I have this feeling that you guys are going to disappoint me on this, but I have to try:
Given a double-pole switch with a current rating X per contact, what current could you safely design for if you run the two contacts in parallel?
It's for DC -- I'm interested in the answer both for switching the thing at low current (which is the normal use case) and for those moments when the user shuts the thing off when it's pulling close to the rated current.