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Faraday Cage

mbeckley 6th Nov 2009

You make a good point, however in my research I found the following definition of a Faraday cage: - A Faraday cage is a metallic enclosure that prevents the entry or escape of an electromagnetic field (EM field). We are both correct because radio waves and electrostatic discharges both qualify as EMF phenomena. My point was that an electronic component inside the Faraday cage can't get zapped by an EMF phenomenon outside the cage.

Yes one could create static inside the cage and zap the component but that is extremely unlikely in the context of a small metallic computer case that unlike Faraday's barred cage provides a full metal jacket around all of the sensitive electronic components and is electrically grounded to boot.

It was never my intention to make anyone mad with this article. I am trying to get people to move away from buying disposable computers that end up in landfills and buy quality that really can last a lifetime.

Thanks for your comments.
Mark Beckley