A switching device comprising: a housing comprising a base and a switching device cover coupled to said base; a line side terminal positioned on a line side of said housing; a load side terminal positioned on a load side of said housing, wherein the line side is opposite the load side; a first terminal cover coupled to said switching device cover proximate the line side; a second terminal cover coupled to said switching device cover proximate the load side, wherein said first terminal cover is movable between a closed position and an open position, wherein said first terminal cover covers said line side terminal in the closed position and provides access to said line side terminal in the open position, wherein said first terminal cover is attached to said switching device cover in both the closed and open positions, wherein said second terminal cover is moveable between a closed position and an open position, wherein said second terminal cover covers said load side terminal in the closed position and provides access to said load side terminal in the open position, and wherein said second terminal cover is attached to said switching device cover in both the closed and open positions; and a handle extending through a handle slot formed in said switching device cover, said handle disposed between said first and second terminal covers (202, 204) and operable to switch said switching device, characterized in a latching system to lock and selectively hold the terminal cover in the open or closed position with a latching protrusion on the switching device cover and first and second latching detents (266, 268), with a latching cam interposed between the first and second latching detents (266, 268) provided at the end of the fingers of the terminal covers, whereas in the closed position the latching protrusion of the switching device cover is seated within the first latching detent, and in operation the latching cam rides over the latching protrusion until the second latching detent rests on the latching protrusion, with the latching protrusion nested within the second latching detent in the open position, or a latching recess sized to receive a latching protrusion on an interior surface of the fingers of the terminal cover when the terminal cover is in the closed position, and in operation the latching protrusion pushing the fingers outwardly and creating interference tension, until the terminal covers are in the open position with the latching protrusion resting against the exterior surface of the switching device cover. a housing comprising a base and a switching device cover coupled to said base; a line side terminal positioned on a line side of said housing; a load side terminal positioned on a load side of said housing, wherein the line side is opposite the load side; a first terminal cover coupled to said switching device cover proximate the line side; a second terminal cover coupled to said switching device cover proximate the load side, wherein said first terminal cover is movable between a closed position and an open position, wherein said first terminal cover covers said line side terminal in the closed position and provides access to said line side terminal in the open position, wherein said first terminal cover is attached to said switching device cover in both the closed and open positions, wherein said second terminal cover is moveable between a closed position and an open position, wherein said second terminal cover covers said load side terminal in the closed position and provides access to said load side terminal in the open position, and wherein said second terminal cover is attached to said switching device cover in both the closed and open positions; and a handle extending through a handle slot formed in said switching device cover, said handle disposed between said first and second terminal covers (202, 204) and operable to switch said switching device, characterized in a latching system to lock and selectively hold the terminal cover in the open or closed position with a latching protrusion on the switching device cover and first and second latching detents (266, 268), with a latching cam interposed between the first and second latching detents (266, 268) provided at the end of the fingers of the terminal covers, whereas in the closed position the latching protrusion of the switching device cover is seated within the first latching detent, and in operation the latching cam rides over the latching protrusion until the second latching detent rests on the latching protrusion, with the latching protrusion nested within the second latching detent in the open position, or a latching recess sized to receive a latching protrusion on an interior surface of the fingers of the terminal cover when the terminal cover is in the closed position, and in operation the latching protrusion pushing the fingers outwardly and creating interference tension, until the terminal covers are in the open position with the latching protrusion resting against the exterior surface of the switching device cover.