Ryan Walkowski

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	location	Inverness, Scotland \| Cambridge, Massachusetts
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	1,055 reputation	bio	website	facebook.com/ryan.walkowski	visits	member for	1 year, 2 months
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Aug 5	answered	What is this knob for on my fireplace?
Aug 5	answered	Why does my fluorescent light fixture take minutes to turn on in high heat and humidity?
Aug 5	comment	How Do I Plan for an Intrusion Detection System? Best not to use cat6 or any other solid conductor cable. Use screened braided cable in alarm systems it can make a big difference.
Jul 9	comment	Can I power my air conditioning with solar energy? If you do use batteries at all the best type to use are marine batteries they are designed to last 10-15 years. They are not as cheap for obvious reasons however if you are continually replacing parts its really a false economy
Jul 9	answered	What could cause ceiling fan lights to flicker on with power and then go out immediately?
Jun 6	comment	Is there a device that will allow a bathroom fan to run for 5 minutes after it is switched off? Well while I was originally from the U.K I have lived in Massachusetts for 7 years and the above is still common here. It was the standard back home also. As for been cost effective the above method does not require a separate or additional switch/controller it works of a standard light fitting thus your only purchase is the fan which has the electronic timer built in. But all in all it's just semantics. They do the same job
Jun 6	comment	Is there a device that will allow a bathroom fan to run for 5 minutes after it is switched off? Odd I see them in all domestics. Guess thats a regional thing. As for the power issue, Fans have a L1, L2, N connections. They take a neutral and a live from the lighting circuit and the light switch switches the L2 connection therefore the fan has power after the switch is turned off but it starts the timer. that is also why you need a triple pole isolator to make it safe if working on.
Jun 6	answered	Is there a device that will allow a bathroom fan to run for 5 minutes after it is switched off?
May 16	answered	Repair holes in copper pipe
May 16	answered	How do you calculate if it's worth it to insulate?
May 16	answered	Inferring wire gauge from cable size
May 14	awarded	Commentator
May 14	comment	Sound deadening in a small (~5x6) room with a glass wall We coated the entire walls and roof and laid down a thick carpet. After trying a decibel meter afterwards the noise level that penetrated the wall dropped from 80dB to 15dB. I should point out that our research turned up that awkward shapes in the room actually help reduce the sound level also. So if you happen to have a "L" shape room or some other feature, It helps it distort the sound wave coupled with the foam/carpet it absorbs the patterns rather than amplifying them.
May 13	answered	Sound deadening in a small (~5x6) room with a glass wall
May 12	answered	Circuit breaker trips every couple of weeks
May 10	revised	What are the things to look out for when buying a motion detector? Updated answer
May 10	answered	What are the things to look out for when buying a motion detector?
May 10	awarded	Editor
May 10	revised	How to replace a single light switch with an electric dimmer switch deleted 238 characters in body
May 10	comment	How to replace a single light switch with an electric dimmer switch Also do not use the "S" terminal its designed for connecting a like for like dimmer switch as a slave unit.