Vehicle (112), comprising: a pre-charging circuit designed to selectively couple a
resistor (202, 302, 402) via either a first (206, 306, 406) or a second
contactor (208, 308, 408) designed to selectively couple terminals of a battery (124) to a
load bus (152); and a controller (220, 320, 420) programmed to couple the
resistor (202, 302, 402) via the second
contactor (208, 308, 408) in response to a pre-charge request in a case where the first
contactor (206, 306, 406) is closed when commanded to open and the second contactor (208, 308, 408) is open, in order to pre-charge the
load bus (152), characterized by the fact that The controller (220, 320, 420) is further programmed to, in response to the pre-charge request in a case where both the first contactor (206, 306, 406) and the second contactor (208, 308, 408) are open and following an immediately preceding pre-charge request that resulted in the
resistor (202, 302, 402) being coupled via the first contactor (206, 306, 406), couple the resistor (202, 302, 402) via the second contactor (208, 308, 408) in order to pre-charge the
load bus (152).