Woods 59715 In- Wall 30 Minute Spring Wound Timer, Light Almond

Shorter leads than I expected! Would like leads longer to connect stranded wire to solid wire

The average timer switch seems to be made almost with the assumption that no other wires/switches exist in the electrical box that it's being mounted in. We all know that's not a good assumption!For example, I mounted this in 3-gang elec box with two other switches. There were TONS of wires in the elec box and not much room at all to mount the timer switch. Thankfully, as I stated, this switch seems to be slightly shallower than many others, allowing me to squeeze (and I mean squeeze) this switch in and complete the installation. The 'squeeze' part was the only difficult part of the installation - everything else with it was a breeze.Good quality switch - good price - nice size/depth advantage. Nice faceplate.(please excuse the dirty label tags in the photo!)

These are large timer switches. I had no trouble fitting them in the box beside the light switch, but our home has deep light switch boxes with plenty of room behind. Some boxes may be tight.This switch lacks a ground screw connection, which seems odd for a switch with a metal front plate.I was using the switch with a non-decorator cover plate. The timer scale plate can be used over a non-decorator plate but I had difficulty getting the threaded bushing to engage the front plate of the switch thru the opening of the plastic cover plate. I wound up gluing the timer scale plate on to the cover plate. I also switched to 6-32 flat head screws to hold down the cover plate as the usual oval head screws interfere with the timer scale plate.I selected this model because it advertised being compatible with conventional cover plates, so I did not have to change out to a decorator light switch.

Added this to our bathroom for the fart fan and it is perfect. Simple install, even easier operation. Can't go wrong.

UPDATE: The switch hung or went to 30 minutes and was stuck "on" all day when we went out of town. I ordered another one because the electronic ones will not work with my fan circuit wiring. (neutral issue with fan vs. switch location). I will try something another wind-up timer from a different brand if this one acts up. Unfortunately, with my old house, I am not going to do a big rewire in order to use a different electronic timer.As others have noted the "lock nut" is simply too short to hold the Decorator filler plate on when used with a "Decora" style wall plate. When I got the "lock nut" to engage, the filler plate distorted noticeably. After a couple of weeks the timer began hanging up and stopping at about 10 minutes remaining.I removed the nut and plate and the timer worked OK. I noticed that the lock nut threads looked like the standard "1/8IP Lamp nipple". Sure enough the treads matched exactly. I used a 1/2" (I think) long nipple and when bottomed out in the timer, the remaining part protruded enough above the filler plate to allow the appropriate 1/8IP nut to fasten the plate. (this is _not_ the supplied nut, but the local hardware store had both the nipples and nuts) I finger-tightened the nut and it holds the plate nicely without distorting it.I have since tested the fan switch at least a dozen times and it has been working perfectly every time. I am appalled that the dates on these reviews go back to 2013 or so, so this has been a long standing issue.With this modification, the switch works acceptably. It should not have been shipped with this incorrect attaching "lock nut".

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i ordered this to replace one that failed after 4 years, it was amazons choice, very tight fit in a handy box, good thing there were terminals for the wires as i don't think it would fit with 2 wire nuts. It failed to count down 2 times in a 5 day period, exhaust fan ran all night. found if you agitated the knob a little it start counting down once again. Loosened mounting screws but it still failed to count down properly. over all it is a good unit but mine failed to operate as designed out of the box. Had to spend lots of time on the phone for the return as I was sent a QR block instead of a return label. Local ups does not take a QR code but one 22 miles away does. So I finally ended up with a return label....Not happy with the return credit of $13.89 when I paid $17.25 plus tax for a defective product. This is not the Amazon that I have used frequently in the past

Just what my Bathroom Needed!