Perfectly fine, as long as it's switching a load of 15A or less. Switches are matched to the loads they control, not to the breaker.
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spdt switch/outlet?
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You can't make assumptions about the load.
What if the load is defective and drawing 20 amps.
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Then the switch may fail. It is not designed to "switch" at 20A but it certainly wouldn't catch fire.
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And *you* can't rewrite the National Electrical Code to suit your personal misconceptions. I'm not merely giving my opinion: I'm telling you what the
*Code* says. Read Article 404.14.That would be "mak[ing] assumptions about the load", of course.
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No it isn't. It is asking what if that occured. Anything can occur with the load.
Do you even know why circuit breakers exist?
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Write a proposal to change the code. Be sure to submit your pictures of dead bodies.
Really dumb question. Doug likely knows a lot better than you.
------------------ BTW Doug, IIRC the new code requires common disconnect for all poles of a multiwire branch circuit. I think that was one of your pet peeves. You may have already seen it. There was actually a dead body associated with the change.
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Yeah. Great ways to legally have light switches catch fire.