Deadrail/battery on/off power switch - what to use?

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Hello, I'm converting an older AtlasO GP9 TMCC/TAS engine to Bluenami + battery. This GP chassis has 4 opening for slide switches for various functionality that are no longer needed: smoke on/off, prog/run, etc... I would like to mount a switch in those openings.

Q: will the slide switches used in for the original functionality work for a power switch? Can they handle the load/current? I would like a 6AMP load capacity for safety, but 4A would probably suffice. But I'm afraid those original slide switches are probably .5A or so. I've looked on digikey and failed to find a 6A slide switch with the same form factor. I see some but with a bigger footprint and they wouldn't just pop into the existing openings in the chassis.

What do others use for deadrail O gauge diesel projects? I know there are plenty of toggle or rocker switches that will handle the load, but installing them would require cutting and I'm trying to avoid that.

Thanks in advance!

12/13/2312:59 PM

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