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Contactor commonly used in battery electric vehicles of moderate performance.

Specifications (Excerpts):

  • Model: Kilovac EV200
  • Manufacture: Czonka
  • Contact arrangement: SPST-NO
  • Coil: 12VDC
  • Contact Maximum Voltage: 320VDC
  • Current Carrying Capacity:
    • 200A Continuous
    • 325A for 325 Seconds (Estimated)
    • 500A for 10 Seconds (Estimated)

Advantages:

  • Low cost
  • Explosion proof sealed contactor - can be installed within battery box
  • Has internal hold current economizer

Disadvantages

  • A typical Curtis controller driving an Advanced 9 inch DC motor will draw up to 500 amperes at 96 to 144 volts - which may exceed the short term limits of this contactor

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