Garage Ventilation

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Here's another question, concerning wiring. The fan comes with a 9' power cable that has a 15A 3-pin plug attached, for connection to a regular power outlet. What I would like to do is have an in-wall timer (the type that slots into a 1-gang box and lies flush with the wall) that I can press for 5 or 10 minutes of power, and then switches off. I've learned that the power cable they supply is not suitable for running through a wall, so I can't just cut off the 3-pin plug and direct-wire it to the in-wall timer. So can I take one of these and connect it to a duplex/single power outlet, such that the outlet (and therefore whatever is plugged into it) is controlled by the timer?

I would just plug in a cheapo normal timer into the receptacle and live with the small bulk of it sticking out from the wall. But if you must have everything flush, use a double gang box, with the timer you showed in one slot, and a normal receptacle in the second slot. Your romex cable from circuit breaker will feed power to the timer. Then attach the included pigtail output wires from the timer to the receptacle screws. Then you just plug in the standard cord plug into the receptacle.