[PatFlemming]

I installed a countdown timer switch for my bathroom fan and it stopped working about one week later. Ever other light in the same box worked fine.

As last resort I reset the circuit breaker and now it works.

Can someone explain why resetting the breaking made the time switch work again? I'm pretty sure I wired it properly.

 

[longdrive]

Loose connection?

 

[longdrive]

Assuming it's a twist timer, did it stop turning or did the fan just loose power?

 

[RAL238]

Is it a mechanical timer or an electronic timer? With an electronic timer, sometimes the electronics (often a microprocessor) can hang up and stop working. A power off/on resets it and it's fine again.

 

[PatFlemming]

Is it a mechanical timer or an electronic timer? With an electronic timer, sometimes the electronics (often a microprocessor) can hang up and stop working. A power off/on resets it and it's fine again.

Maybe that's it.. it's electronic.

https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0184OYJN2/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_94-gEb1AR4RWX

 

[RAL238]

Maybe that's it.. it's electronic.

https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0184OYJN2/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_94-gEb1AR4RWX

If it happens again, I'd return it while it is still (hopefully) under warranty.

 

[surferdude2]

Smart switches, smart thermostats, smart phones... my car even talks to me. Is this progress? I sometimes wonder... do we really need a microprocessor on our toaster... our oven... our washer and dryer. How about the doorbell... the door lock... the furnace... the TV... It all started when those robots that built cars escaped and opened up a company called MicroSoft. Now they have us by the ... um... yeah right there where you thought... and they're taking bytes and Bytes out of us.

May God help us if the power ever fails for a week. We'll all starve to death or get shot for stealing our neighbors generator so we can cook a meal. :biggrin2: