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RE: Contactor question

Original poster: "Dave Halliday" <dh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Yes but... You really don't want to do this.

The contacts do not all close at the same time and one will wind up
having to carry the entire 120 Amp load.

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> Subject: Contactor question
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> Original poster: "David Rieben" <drieben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Hi all,
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> Just a quick question about relay contactors. Let's say that I have
> a 4-pole, 30 FLA inductive per pole rated contactor. Does this mean
> that I will have up 120 amp inductive rating of the contact
> points if I
> use all 4 of the poles in a parallel or series parallel
> fashion in a single
> circuit to switch my pole pig transformer under a load?
>
> Thanks,
> David Rieben
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