> reed switch was designed for use in alarm systems and has a small
> capacitor across the contacts. Is it molded ? If so then there is a very
> high probability to the capacitor being there.


I never heard of such a thing.. (having installed a great many such
switches) That would be a very bad idea, the current on closure would
accelerate switch failure.

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