Airmax VS® Blade Power Receptacle — What It Is
The Amphenol Airmax VS® 10028916-4455P00LF is a 4-position blade power receptacle with female blade sockets, built on a 2-row x 2-column contact layout and terminated press-fit through hole. It carries an 80 A current rating per circuit at 150 V, making it a mid-power board-edge power interconnect for daughtercard applications. Gold or Gold GXT™ plating at 30.0µin (0.76µm) covers the contacts — the thick precious-metal layer maintains low contact resistance across repeated mating cycles and handles the current density without the resistance creep that thin tin finishes risk at this amperage. The board guide feature aligns the mating blade header during engagement, which matters at these current levels — a mis-struck mate at 80 A can pit the contact surface before the interlock catches. Operating temperature spans -55°C to 85°C, with UL94 V-0 housing material. The connector ships in a tube.