I would think that if you can figure out how to kill the power to it you can probably change it.

Are you mocking me?!

I don't go around telling you how you can fix everything, know everything about cars and be an all-around badass.

Not mocking.

Serious. You can do eeeeet.

Chill Lew, I think he was just saying if you just shut off the breaker the wiring shouldn't be that big of a deal. Positive, negative and ground wires should cover it.

Great.

I'll give my wife the good news and the go ahead to do this project.

She's the brains of the operation. I'm just the eye candy.

and we have the same textured walls, I'm looking to repaint before long but we can't seem to find colors we like, everything is a cream color now.

I just looked at the manual for that switch. It works just like a Double Pole Single Throw switch. It needs the Hot and the Common wire to operate.

If your existing switch is wired as a Single Pole Single Throw it probably won't work.

Check how it is currently wired before you buy the switch.

Wiring from manual.

Simple single pole diagram.

Lewdog's head just probably exploded.

Electricity is easy, if I had a dollar for every time I've been shocked I'll bet I'd have $1000. Of course that's over a 30 year span so that only comes to like 33 times a year. Working on a hog farm sucks sometimes.

I know mine did. ROFL

I know a lot about poles but this stuff is way over my head.

Wanna come work on my pivot? It's only 480 volts :D

All the existing switch does is interrupt the hot (black) wire on the way to the light. The timer is an actual electrical component so it requires a hot and common wire to operate.