How much can one possibly save buying cheap switching parts, as I've never found 36VDC equipment to be common enough that it's been made a commodity item in the world market? What's a cheap one cost, $20?

For my main drive I purchased a White-Rodgers 586-117111 contactor rated for 200A continuous, 600A surge. Looking at today's prices it's about $65. Considering what can go wrong, and the danger or at very least hassle when it does, at that price point I couldn't save nearly enough money to make it worth buying a crappy part.

Regards,

Ben

On Sunday, November 19, 2023 at 09:23:02 PM EST, David Roden <etpost@drmm.net> wrote:

Huh. How about that. Buy cheap junky contactors, get cheap junky
contactors. Who knew? :-\

Everybody loves a deal, but it always used to amaze me that back in the
days when the EV list was mostly hobbyists doing conversions, some of them
would bend over backward to find the cheapest possible conversion parts.
Then they bolted them into 2-ton or so electric vehicles that they drove at
60-70mph. Hmm.

David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA

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