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On 6 Oct 2005 at 0:56, Dave Hall wrote: > Each brake light is nominally 20W isn't it? That makes the total current over 3 > Amps DC, with momentary currents higher. I have a bag of 30 normally-closed > microswitches here labelled 16(4)A at 250V AC. I assume the 4A is continuous > and the 16A momentary. That seems like an odd rating; I've never seen anything quite like it. For most switches, the lion's share of the punishment comes when it's time to open the circuit, as that's when the arc may strike. It hardly takes any copper to conduct 4 A, but 16 A is quite a different story. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~