Hello,
Can someone describe how they have (or would) switch a remote fan pulling from two bathrooms. I would like to do timers in both bathrooms – but can’t think how you would do it with effectively a three-way circuit…?
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No three way
Run power to the fan, drop two separate switch legs to the timers.
No special timers, the push button is my choice. Single pole.
I'm just a dumb carpenter, my electrical sub did the hookup. I'm sure one will drop by than can explain what goes where up at the fan.
Timers
The Leviton 5-10-15-30 minute timers I like to use are three-way switches, so you can use two of them for one fan.
You don't need a 3-way switch, you just need the two timers wired "in parallel", so that either one will make the circuit. Two wires to each timer, just like for a single timer, only at some point you wire them together, matching colors.