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Default Double-pole single toggle switch vs. 3-way switch?

In alt.engineering.electrical No Spam wrote:
| John Gilmer wrote:
| "East Coast" wrote in message
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|I have looked in a couple of wiring books and I don't see double-pole
|single toggle switches addressed. What is the difference between a
|Double-pole single toggle switch and a 3-way switch?
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| A Three-Way switch is identical to a SPDT switch in every respect. If they
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| A SPDT switch can come in On-Off-On or On-On
| configurations. Any 3-ways I've ever seen have been On-On only.
| Other than that, excellent answer.

And some come in momentary contact while others are not.

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