Abstract: A electrical switching apparatus having a housing, an actuator for actuating the apparatus along an axis, first contacts for establishing an incomplete electrical path within the housing and second contacts for bridgingly electrically completing the electrical path in response to movement of the actuator within the housing. The first contacts comprise at least two elongate contacts and the second contacts comprise at least one elongate bridging contact or in a generally perpendicular to the axis of the housing. Second contacts are floatingly captive to the actuator in a manner allowing movement of those second contacts with respect to the first contacts in at least one axis.