thanks for the quick reply, it cleared up a few things for me...

im gonna stay on with 12/12, ive removed the timer from the set up and will stay on manual switching untill tomorrow when i can get a new timer.

i dunnowhat went on with my timer though, i thought it was stuck "on" because i overloaded it. it was still ticking around, but the switches had no effect...it was always on. ( it was also hooked up to my extractor fan and passive fan ) now its suddenly working again? anyways, its obviousley un-reliable. any tips on choosing a reliable timer?

i guess not running more than one appliance per timer is a good bit of advice if you have a cheap timer?