Almot wrote:
With all due respect, Mex - what "high amp disconnect"? Your battleship searchlights is a different story, but we are talking few amps per switch. Especially if he replaces trailer lights with LED.
Guilty as charged senor Almot :)
I should have titled my response as "General Comments About Switches" but failed to do so. My bad. Apologies.
Switch failure and/or short lifespan is a sore point with me. Especially rocker type switches. A attribute these problems to a very soft tension feeling of the switch. A switch that offers a definite "snap" when activated would help - but try and find a rocker switch that does this.
This is the reason why a few months ago I asked on this forum about "membrane switches" which would be used with PCB mount remote relays.
Four (or five?) different sources of rocker switches but they seems to last only about a year (or so) down here before they go psychotic. It's the environment, yes. But toggle switches especially good ones do not have this problem. A made-in-USA rocker switch with silver contacts? Been a fruitless search.
