Re: Fan timer with "stay on" option

[Bill Jeffrey <wjeffrey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jasen Betts wrote:
> wire an ordinary switch in parallel with the timers contacts

Seems to me this is the easy, cheap, and obvious answer. The fan timer
would normally be mounted in a single-gang outlet box. However, you
would install a dual gang outlet box in your wall. Mount the fan timer
in one half, and a plain ol' ordinary light switch in the other half.
Wire the two devices in parallel. (That means that the incoming
black/hot power wire should be  connected to one terminal on the fan
timer, AND one terminal on the switch. The outgoing black/hot wire is
connected to the other terminal on the fan timer, AND the other terminal
on the switch. If the timer is electronic, it may call for a connection
to the white/neutral wire. Both the timer and the switch may have
connections for the bare/ground wire.)

The above covers US installations. Just noticed you are in NZ. The
connection theory is the same, but I am not aware of NZ wire colors.

Bill