Volt Contactor Amp Draw

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Volt Contactor Amp Draw

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Does anyone know what the amperage draw of the Chevy Volt contactors is? Both peak and hold? I don't have a bench supply to test mine, and I plan on using them for Chademo charging.
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Re: Volt Contactor Amp Draw

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Belay that, I found my answer. Thanks again to arber for always having the Volt/ampere answers somewhere
arber333 wrote: Thu Oct 31, 2019 5:15 pm Also from Volt pack you can salvage 2 powerfull contactors. P/N AEV14012 it is rated for 120A continuously and 400A for a short burst. This means they had to use one of theese on + line and another on - side. Together you get 240A rating for system with 800A for a burst of power.
Contactor pulls 0.5A when active.
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Re: Volt Contactor Amp Draw

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I have clarified this sentence in the wiki. Putting two contactors in series doesn't double their current capability and I'm sure it's not what arber meant to say. They need to be paralleled for double current capability

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