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mosquito56

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Location: Laredo, Tx

Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 5:10 pm Post subject: Switches and Lights?

I purchased some rocker switches from aircraftspruce. On the back it says they are rated for 20 amps. Can I use one each to run my landing, strobe and position lights?

     I was talking to a well known person and he said that rocker switches don't handle high current loads very well. Did I accidently get good switches? I figure this well known person knows what he is talking about so I thought I would check here.

Part K-4 12v 20amp on-off

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Don

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Mark Phillips in TN

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Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 7:35 pm Post subject: Switches and Lights?

In a message dated 12/03/2007 7:14:47 PM Central Standard Time, mosquito-56(at)hotmail.com writes:

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		  I purchased some rocker switches from aircraftspruce. On the back it says they are rated for 20 amps. Can I use one each to run my landing, strobe and position lights? 	


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 I showed Bob N. examples of my cheesy $8 Autozone LED pilot-light rockers (also rated 20amps) at his Nashville seminar back in '03 and his comment was basically that they should do just fine- just buy several spares in case of future failure since the market continually changes and replacements may not be available 10 years hence...

  

 BTW- no failures yet in 500 hours- using them for all the circuits you mention, among others-

  

 Mark Phillips RV-6A N51PW

 http://websites.expercraft.com/n51pw/



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mosquito56

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Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 11:17 pm Post subject: Re: Switches and Lights?

Glad to hear, I like the looks of rockers better than simple pole switches.

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Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 2:07 pm Post subject: Switches and Lights?

At 05:10 PM 12/3/2007 -0800, you wrote:



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<mosquito-56(at)hotmail.com>



I purchased some rocker switches from aircraftspruce. On the back it says 

they are rated for 20 amps. Can I use one each to run my landing, strobe 

and position lights?


	


   Sure



 	  Quote: 	
		        I was talking to a well known person and he said that rocker 

 switches don't handle high current loads very well. Did I accidently get 

 good switches? I figure this well known person knows what he is talking 

 about so I thought I would check here.

Part K-4 12v 20amp on-off


	


   I can't imagine why. There may be some rocker

   switches that have demonstrated poor current

   handling ability . . . but a toggle actuator

   on the same frame would be just as bad.



   There's no differences internal to rocker

   switches that would make them less robust

   than their toggle switch cousins.



   Bob . . .



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