No chance the wind would push it, no chance at all, the wind would have to be going at 500mph or something daft to force the bit of metal, i've seen plenty of production catches that work in the same way.
Probably the reason my catch failed is it was never finished properly, didn't have the support behind it so it was possible to bend it back too far, and also it's out of the wrong material, trying to source some spring steel to make one from now.
It's possible to get a catch with a built in switch, which would be the best thing to use, i've got one now, and it only works if it's latched properly, if its just an alarm type pin switch it would be tricky to get it aligned so that its perfect for sensing betwen a properly latched and slightly latched bonnet.
I'll soon have an under bonnet light too, but thats off a different switch.
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