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Thanks for the info and suggestion, John. A relay is probably the end solution for this problem, but I never would have thought that the controller would create so much ripple on the battery side. I do notice that Lucas did not put any bulk capacitance across the input to controller, maybe due to th...

Chris, Thanks for the reply. Mine does whine, but it seems to also make a low frequency chattering sound at very low speeds. Chattering is the best word I can come up with at the moment to describe the sound. It sounds a little more mechanical than a whine. This may be a situtation of my not knowing...

Ok - question time for current or former CF electric owners, or anyone who knows something about them... I have a Zivan NG-3 charger sitting in between the two front seats. I use that charger for the obvious purpose - to charge the traction battery pack. So far, it has worked just fine. While drivin...

Original Chloride batteries are long gone. It is now running on a set of 36 US Battery US-2000s. These are basically standard 200AH golf car batteries. I'm going to post a question about a problem I had while driving the Griffon today, but I'm going to start a new thread in the Bedford CF forum as t...

Thanks, Chris. Better late than never! LATEST NEWS on THE GRIFFON: Drove her to work for the first time today. Don't get too excited - it's only a little over a mile from my house, and at speeds no greater than 25 mph (40 km/hr). But so far, so good! I've got an ammeter in series with the motor cont...

Haven't actually put it on the road just yet. Right now I've got the battery tray out from under the vehicle. Since this van has a 216V system, it has 36 6V batteries in series. The original Chloride batteries are long gone, and it currently has a set of US Battery US-2000s. A faulty watering system...

Here are links containing a couple photos of Bedford CF Electrics (aka Griffons) on the road here in the U.S. The first one is mine. http://www.frontiernet.net/~jfletcher/Griffon_1.JPG The second belongs to John Davis, a member of the Humbolt County EV Association. http://www.heva.org/index.php?memb...

Since this appears to be where everyone posts photos of their EVs, here's a couple of my 1985 Bedford CF Electric passenger van. http://www.frontiernet.net/~jfletcher/Griffon_2.JPG http://www.frontiernet.net/~jfletcher/Griffon_1.JPG The name badge on the front grill should be a tip-off on where I'm...