Reddit mentions of Honeywell Home RPLS730B1000/U RPLS730B1000 7-Day Programmable Light Switch Timer, White

Put the lights on a timer. I sleep with earplugs because my wife snores like something out of a cartoon.

I do this with GE Z-Wave wall switches, an Aeotec Z-Stick, a Raspberry Pi, and Home Assistant. Home Assistant is best run on Linux in my opinion, but there is probably similar software you can find on Windows. (The "an Aeotec Z-Stick, a Raspberry Pi, and Home Assistant" are the controller that the FAQ mentions.)

If you want to be less fancy there are also standalone programmable light switches that can both turn themselves on and off on a schedule.

It’s a timer switch. I have similar ones to control my driveway lights. The white rectangle at the bottom is a flap that flips up to uncover the programming buttons. Honeywell timer switch

I have 2 of these ($13) One for my wireless router, one for my Christmas lights.

Also have 1 of these ($25) that replaced the switch for my porch light. Now it turns on at night and off in the morning automatically.

https://www.amazon.com/Honeywell-RPLS730B1000-7-Day-Programmable-Switch/dp/B004SOZHXY/ Well I mean more like this, but I see.

That's a great idea. They can keep the existing switch for speed control and then add a swtich for programmable timer function and manual on/off. Would the below work as second switch?

http://amzn.com/B004SOZHXY

Nope, definitely unsure -- I've replaced basic toggle switches with rockers, and the other timer I put in was a fancier Leviton switch that definitely needed a ground, so I guess I just figured this would pretty much be the same. This is the model I bought, and it only has three wires: two hot wires, and then a white wire that the manual says must be connected to the neutral wire. There's not anything on the side (e.g., like a screw that can be tightened down) where I could do a little hook for the ground wire, like basic switches have. I mean, it's working fine, I just don't want to burn my house down.

The older model is $25 on Amazon. It requires dimmable bulbs I believe. The newer model doesn't.

This is what you need.

Couple of cheaper options:

1. Plug in one of your lamps into a standard timer
   
   
2. Use an [aquarium ramp timer] (http://www.amazon.com/Current-USA-Single-Timer-Aquarium/dp/B00FDV1AFA/ref=sr_1_7?s=pet-supplies&ie=UTF8&qid=1419378654&sr=1-7&keywords=ramp+timer) with an LED strip
   
   
3. Use a programmable timer switch. Some of these even have cycles to follow the normal sunrise and sunset (though i'm assuming that it's dark when you wake up in the winters lol)

Same goes for timer switches: they require a 3 wire connection including neutral EXAMPLE. Why? Because they need nonzero (voltage, current, power) for the control circuitry, when the switch is closed and delivering power to the load. If they were simply wired in parallel with the switch contacts, the (voltage, current, power) available when the switch contacts are closed is (0, 0, 0).

Honeywell RPLS730B1000/U 7-Day Programmable Light Switch Timer https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004SOZHXY/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_2mmJAbZQCK3M1

That’s the timer. The wires on it are labeled load(blue), line(black), and neutral(white)

I have wired some usb outlets before.

And I have a multimeter yes

Thanks!