What Is a Double Pole Single Throw Switch?
Switches are used throughout homes and businesses and perhaps, most people never give it a single thought as to how they operate. That is, of course, until they fail to function. It is that sinking feeling when flipping the light switch on or running the garbage disposal in the kitchen sink and nothing happens. That is when it is handy to know that a typical light switch is a single pole single throw switch and, chances are, the operation of a garbage disposal relies on a double pole single throw switch.
