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A quick question on what items to put on a switch
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<blockquote data-quote="Alex_c" data-source="post: 314145" data-attributes="member: 9587"><p>Sorry, I should have been more clear:</p><p></p><p>The switch panel is a marine panel (shoreline) but the switches themselves have a 125/225 VAC rating at 15A, was wondering how that converts to a 12V rating (directly? So just calculate wattage and stay around 2000W total power?)</p><p></p><p>The switches don't care if the current is AC or DC, and of course it is DC coming from a battery.</p><p></p><p>Basically my question is: is it ok to run everything through a switch with that rating, using it as a master power switch? Or should I get something bigger, since 12VDC draws more current than 120VAC for a given power (wattage) consumption.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alex_c, post: 314145, member: 9587"] Sorry, I should have been more clear: The switch panel is a marine panel (shoreline) but the switches themselves have a 125/225 VAC rating at 15A, was wondering how that converts to a 12V rating (directly? So just calculate wattage and stay around 2000W total power?) The switches don't care if the current is AC or DC, and of course it is DC coming from a battery. Basically my question is: is it ok to run everything through a switch with that rating, using it as a master power switch? Or should I get something bigger, since 12VDC draws more current than 120VAC for a given power (wattage) consumption. [/QUOTE]
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