Does this protect your whole house generator too, or do you need a separate unit?

get a level. make an offset. when i c shit like that i'm afraid to open the panel because i know some amateur has been in there

Does it have a whole house filter with the surge protector?

Is it any better than a whole home surge suppressor?

Why this and not a Midnight solar surge protector for third of the price?

If there's a nationwide EMP attack and the grids go down, wouldn't there not be any electricity available to flow into the protected home? 🤔

Will connecting to your breaker box protect the solar equipment?

"All you have to do is send them $50 bucks and they'll send you a new one". That's not a guarantee, you're just buying a new one... This thing is a scam. It's a power surge protector at best. Or a lightning arrester. EMP travel through the atmosphere. This device is just a surge protector.

How mutch

Protection should be installed closest to the top, no?

`I Have a Double pole 20 amp breaker, but it has already a current black, and red, can I piggy back off this breaker??

Guaranteed the pigtails are too long to protect from an EMP. Also if lightning surge is your aim you want it to pop the main breaker.

It doesnt protect the electri ity before ele tri ty gets to your fuse box Your infomercial never explaind that

What is price of these Emp shield ?

How will this help you at home if all the public utilities are knocked out by the emt at the source?

I dont see how this or any item that does not cover / encase the entire computer system and entire fuse box with Faraday type protection an EMP is basically like being in a room with MRI machine the particals of electro magnetism dont just hit or strick wires its gonna hit the entire every square micro mm all parts of ypur car so its gonna pass through your car computer car fuse box ....thats gonna fry any computer board resister transistors any and every electronic PART AND PARTS. It looks like you would have to have ypur fuse box and any computer totally incased inside of a Faraday box then every wire going in and coming out emp protected so Im suspecting you need FARADAY protecrion to go hand in hand with these type of units because of the basic law of physics of the way a EMP wave form works ...I really dont see how this would protect the computer board and chips plus fuses from being directly struck by the wave forms bypassing and battery connection and any wires its still gonna strike the electrical components so no matter if you had the battery and all electrical wires unhooked the EMP signal is still gonna short out and fry components that are not completly surrounded and covered by some sort of FARADAY protection

The only problem is how are you going to have power to use your appliances if the power grid is down? Unless you live off grid. So basically you will have appliances that don't work anyway. If I could find a way to store around 30 gallons of gas I may be interested in an EMP shield for my car.

Does it really need a double breaker? I saw someone connect it to two single pole breakers that are adjacent to each other. Can it be a 30 amp or higher?

Where is your third party testing info???

a house will be just as effected as a vehicle with or without the "EMP Shield" which is just a glorified surge protector, this is a post I made when some youtuber made a similar vid but with the car version by the same company. Long story short it's useless against EMP but excellent against regular surges and therefore still a good idea with cars and homes for regular "surge events" that don't need an EMP to occur. the way the company that makes that box thinks an EMP works is you can have a car with a battery hooked up like any other and just add the surge protector and that's it, sorted. But if using that logic (which is incorrect btw), then simply disconnecting the battery on a modern "bug out" vehicle and grounding the chassis / unibody will achieve the same thing. Unfortunately this is where that company's theory falls out of the bus. 1st they have never tested their product using an EMP generator in an enclosed facility so none of their products have ever passed the actual grade, it's only theoretical. 2nd the "surge effect" is present in the circuits and even chips themselves without needing a closed circuit or power source. So even with the "magic box" hooked up it will fry most chips in the vehicle. Just drape a faraday/EMP tarp over the vehicle and don't remove it for a few hours until there are no signs of further EMP strikes, you can test this by making devices that will purposely become inactive when removed from an EMP bag or garage with faraday / EMP lining fabric. Then simply just drive out the garage with a completely unmodified vehicle. If you want a vehicle that will operate during an EMP event, just stick to mechanical and carry some extra fuses. You can use these same principles with RVs, campers, homes, etc. Also most budget generators are completely mechanical

does a home owner with a EMP whole house install still need a EMP for their whole house generator ?

