I really dislike the "marketed as" wording.
For instance, is this switch illegal (not marketed as a limit switch)
http://www.radioshack.com/product/in...er Value=SPDT
Are these too illegal (sorry, those are micro-switches, not limit switches)
http://www.mcmaster.com/#micro-switches/=bhhquw
Yet this one would be perfectly legal (It does have the term "limit" in its description):
http://www.amazon.com/Copper-Termina.../dp/B002P4XQY6
When the original Q&A called for a "light switch" as the kind mounted in a wall box, we made up some SPST, SPDT, and DPDT switches with blades and rubber bands, and mounting brackets and used a scale to make sure they applied 6N of force. When parents came in to look at the mini-bot, they laughed at me and explained there were way better switches at Radio-shack or online. This is funny the first time you defend the rule. The 20th time though, is pretty annoying.
Then update 12 came out to which I believed was a coming around to something more reasonable.
Now I am a bit concerned. I can find the same switch on 3 websites. 2 being frequent parts suppliers, but are those technically illegal? The other source I would rarely/never go to to buy an electrical component, but because it has the proper descriptor, should I? If I purchased switch XYZ from A (illegal description), and then show up with paperwork from C (legal description for the exact same switch), do I have to lie and say I bought it at C, or can I say i bought it at A, after finding it through C...
I will try to get our Q&A guy to post this question.