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Default Electrical switch issue

On 29/08/2019 19:03, ARW wrote:
On 29/08/2019 15:13, John Rumm wrote:

Not only that, for a fixed appliance like an oven, double pole
switching capable of proper (i.e. = 3mm contact gap) isolation would
be appropriate.



I would be surprised if a 20A DP grid switch did not have 3mm separation.


I was assuming it was SP, but that is possibly an assumption too far.

(still don't fancy a ~6kW load on it though!)


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