Leviton 612-6230M-W Decora 30-15-10-5 Preset Minute Electronic Timer, White
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Leviton 612-6230M-W Decora 30-15-10-5 Preset Minute Electronic Timer, White
Customer Review: leviton electronic switch
Summary: 5 Stars
easy to install easy to use easy to allot right amount of time to clear shower humidityCustomer Review: Nice product
Summary: 5 Stars
Nice product. Works great, my wife wants to get another one to replace our wind-up type.Customer Review: Good timer
Summary: 5 Stars
Works great and eazy to use. Individual LED's make it easy to find in the dark.Customer Review: Works well, but it's HUGE
Summary: 4 Stars
I've installed three of these in my home, all controlling bathroom exhaust fans. The switch works great, and it's been wonderful not to have to remember to turn off the fan. (Or, even more importantly, not to have to remind the kids to do it!)
In each case, the switch is in a dual-gang box. The switch is so deep and wide that it can take some serious wire origami to make it fit. It'd probably be fine next to a standard light switch, but in my bathrooms it was going in next to another Decora switch, and, in one case, a Decora dimmer.
In all three cases, I had to remove the breakaway parts of the metal shield. (On a dimmer switch, this would remove the maximum amperage it could handle. I assume the same happens on this timer, although the manual doesn't mention it.) I had to remove the breakaway parts on the dimmer switch too. Even with all that, in one box I had trouble getting the switch in because there was a small amount of conduit sticking into the box from the side; the timer was so wide that the few millimeters caused a real problem.
If you're putting this in a single-gang installation, you'll probably have a much easier go of it. But it sure would have been nice if they provided dimensions and details on how much of the metal shield you can break off.
Customer Review: Leviton Timer switch review
Summary: 4 Stars
Having now fitted this timer switch, it works fine. I use it for a bathroom extractor fan
To be sure of being able to have room to fit the timer and all the wires I bought an extra deep receptacle box. It was pretty obvious that a regular receptacle box would have been too shallow. The timer has four wires and four wire nuts are included in the package. It can be a bit tricky getting the wire nuts to grip as the timer wires are multi-strand and I was using standard solid single wire household cable for the feed and supply to the fan. In the end I couldn't get the a wire nut to secure the ground wire connection so I soldered them and wrapped them in electrician's tape.
The timer offers times of 5, 10,15 and 30 minutes. There's an button to turn it off too; good if you want to just stop the fan there and then or select a different time delay.
In conclusion, I recommend this switch.