Here are a couple of options, depending on your horsepower and voltage that
you are switching. The first one is rated to 2 HP and up to 277 volt.

http://www.hubbellcatalog.com/wiring...hes&PN=HBL1222

This next link shows true manual motor controllers, 2 and 3 pole, with 30
amp 600 volt ratings.

http://www.hubbellcatalog.com/wiring...s/page_C17.pdf



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Grady wrote:
There are motor rated toggle switches (just like the light switch in
your
wall to control your ceiling lights). They are more costly to buy,
but they
will handle the start stop load of your compressor quite easily. Just
put
one btween your breaker and you motor.

You mean like this suggestion:

You might want to add another box on the end of that gang of two
240V
outlets and move one outlet into it, then use the box in the
middle to
house a "real" switch in line with the outlet. One posibility is
the
Cutler-Hammer B230AN, which is rated 5 hp at 240V single phase.
That's
in the neighborhood of the 16A you stated.

Pages 38-32 and 38-33 of
http://www.eatonelectrical.com/unsec...B03800001E.PDF

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