Woods 59716 In-Wall 30 Minute Spring Wound Timer; Grey/Gray

Works great and easy to install.

I can't believe how difficult it is to find a simple, mechanical timer switch in stores. This is just what I wanted; a simple, 2-wire, mechanical timer. This one was just what I wanted. It took less than 5 minutes to install. It can be instelled through either a timer switch plate, or the regular light switch plate. Generally, mechanical switches such as this often have two problems: (1) they are often noisey and (2) their mechanisms are stiff and get hung up. This switch has neither of those traits. Of course, it does tick, but it is the quietest mechanical timer switch I ever used. The mechanism is light and smooth, easy to set and hasn't hung up at all.

I had one of these years ago. It sounded like a ticking time bomb. Then it it shut off....CLACK!! This one is silent. Does the job for my bathroom fan. I set it for 30 mins when I am in the shower. After my shower it runs for just the right amount of time. Woods is typically good stuff so I hope it lasts.

I've only been able to get about two and a half years out of it. And it's kind of scary when they start having issues. One issue is you will turn it on and it will just stay on but you are able to shut it off and then maybe next time it will work fine. But then eventually it just stays on and does it again. And the worst thing is when it you go to work it stays on all day you come home your house is warm and you wonder what the heck. Then you walk into your bathroom and you realize the fan and heater have been on all day so you go to shut it off and then it won't shut off. So then you have to hit the circuit breaker. So I bought another one had it changed and the old one definitely melted down and was deformed. I still bought another one though. I mean they do work for a while

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".

Works great

When I received this, I felt like I just received some half-assembled DIY project from Wish. You're expected to put the face-place on yourself, which itself has no alignment pins (not even to align top/bottom), secure it with a locking nut, and then put the knob on. OK, great. Simple enough, but it already strikes me as something being wrong with this product's design - no other switch, ever, has asked me to put the switch together. Let me reiterate that for those that are skimming. NO OTHER SWITCH. EVER. HAS SAID "SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED". So yeah, I'm going into this with a bit of a confused mind to start with. After I get the plate on, wire the switch up, and install it... I'm left with a face plate that's too large to sit with the cover plate which, already frustrating enough, not only wasn't included, but wasn't even an easy selection. I had to sift separately through Amazon items to find a matching face plate, and hope it was the right "hue" of Light Almond. I got close enough, I guess. But what I wasn't expecting, was that the plate was too large for the hole, in all dimensions... OF A STANDARD FACE PLATE that's been around for decades. So I have to go get the trimmers and hack and slash it down to size to fit flush with the plate... which is what I expect for any wall switch. So now we have (1) a DIY assembly task because they were too lazy to put the SKU's color plate on the switch, and (2) a phoned-in design, too large for a standard hole, that's probably for some proprietary face-plate that they INEXPLICABLY don't provide with the device itself. Icing on the cake is (3) a switch body that's 2-3 times larger, in volume, than the components inside need it to be. So it barely fits, literally with 0mm clearance on all sides, inside the box I'm putting it in. A bit miffed, I get out the cutters and finish the job. And then it doesn't even sit flush, it pokes out like a sore. Look, Woods company. Fitting of a switch in a wall plate has been a solved problem for how many decades now? I can buy a WiFi-enabled smart switch (if this switch had a working ground), and fit it in there, and never have to worry about what plate fits it. I can buy any number of switches from any manufacturer, and they'll fit, perfectly flush, in the same way as every other switch. Why would I have the expectation that your wacky-wonky mounting mechanism wants me to put the final (close-out) panel on the switch FIRST, and then install the timer plate and knob? Why in God's name would any person think that is what you expect us to do? Why do you design your product to need it that way? Do you find it difficult to simply design a timer knob that mounts flush like everyone else, and feel like you need to be Special and Different? Just no. Let this be a warning to anyone shopping for this: this switch is mounted unlike anything you've ever seen before, and the pieces come separately because they want to be "special", make you confused, and end up doing the wrong thing out of intuition instead of the weird "right" thing that they bury in small print, quietly, in a map-sized fold-out document... for what is, truly, the equivalent of a standard light switch.

Replaced a pull the plug method shutoff of a outdoor wood boiler (in a shed) smoke venting fan. Works as advertised, turn the knob and it shuts off better than a I've been remembering to do. No more digs from the wife that I forgot to shut off the fan the night before. Looks well made, and was well priced. Needed a little tab bending to fit in the 4" square box cover but otherwise installed without any problems, connected it to an outlet for the plug-in fan. The decora or regular cover plate dial was a nice touch. All mechanical, no electronics, only needs a two wire connection like a regular switch. Simple and effective. Good choice for short-acting devices that you forget to shut off. I'd buy this again the next time I need a timer. Perhaps those attic storeroom lights?

I use it to control my mixer in which I knead bread dough. Works fine. I don't need to be attentive to the time. The timer takes over. Thank you.

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Put in 3 of these. They work fine. They are the old fashioned spring loaded type so not much to go wrong and simple to set.

No issues so far. Easy install and does as advertised. Good product !

Very easy to install and operate