ENERLITES Countdown Timer Switch for Bathroom Exhaust Fan, Wall Light Switch Timer, 5 min – 4 hours, Night Light LED Indicator, Neutral Wire Required, UL Listed, HET06-4H-W, White

This Enerlites switch is overall a very nice in-wall electronic countdown timer switch, for my purposes pretty clearly the best available. But I do have a few comments and complaints. This switch is available in numerous variations: 1-minute -up-to- 30-minutes, or 5 minutes to 4 hours, or 30 minutes up to 12 hours; white, or ivory; neutral connection required, or neutral not required (albeit with correspondingly slightly lesser functionality). That’s all good. But maybe even more variations available, I’m not sure, and (more importantly) I can’t readily tell. And not all combinations are available either, e.g. it looks like the up-to-12-hour timer is available only in white and with the neutral wire required; but again I can’t really tell for sure. I think it’s a definite mistake on Enerlites’ part that they don’t appear anywhere, even on their own website, to publish any kind of catalog or listing of their available products and variations thereof. I’m comfortable that I got the best, right switch for me, but only because I consulted with Enerlites’ tech. support - which support, it should be noted, is consistently superb, as good as any I’ve seen. But, as always, the best support is that which isn’t needed. And I think it’s also a mistake by Enerlites that they make this timer switch with stranded wire pigtails, instead of screw terminals for the (4) electrical connections. Big-league electrical switches and receptacle outlets and the like nearly all have screw terminal connections, and for plenty good reasons. Enerlites tech support points out that the wire pigtails, supplied along with 4 wire nuts, constitutes a complete-in-the-box solution, requiring no other parts to be supplied by the installer; and that’s generally true as far as it goes - but their complete solution isn’t a particularly good one, it makes for more, messy and bulky wire connections to be squeezed into the electrical box, along with the definitely large body/housing of the switch itself. If they really want a pro-grade solution that also requires no additional parts, they could provide screw terminals plus 4 short lengths of wire. The provided installation and operation instructions for this switch are good and clear and reasonably complete - which is ironic, since it’s obvious from the pervasive falsehoods and mis-statements in the user reviews and answers here that most of these users don’t read the instructions while still feeling free to declaim. And lastly, I think it’s tacky that Enerlites describes this switch’s LED indicator as constituting a night light, “easy to locate in the dark,” since this “night light” is only on while the switch is on, otherwise it’s off - not much of a night light in my view. But what the heck, my Enerlites switch is installed without too much fuss, and looks good, and works beautifully, just about as advertised. And my feelings on the issues described above are largely assuaged by talking with the excellent Enerlites tech support. So I reckon I’ll be nice in return, rate this timer switch 5 stars for now, and see how it goes with time.

I’ve replaced all the fans in our home with these. After trying several other brands and styles, I bought a couple to try for our MBA, and they’ve performed very dependably. The timers are pretty consistent between the two units in out bathroom. If you’re pretty handy, they’re super easy to install and operation is easy to understand. These are great to run as needed for moisture or odor, with the ability to walk away without having to worry about wasting electricity. They make it easy to manage humidity in bathrooms where mold can take hold if left unchecked. Compared to the other brands I’d purchased before, these seem to be better built and last longer than prior failed units. The LEDs are nice indicator for the timer pressed but don’t glare at all, and operation is silent with only a small click when the timer ends. Very discreet and robust.

Easy to install and does exactly what it’s supposed to do. I use these for my bathroom fans so I don’t have to remember to turn them off. Just hit the button for 10, 30, or 60 minutes and it shuts off on its own. The little light on the switch is handy at night too. Good quality and looks nice on the wall — definitely worth it.

I bought this switch to power a Panasonic bathroom fan. The Leviton timer switch I was initially considering is almost 3X the price, so I decided to give this one a shot. You can tell as you're unpackaging it that it's a quality product - the switch is packaged in protective bubble wrap, the packaging and instructions are high quality, it comes with good wire nuts, the wiring is both color coded and extremely well labeled. I now understand why Enerlites/top Greener products are so popular. The switch works is working well so far, and I'm hoping I'll get years of reliable operation from it. There are a handful of product improvements that would make this switch perfect, IMO: 1. I wish they had a version with 5-10-15-30-45-60 minute buttons. You don't really need 2 and 4 hour buttons in a bathroom. At the same time, the lack of a 45 minute option is a big miss. It would give you the ability to have the fan on for 15 minutes while you're taking a shower, and then 30 minutes to dry the bathroom out, which is about perfect. With this switch, you're relegated to 30 or 60 minute increments in that range, which isn't ideal. 2. This switch provides two lighting modes. In the first mode, when you press a time button, the little LED flashes twice then goes out, even as the fan remains on. In the other mode, when you press a button, the light stays on until the time runs out and the fan turns off. I wish they had a 3rd mode which left all of the LEDs on a low setting when the switch is off - it would make it easier to locate at night and in dim rooms. Enerlites does sell a different version of this unit where the LEDs stay on constantly, but with that one, you don't have the option to adjust the lighting modes. Why sell two different switches, instead of one that actually that offers 3 lighting modes? 3. The default light setting (i.e., LED blinks twice then goes out) is wrong. It's far more intuitive for the LED to remain on as long as the switch is on. It's good that they give you an option to set this behavior, but it really should be the default behavior. It a nuisance because whenever the power goes out, the switch doesn't remember your preference, and you have to go and manually re-set the switch. If they made these 3 improvements, I think they'd have the perfect switch for bathroom fans.

