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Our我們的 ECOENERGY ecoenergy page contains all 15 of our articles outlining various details of the Energy Efficiency Evaluation (ie energy audit) report we received on our home as part of our participation of in the ecoENERGY Retrofit program.網頁包含的所有15個我們的文章，概述了各種詳細的能源效率評價（即能源審計）報告中，我們收到的關於我們的家園，作為我們的參與，在ecoenergy改造計劃。

In the report, one of the recommendations was to include a timer for the switch on the bathroom walls used to turn the bathroom fan on and off.在報告中，其中一項建議是，以包括一個計時器的開關，浴室的牆壁用來把浴室範和關閉。 When I read that it was as if I was in one of those “I should have had a V8″ commercials on television.當我看到，這是因為如果我是在其中一人： “我應了V8引擎”商業廣告在電視上。 What a great idea.有什麼好主意。 I am always forgetting to turn the bathroom fan off.我總是忘了把浴室的範小康。 And, many times it runs for hours on end.和，多次運行幾個小時就結束。 What a waste of electricity.什麼是浪費電力。

And, as it turned out, when I attended the local energy conservation fair where I won the interior solar blind the big box building supply retailer happened to have a booth with energy conservation products, including a bathroom fan timer.而且，正如原來，當我參加了當地的能源節約，公平，我得到了室內太陽能盲目大方塊建設供應零售商發生有一個攤位，與節約能源的產品，包括浴室範計時器。 It looked really great, nothing at all what I imagined.它期待真正的偉大，什麼都我想像的。 It actually looked pretty cool!它實際上看起來相當酷！

So, the next time I went to that retailer’s store in our area I asked a sales associate where I could find them and that I was going to use it for the bathroom fan.因此，下一次我到認為，零售商的商店在我們地區我問銷售副那裡我可以找到他們和我是去使用它，浴室範。 I picked up two for $29.99 each.我挑選了兩個為29.99美元。

Notice the product pictures below.通知該產品下面的圖片。 In particular notice that, similar to the wireless wall switch product, this product is also like an iceberg in that most of it is hidden behind the wall.特別是看到，類似的無線長城開關產品，這個產品也是一樣，冰山在這其中最重要的是背後隱藏的牆。 This could cause challenges upon installation for sufficient space for the wires and connector caps.這可能會導致安裝後的挑戰，有足夠的空間，電線和連接器的上限。

So, a day later I attempted to install the product.因此，一天後，我試圖安裝該產品。 After my success with installing the wireless wall switch a few weeks before (as we described in a之後，我的成功與安裝無線長城開關前幾個星期（因為我們所描述的一 prior articles之前的文章 ) I was confident that I could install these as well. ）我是有信心，我可以安裝這些以及。 Once I found the switch on the electric panel to turn off the power to the bathroom I proceeded to remove the face plate covering the wall light and fan switches.我曾經發現的開關電氣小組，關閉電源，以浴室i著手移除面對板包括牆輕和風扇開關。

Uh-oh.嗯哦。 Dorothy, I don’t think we are in Kansas any more.阮德徽，我不認為我們是在堪薩斯州的任何更多。 Come back tomorrow when I reveal why I did not install these products.回來，明天當我揭示了為什麼我沒有安裝這些產品。 It’s not just what you think.它不只是您的想法。

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