Re: Hot Light Switch

[Billy Zoom <billyzoom@earthlink.net>]

> In any event, when you run any current through a
> wire, it will heat up.  How much it heats up is a factor of how much current
> you put through it.  Your lighting switch carries all the current for the

Actually, heat is the result of the voltage drop due to the resistance
of the wire. There shouldn't be a voltage drop across the switch.