On Thu, 24 Aug 2006 21:36:57 -0400, Gogarty
wrote:

Keep the water out. In a sailboat. In the anchor locker. Gimme a break.
Let's start with top quality tinned wire in the first place and then keep
the water out as best we can.

I had the same switches in an anchor locker for 3 years and never had
a problem with them. I did take extra care to seal the connections
however. It can be done, although I agree that tinned wire would be
nice. I will typically solder that type of connection before sealing
it so at least the conduction path gets tinned.