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Old 08-24-2012, 07:56 PM   #5821 (permalink)
MPaulHolmes
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I'm glad you are OK. One time someone sent me a controller to fix, and I was about to grab the bus bars to pick it up, and just on a whim I checked the caps. It was like 120v or something! haha. Well, maybe it was only 70 or 80. I forgot, but 120 sounds better. This would work for a precharge lightbulb:

Battery Pack + ------- on/off switch --------- light bulb ---- Controller B+
Battery Pack negative -------------- controller B-.

Basically, before closing the main contactor, you just turn on that light switch. You can leave it on until you are done driving.

-Paul

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