[Doc Wu]

There are a number of kinds of "Light Switches" that are sold that would work and have a push in snap action. Think of the light switches found on bathroom fixtures, or in the base of a table lamp. You may even be able to find them in a 3-way or SPDT configuration.

We were told for inspections this weekend to be liberal in the interpretation of the light switch rule. As long as it is called a "light" switch where sold it was allowed. I saw one that was like an old fashioned car headlight switch.

But the vast majority used either the conventional wall-switch toggle style, a "limit switch" such as the microswitch in the KOP, or the Tetrix switch.

Whether a dimmer switch would be allowed is a matter of interpretation and probably needs clarification. Since the dimmer part of it would do you no good on a DC motor, using it as only a switch seems like overkill, but I think would be within the spirit of the rule. Modifying the guts to provide some kind of brake or speed regulator would probably be over the line.

This is just my opinion, of course...