Really good value for a 2 pack. I installed two of these in my bathrooms in a two switch electrical box. I also have two Eaton timers in other bathrooms too. In our first bathroom installation was very easy. The included manual, especially the diagram was useful. Keep in mind you need a neutral wire. Peek behind your current switches to see if you have a neutral. These timers are quite thick, thicker than the Eaton ones that we have. They will fit in a double switch electrical box, you just need to manage your wires. In the second bathroom I have to get creative. The fan was wired as a 3 way setup (stupid builder). I had to bypass the unused switch on the circuit. This timer will not work on a 3 way setup (as far as I know). I’ve tested them a few times and the timers work and turn off our bathroom fans. The packaging left a bit to be desired. Cheap cardboard box and thin bubble wrap inside. Both switches had a bit of scuff marks. They are white so not really noticeable. I expected better. I don’t like scuff marks on a product that is supposed to be brand new. Will try their 7 day timer switch next.

Everyone should have a timer controlling their bathroom exhaust fan. There are many makes and models of timers however this unit fits the task perfectly. It has 5 and 10 mins for "stale odor" issues and 60 min for longer durations for taking care of steam from showers and post-shower drying of the room. It's a sleek looking unit - many others look cheap or clunky. The buttons have a good positive feel. I have used nearly the exact same unit for over 6 yrs now however that one was branded General Electric and was a 3-wire (no neutral). Holding the two units side by-side (see attached photo), they are identical - well the GE had a 15 min button where this one has a 10 min. Clearly designed by the same company in California. This unit is of course, built in China. The GE branded version was a little temperamental since it used a 100 uf electrolytic capacitor to run the electronics instead of a hot and neutral based power supply. If you activated the buttons too often, you could render the unit inoperative until the capacitor recharged and rebooted the microcontroller. Also after a power outage, same issue - had to wait till the cap was charged before you could use it. That can fool you into thinking it failed. A recent power outage seemed to finally kill my old GE branded switch. Reading other reviews - some people had trouble with the buttons popping off. In 6 yrs, never a problem with the buttons on the GE branded unti (again, exact same design as this switch). Some complained about the blue LEDs being too bright. Out of the box, the blue LED blinks once to acknowledge a time selection and then turns off - then blinks every say 60 seconds to show the selected time. No other LEDs stay lit. Should you want the selected time delay LED to stay lit, per the included instructions, hold both the 5 and 10 min buttons until the LED at the bottom flashes once. Now the selected time LED will stay on while the timer is active and turn off once the time expires. Repeat the 5 and 10 min buttons to switch back to the mode where they stay off. An extended power failure will return the unit to the intermittent flash mode - so repeat the 5&10 min button hold to change to the continuous LED mode. The large button at the bottom will trigger the last used time delay setting or will turn off the switch. If you want the switch to stay on indefinitely, then hold the large button for ~8 seconds. Since this is a 4 wire unit (hot, neutral, load/red and ground), I hope it's more stable and reliable than the 3 wire version. If you are need the 3 wire because there is no neutral (white) wire in your bathroom switch box, search Amazon for "GE Push Button Digital Countdown Timer Switch".

Easy to install , works great. Saves meetinstrument of having dan on all day.

Replaced normal bathroom fan switch with this one. Installation was easy because of clearly marked cables. It took around 15 minutes. The switch is bulky. So, it doesn't leave much room for cables inside the box. The switch itself is well constructed. Now we don't have to check the bathroom before going to bed to make sure someone didn't leave the fan on. I wish it had countdown feature that showed the time remaining with next lower minutes LED lighted up. 4 stars on easy to use for this reason. Otherwise it's good. For those complaining about LED turned off, press and hold the 5 and 10 minutes buttons for few seconds until all the LEDs flash. After that the desired time button LED will remain on. The product description says it quite clearly. I guess we can not follow instructions if we don't read it ..lol. Not sure how many times we will use the 2Hrs and 4Hrs button but couldn't find the max 60 min versions. It's quite expensive if bought 1 pack. I found later that 2 packs are significantly cheaper. Also 4 stars for value for money. Bought the 2 packs to replace all other bathroom fans and the ventilation fan switches. Waiting for delivery.

Instructions to install was good. I have been using for months and has been working great.