Abstract: A switch gear which includes a housing have first and second sides and a third side therebetween, at least one main contact bridge in the housing displaceable between two ON-OFF switch position, a spindle rotatable by a handle and carrying a body having a cam slot receiving a cam follower of a contact bridge holder, the contact bridge holder carrying contacts for effecting the two switch positions with associated pairs of fixed contact rails carried by the housing, the fixed contact rails being connectable by connector screws to electrical hook-up leads at the respective first and second housing sides, first and second separate housing compartments adjacent the first and second housing sides and carried associated ones of the connector screws, the first and second contact rails being connected through the respective first and second separate housing compartments for connection to the electrical hook-up leads by the connector screws, and the first and second separate housing compartments being selectively moun