safe to install battery switch in engine compartment?

Milemaker13

Petty Officer 2nd Class
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I'm installing a second battery using the 1-both-2-off style switch. Can this switch be safely installed inside the engine space? Are these switches considered ignition protected? All it says is " make before break operation" and " don't switch to off while running".
The brand is "seaflo". I have seen the same switch many times under different names. I got mine on eBay. It is the white switch with a red detent button. All the others are red.
If a better brand switch would be ok, but we're unsure of this particular switch, that's ok. I'll go get another switch and use this one on something else.
 
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