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DC light switches ?

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Can anyone suggest a supplier of domestic light switches suitable for 250 volts DIRECT CURRENT.

I asked this in the old forum, and IIRC a respected member suggested a supplier of “heritage looking” switches but these were in fact still AC only.

Have previously obtained NOS switches from fleabay but these are now hard to find.

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    Not easy.

    Most of the standard accessories for electrical installations are specified for AC use only.

    Even if you were to get a blank faceplate and fit an appliance switch (often a non-starter because of overvoltage category anyway, they are CAT II not CAT III required for the fixed installation), you run into the problem that 250 V AC rated switches are only rated for 60 V DC.

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    Not easy.

    Most of the standard accessories for electrical installations are specified for AC use only.

    Even if you were to get a blank faceplate and fit an appliance switch (often a non-starter because of overvoltage category anyway, they are CAT II not CAT III required for the fixed installation), you run into the problem that 250 V AC rated switches are only rated for 60 V DC.

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