Woods 59007WD 30-Minute In-Wall Digital Countdown Timer with Decora Style - White | Perfect for Bathroom Fans, Kitchen Lights & Home Automation

This was a straightforward install. I especially appreciate that it doesn't take up every last cc of space in the box -- wiring it and mounting it wasn't much of a challenge. The timing feature is really nice -- straightforward to use. The only downside was that the face didn't seat snug against the Decora plate I picked up at Lowe's -- the gap isn't painful aesthetically, but it is noticeable if one looks closely. Not sure if this is an issue with the particular plate I grabbed or with the timer. Come to think of it, this could probably be resolved with a thin washer as a spacer under the screw hole when mounting the timer to the box...This was a perfect replacement of the broken Intermatic brand timer switch for my bathroom exhaust fan. It was an exact fit and works the same, at almost half the price. I recommend this Woods brand timer switch and I will purchase it again when needed.We have 4 of these on exhaust fans - great product.We have bought six of these over the years to control BR fans. They are fairly simple to install and intuitive to use. If you're done in the BR and it's still steamy (or worse!) you can just leave with the fan on. So far, they have never forgotten to shut it off when the time is up! (A great improvement; I expect you will agree.) Remember to buy a proper wall plate -- and I'd suggest getting an extra-large one.The Woods 59007 Decora style 30-15-10-5 minute timer switch is a pretty nice timer switch.The first time you press the pushbutton switch, the switch turns on, and will turn off after 5 minutes. If you desire for the switch to be on a longer timer, the pushbutton switch can be pressed again to increase the on-time. The second press increases the on-time to 10 minutes. The third press increases the on-time to 15 minutes. The fourth press increases the time to 30 minutes. A fifth press will turn the switch back off.As the remaining on-time counts down, the LED indicators show the approximate on-time remaining. For example, if the switch is turned on with a 15 minute setting, initially the green 15-minute LED is lit. After being on for 5 minutes, the green 15-minute LED is turned off, and the green 10-minute LED is lit. After 5 more minutes, the green 10-minute LED is turned off, and the green 5-minute LED is lit. After 5 more minutes, the green 5-minute LED is turned off and the red off LED is lit (and the switch output is turned off, turning off whatever the switch is powering).At any time, the pushbutton switch can be pressed to change the remaining on-time. Each press of the pushbutton moves the on-time setting to the next value in a circular pattern as follows. 5 minute -> 10 minute -> 15 minute -> 30 minute -> off -> 5 minutes -> etc. For instance, if the 5-minute LED is lit, and the pushbutton is pressed twice, the 15 minute LED will be lit instead of the 5 minutes LED, and the switch will remain on for 15 more minutes.The switch is totally silent except when turning the switch on and when the switch is turned off, at which times you can hear a soft click. I've not disassembled the switch to tell for certain, but it sounds like the switch uses a relay for switching (rather than a triac) to turn its output on and off.The 30, 15, 10, and 5 minutes LEDs are all green. The off LED is red.The timings appear to be very accurate. When I tested, the timings seemed to be accurate within 1 second.The switch plastic has a bit of fine texturing. When I installed it, I think the texturing made it appear very slightly less white than the switch cover around it, but the apparent color difference was not (in my opinion) objectionable.Here is why I didn't give the switch a 5-star rating: As other reviews have noted, if you just install the switch and screw it into place in the junction box, it sits too low beneath the switch cover to look nice. There is an objectionable (in my opinion) gap around the edge of the switch between the switch and the switch cover. What I did was to put 3 flat washers (number of flat washers determined empirically by trial and error) between the switch and the junction box to shim the switch forward. After doing this, the switch looked nice under the switch cover.One last quirk with the switch: The directions tell you to wire the switch's green wire to the house wiring's green wire. I've never seen a green wire in house wiring. In the house wiring, the earth wire is pretty much always an uninsulated wire. What they should have said is to connect the switch's green wire to the house wiring's uninsulated wire (or wire with green insulation).I installed this switch to control a bathroom exhaust fan. After shimming up the switch with flat washers as described above, the switch has worked well and looks nice. I can't comment on the reliability of the switch, as I have only been using it for about a week. I hope that it lasts a long, long time, because I really like this switch. I intend on installing it in two more bathrooms in my house when I add bathroom exhaust fans in those bathrooms.UPDATE 11/16/2011 - I've been using two of the switches to control bathroom exhaust fans for over a year now. The switches are used several times each day. They continue to work flawlessly. The third has only been in service (also controlling power to a bathroom exhaust fan) for about a month, but based on the performance of the first two, I don't anticipate having any problems with it.UPDATE 3/21/2013 - All three switches are still in service, are each used several times a day, and all all still working well.I got three of these to replace regular switches on exhaust fans and save energyReading other reviews, I felt one from an electronic engineer with decades of experience would be good. All of these type of electronic timers require a white wire connection, how else would they be powered! If you don't want to connect a white wire, you'll need a mechanical type timer.It fits flush to a Leviton plate just fine. No washers or shims required. Anyone who is experienced in electrical install knows you can loosen the bolts a variable amount that hold an outlet, switch, or this timer to the wall box and when you tighten the plate bolts to the switch, it will pull the switch to the plate. So this takes a bit of trial and error but it is standard for any proper install regardless of the type of device.I get it that some may not like the radius on the front edges but that's hardly a reason for two stars. Within my install, I added a photo, the timer's front is flush with the leviton switch plate using the technique I describe above.The time is definitely digitally derived not R/C based. I have two and they both timed every interval, 5/10/15/30 minutes, to within one second vs a stop watch. The LED changes to show the time remaining to the nearest selection as it counts down. If it is in the middle of a countdown, and you select the next higher time, it will correctly go to the new time selected and discard the previous remaining time.After install, while it was timing, I turned on and off the co-located, same circuit, lightswitch (two 60W incandesent bulbs, high inrush current) a good 100 times to create electrical noise and the timer was not affected, it still was accurate to one second.The only nitpick thing I would have changed as a designer is to flip the physical layout of the time LEDs with 30 minutes on top and 5 minutes on the bottom above the red off LED. It is a "countdown", emphasis on "down" timer after all :-)Work well, but a bit bulky so need a deep box. Maybe not much different than what you'd have to deal with for a smart switch.Feels durable, and does what I need it to do. Allows for 5-10-15-30 minute options.If I were to buy it again, I might buy a timer with longer options (1h or 4h vs the 30 min).I truly bought this timer because I can read the text without my glasses. It is the only timer I could find like this. A feature that I didn't know about that was a "bonus" after installing it is if you set it for 30 minutes, the 30 minute LED goes on. 15 minutes later, the LED switches to the 15 minute one. 5 minutes later, the LED switches to the 10 minute one and 5 minutes later the last LED lights for 5 minutes. The LEDs do a countdown so you know roughly how much longer the timer will stay on.Depending on your home wiring, can get a little dicey to figure out unless you really know your electrical. Once in though, works great. Before, someone would take a shower and leave fan running after to evacuate moist air, but often would forget to turn off. As a result, fans would run half they day. Now are bathroom fans auto off with this timer.Article usagé qui a été retourner par l autre acheteur après l avoir explosé.J ai installé mais n a jamais fonctionné .j ai décidé d ouvrir pour voir pourquoi les leds allument mais je ne suis pas capable de faire fonctionner mon ventillateur, surprise surprise je me suis vendre un interrupteur brisé non verifié lors du retour.De l extérieur rien ne parait .Décu je ne racheterai plus usagé amazon.Installed this in our bathroom to control the exhaust fan. It works well and is easy to use but you may want to use your own wire nuts for the connections as the supplied wire nuts are small.