We live in Roseburg Oregon. at least 6 years ago we remodeled our garage into a bed/bathroom. All electrical was inspected and we have had no problems. The entire bedroom including outlets, 2 ceiling lights, one with fan are all on one circuit. One ceiling light is connected with 3 way switch, and has a dimmer switch. Recently when a light switch is turned on the clock radio resets, and it takes a moment or 2 for the lights to come on. I have checked the ground at the breaker box, the ground wires at several locations, and replaced the "dimmer switch" in the 3 way circuit. All 3 switches in the room cause the same problem. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Jamretke

Hello everyone! I have a problem that's been on my mind for a while now and i haven't been able to find a reliable solution to my needs so far. Thus, i have decided to ask for help on various forums to see if there is anyone with the skill and experience who could provide solid instructions or advice on how to achieve what needs to be achieved. (I apologize in advance for my limited english skills, I am not a native speaker.) To make things a bit easier, let's say hypothetically that i need to build a miniature bomb shelter (I'm not building a bomb shelter but we can all blissfully pretend i will). In this construction, i need to have a fan and 4 lightbulbs connected to some sort of UPS unit, battery bank, inverter or something which will be able to provide power for a minimum of 2 hours straight in case of a power shortage. People will be living in the bombshelter so risk of fire or release of harmful gases has to be minimized. The fan will be running at 40W, 220/230 Volt, 0.21A. The lights will be 4 x 8W CFL bulbs. My hopes are to be able to build an arrangement like this on a tight budget as possible while having it run safely with minimized risk of fire or release of hazardous gases etc. So i presume an offline setup would be the best? My plan was to get an old UPS unit and daisychaining external hobby/motorcycle batteries to lengthen the back-up runtime to a minimum of 2 hours. So far what i think i have figured out is that deep cycle discharge batteries (gelcells?) would be the best since they release no gases (unless i've misinterpreted this info). What worries me is how to get the right Voltage and amps to run both fan and lights without blowing eiher to smithereens. If i use an old UPS unit, what VA and W should i have to which batteries? How would this be built/assembled/connected? In total, power consumption in case of a power shortage will probably not exceed 100W. What kind of UPS could i get away with using which would be compatible with this output with a daisychained battery stack? Is there anything else which would be a better option? Since this isn't about computers, the switch to back-up power probably doesn't have to be immediate so ms's are probably of less importance unless it could fry the electronics in the fan or lights. Has anyone built something similar and what are your experiences? I would be very thankful if i could get any advice.