Tape is none conductive if doesn't contain metal, such as black electric tape, gray duct tape, clear package tape etc...
..........................Dennis

Wrap it around a metal rod and stick it in an electrical socket. Either you will know it was not conductive or your family will know it was.

hemmm... yeah, i think i'll try that.

An electro magnetic pulse is an "electrical charge" that travels to the ground, similar to lightning. The difference is that lightning is an actual bolt of electricity that travels along a path and follows the path of least resistance. An EMP is actually a magnetic pulse and not a "charge" so it penetrates as it travels and travels in a blanket fashion. It basically would act like placing anything electronic in a microwave oven for 5 seconds. The metal shields anything inside from the pulse, but it will temporarily "charge" the shell, so if it touches the metal shell it is fried. The cardboard is simply a non-conductive item that prevents the item from touching the metal shell. Studies have shown that you can use wire mesh because the pulse wave is large enough that it cannot go through the holes, but I forget what size holes, so I recommend a solid metal to be sure.

Not an electrical specialist so my terminology may not be right on, but this is the basic deal.

Geez Stainless: If you were brought up in the north country, you'd be the kid trying to talk another kid into giving a flag pole a french kiss when its 20 below zero.
How about just checking the resistance in the tape with a V.O.M. meter
.....................................Dennis................

Not as much fun, besides, I bet he'd live...


...any takers?

When I was a kid I talked a younger cousin into peeing on a electric fence. For awhile there he didn't want to live.
Had never seen anybody do the "funky chicken" befor.....Dennis

Alaskan wrote:When I was a kid I talked a younger cousin into peeing on a electric fence. For awhile there he didn't want to live.
Had never seen anybody do the "funky chicken" befor.....Dennis

didnt want to live... hahahha! lmao! I dont know why. It just makes me laugh when I think about it.

"For awhile there he didn't want to live."

LOL.
Sounds a bit like really bad sea-sickness: You lie on the deck afraid you're gonna die, then it gets worse and you lie on the deck afraid you wont.
Been there, done that, check it off.

Bid : God I know that feeling. Have been around the world twice on ships.
Have only been sea sick twice, both times between here in Seward and Kodiak Island.
Only 12 more hours to Kodiak? , maybe if I jump over the side I'll get sucked through the screws and it will be over quickly.
Maybe I should'nt have made last call at the Yukon Bar....
Oh well I was younger then...............Dennis