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Originally Posted by Bill_B
When I saw the household wall switches on the list, I related it directly to their inherent current carrying ability. I already had my eye on some neat rocker wall switches until I got shamed into reading the specifications for the limit switches. Maybe those little devils can do everything that needs to be done to control a minibot. Hard to beat the weight differential if they can.
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For a maximum of 10 seconds, yeah, they can probably take whatever those little motors will ask from the battery.
Look carefully though. Switch current ratings are determined at a specific voltage and operating environment, and not all switches are created equal. Still, the rating applies to a steady state condition and you can safely exceed those ratings for short durations. Just continually check that the switch activates cleanly. These switches don't often fail catastrophically, but slowly become unreliable as their internal contacts get scorched and move around.