On 08/05/05 10:09 am Chris Lewis tossed the following ingredients into
the ever-growing pot of cybersoup:

Note that switches have (at least) two ratings. Interrupt rating
and passthru.

Some switches may indeed have a 10A max _switch_ rating, but they're
still rated 15A (or 20A) continuous. The switching rating is based
on arc erosion.

Huh!? If you are switching a device or devices that pull 15A while
operating, it's extremely unlikely that it/they will pull less than that
at switch-on time. ISTM that the switching capacity should be higher
than the "running" capacity.

Perce