With an EMP event, there will be no power anywhere

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They’re going to be needed in airplanes!

So where is the link to these "third party reports"? Saying they "passed" is no bueno.

Hi. I react to you using the term EMP in your video to describe something that sounds like a lightning protective gear. I was expecting some type of doomsday prepper video 😂 Do you even know what the abbreviation EMP means? Looks like you are describing a Power Surge unit and not EMP. You couldn't protect your house by disconnecting your house with EMP. EMP is more in the street of a solar flare hitting earth hard or a nuclear bomb, a tiny more localised nuke or even a specialised EMP bomb without any nuclear detonation

Please, Please, Please put your hands down!!

If there is an EMP which will wipe-out the grid what is the use of protecting your home? Isn`t it a mute point?

Where is a demo of this thing actually working? Also is it Thor Approved "Joke"

it can withstand an 'emp equivalent' surge, according to the testing. BUT, what happens to the devices it is supposed to protect? To me it isn't clear in the testing. The device survival is great, but if you stuff gets toasted by the E3 wave, the box didn't do much good. Just one old fart's opinion.

All these reviews and nobody has taken one apart and looked inside

*Since you brought it up, where DO I find Alien Abduction Insurance?*

I don't know I don't think any government testing facilities would tell you the truth maybe you should get a really strong magnet get one of those surge protectors EMP devices and try it against a big magnet on your computer or get a faraday bag and put a phone in it and tries a big magnet then I'm sure you'll get some kind of results out of that and then just imagine it 1000 times more powerful and maybe more let us know what you come up with I was thinking more like a copper aluminum LED layered box that is grounded that sounds more safe against a magnetic pulse I don't know let us know the results LOL

Well my question is yeah you may save your electronics in your house and the panel and all that good stuff but what good is it going to do when the electrical grid in the country gets knocked out there’s not going to be any electricity coming to your house.

I call be on the warranty how they going to pay you the $25,000 if the whole world wide grid is down 🙄

That's stupid I'm off grid I care what he's saying

You're advertising a scam product that isn't even UL listed (the only thing that matters for any surge suppressing device) and that will do absolutely NOTHING against EMP since EMP can induce damaging current within each electric device unless that device has EMP-shielded enclosure.

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Okay this is what my electrician told me about Power Surge protection. Hence a lightning strike. You could have your electrical company mount a coarse protection away from your house a little. Then have a medium protection in your own fuse box, then have a finer protection at let say your precious gear like a 5 thousand dollars computer you want to protect. It works in this way: The strike has a wave behaviour to it. So even if you dampen it at one spot early it will strengthen again after the dampening if it has in-house electrical grid to traverse afterwards. The key word here is dampening function of these power surge units. Therefore you also need the fine protection for each precious unit at the electrical socket before your precious unit. Alternatively to a simpler surge protection unit you could go with a galvanized separation of the power, like a battery operated UPS. But it got to be a bit quality with being for instance online UPS. Or you could also get a power adaptor 120 Volt to 120 Volt that gives you galvanized separation instead. Because with a UPS it is the battery plus the built-in power surge that becomes the galvanized sep. plus dampening function. Many just buy a fine protection unit for there socket of a high quality. And hope that no wave gets through to your precious equipment. It is way better than no protection and then it is built around having the surge protection take the power surge and it may die before your precious equipment. But there is time and the wave behaviour to consider here. So a simple power surge unit might take the brunt of it but maybe not everything. Especially if the gear is super sensitive to taking damage. I'm not an expert. But you can choose: A. A heavier installation with coarseness stepping. Two or three steps to your liking. B. A UPS (universal power supply) of online true sinus curve specifications C. A power transformer, but maybe you need a fine power surge too here to block the wave as a second steo? I'm not sure D. Just go for the Power Surge unit and take the risk. But then place it near your equipment, and not just at your fuse box for the house Good luck

Fun fact: this product is not UL listed/certified. It's a re-badged version of generic no-name, uncertified product that you can find on certain popular Chinese online stores ;)

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