The Schneider Electric LC1E06008V7IN is a 4-pole (2NO+2NC) contactor from the Easy TeSys Control range, rated for 20 A in AC-1 utilisation category at up to 415 V. This means it's designed specifically for resistive loads — heaters, lighting banks, or similar non-inductive circuits — not for motor starting. The AC-1 rating is the headline figure here: it tells you the contactor can make and break resistive current at that level without accelerated wear. The 400 V coil is standard for 400 VAC control circuits common across European panel builds.
The 20 A AC-1 rating governs the resistive load it can switch. Don't confuse this with an AC-3 motor rating — this contactor isn't sized for inductive motor starts. The 4-pole configuration with 2 normally-open and 2 normally-closed contacts gives flexibility for switching multiple load circuits or interlocking control circuits. The 1.5 ms non-overlap time between NC and NO contacts on both energisation and de-energisation is a safety feature: it guarantees that the NC contacts open before the NO contacts close (and vice versa), preventing momentary short-circuits in interlocking applications.
Operating altitude is rated to 3000 m, so it's fine for most installations except high-altitude sites above that.
The 850 °C fire resistance rating per IEC 60695-2-1 means the contactor housing won't propagate a flame under fault conditions, which is a requirement for most industrial control panels.
