Leviton 612-6260M-00W Decora 60-30-20-10 Preset Minute Electronic Timer, White
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Leviton 612-6260M-00W Decora 60-30-20-10 Preset Minute Electronic Timer, White
Customer Review: Great!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the best replacement for the old dial timer!Customer Review: Good product - read if you are not an electrician
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a nice product that works well and is easy to install IF you know a few things up front.
I installed three of the timers. The first one took 45 minutes, the second 15 minutes, and the third 5 minutes. This is not the products fault other than it could have a little better directions. I am not an electrician but I do some easy handyman tasks around the house like putting in these switches. So for the non-electricians here are a couple of tips that might save you some time - most of these have a DUH! factor but I am listing them just in case.
My installation was for three bathroom exhaust fans in a one year old house. Two were two switch, one was a three switch.
Things to note:
1) A couple of other reviews mention that this product MUST have a third wire to work - this is true. None of my existing switches use this third wire so I thought I was out of luck until I looked closer. There were some white (cream) colored wires in the switch box which were indeed the third wire. These white wires were stubbed and all I had to do was take off the twist connector, attach the timer's third wire, and put the connector back on.
2) The timer comes with an extra wide metal facing that I am sure is needed for some usages, but when putting on a wall switch the extra metal can be removed for easier installation. Using pliers you can bend the extra metal off at the grooves that the product comes with. I took off the extra metal on both sides to get it down to the size of a wide on/off switch. It takes 30 seconds to remove the extra metal.
3) Be sure to turn of the electricity. I have done things like this without doing so, but for this you really need to because the timer has external wires to connect rather than having posts on the timer to attach the wires. The is not a big deal, but the switch box gets VERY full and if you want a neat installation you will want to position the wires before cramming the timer back in. When moving around this much wire inside of a box, it is important to turn off the juice.
4) I ended up taking out the other switch (leaving on the wires, I just unscrewed it from the box) to make getting to the third wire easier and to allow for a neater installation.
Once I did the above (see what I mean about the DUH factor) I was able to do the third timer in 5 minutes.
Overall timer seems like a quality product that works well.
Customer Review: Works like a charm
Summary: 4 Stars
I bought two Leviton 612-6260M timers and installed for exhaust fans in two different bathroom, its been working like a charm for two months.
The instructions are not easy to understand. These timers require that you have a ground and a neutral at the switch location. This is an important detail that you should investigate before you buy these switches. If you just have a switch leg in the box, i.e. the hot leg only which would be two blacks or a black and a white thats marked, then this timer will not work properly.
The only issue I see is for people that have shallow junction boxes, this switch is very large, that combined with all the wire nuts and you'll be lucky if you can install it at all with a shallow box. Overall, i am happy with this product and waiting for the price to drop to install in remaining bathrooms.
Customer Review: Still going strong
Summary: 4 Stars
Out of all the bathroom fan swith timers I have seen I still like this one the best. Simple installation, simple operation, does just what we need.
I bought four of them almost five years ago and they are all still working just fine. I came here today to order some more for my daughter's condo.
The only criticism I have is the size of the unit can make it a challenge to install if your switch box is jammed with anything else that will take up a lot of space (like a dimmer, for example).
I got really tired of coming home at the end of the day to find somebody had left a fan running all day long. This is a simple solution to the problem.
Customer Review: Fan timer...
Summary: 4 Stars
Providing your switch box has the feed plus ground in it this timer wires up well and works. If the feed is in your ceiling fan (should you want it for a bathroom) your switch box does not have the right lines in it. Namely this device wants black and white lines plus ground and the two lines up to the fan ie more black and white lines. These requirements seem strange. I had all the right lines in my switch box.