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Buerste wrote:

"Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message
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Steve Lusardi wrote:

In the first place, using a switch which operates 100 times a second is
ludicrous.



"Buerste" said "100 times a MINUTE'.


Time is relative!


Even so, that is still a very high rate for a mechanical switch and a
good target for replacement with something electronic. Even a switch
with a 10M cycle rating will be failing in ~200 8hr shifts.