These are the pictures are from the EBayIntelligent Battery Chargers The under side from the rear.Out with the old and in with the new.New Flatbed Made & Canopy re-fitted 4 stage resistive controller, main conta
OwnerNathan Langley (KNL Electrical Service South West)
Owner's Other EVs1971 Morrison Milk Float
Raleigh Aztec
LocationSt Austell, England United Kingdom map
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Vehicle1961 Wales and Edwards Electric Milk Float
Yes I now have two of them. I picked her up Sunday 21-6-09. She looks a bit tatty but she structurally sound we lowered her off the recovery truck connected three 12v batteries in series and off she went, not bad considering she had been stood for 20 years in the same spot.
MotorElectro Dynamic Ltd T.E. 67614N Series Wound DC
28.5V, 90A, 1940rpm
DrivetrainDirect drive to rear axel via a reduction chain.
ControllerCurtis 1204
24V-36V 275A upgraded to 400A with High Pedal Disable.
Batteries12 Yuasa Endurance 160Ah 6V (EN160-6), 6.00 Volt, Lead-Acid, AGM
I got the batterys from good old EBay £30 each they are about 4 years old used for a backup ups. I’m using two 36v packs linked in parallel to make a 320Ah pack.
System Voltage36 Volts
ChargerWestinghouse FGVW15/30
I’m now using 12x Challenge Xtreme DFC530 5.3 Amp (rms) / 3.5 Amp 6/12v dc Intelligent Battery Chargers to top up and maintain the batteries.
HeaterNot anymore the new controller barely gets warm unlike the old resistive heater in the front.
DC/DC Converter
2x 6V 160Ah with separate 12v battery charger good for now.
InstrumentationAt the moment it now has indicators, brake, fog and reversing lights. Ruther than just a head light and side lights.
Top Speed12 MPH (19 KPH)
The plate inside says 12Mph but there is no speedometer fitted.
RangeUnknown
Seating Capacity2 slim adults
Curb Weight1,984 Pounds (901 Kilograms)
899.9kg
Tires3 of them
23x5 10 Ply Rating Tubed Tires Still in good condition after all this time, just need new tubes.
Conversion CostTotal so far £1,348.06 the wife is doing her nut ;-)
27/06/09
Managed to get new seals for the rear and master brake cylinders (the same as Morris 1000) all cleaned up well with help from my mates Ken & James and work very well to are surprise.

5/07/09
Today I built a new flat bed as the original was very rusty when I removed the floor. I welded the canopy supports in place originally they would be red wood but I used 50x50 box steel as I’m going to panel the sides in and fit doors to the rear.

11/07/09
Sad day the old batteries never properly recovered, we removed them and took them to the scrap yard got £55 for them so not so bad after all. I’m still using the temporary batteries for the moment she is a lot lighter on the steering after her 500kg diet. She is running well shifting tires and scrap around the yard where she temporally lives gets her moving and frees every thing up. I also tried her on 48V she normally runs at 150A at 36V and only pulled 153A on 48V I will keep checking the motor temperature and brush wear as I don’t want to replace the motor at this time.

22/08/09
I’ve decided to stick with 36V as I was concerned with the arcing in the motor. I’ve been concentrating on the bodywork, batteries & auxiliary lighting so I can get her ready for a date with a spay gun. I am waiting for the good old DVLA to get there asses in gear to sort the log book out. Apparently they have to dig trough the archives to find her details it has now been 2 months.

04/09/09
Joy DVLA finally sorted log book now all I need to sort is the insurance proving difficult as no one wants to touch it. I will email the company who quoted me on the first float that was around £140 fully comp.

17/09/09
New controller fitted and reused original forward reverse switch. I have a spare changeover contactor if I need it. I was given a remote potentiometer from a ERF Lorry it has two internal potentiometers a 2.5K I linked them in series to make 5k. The integral switch triggers at 1k so the controller won’t kick in so I have fitted an external micro switch to replace it. As soon as I can find insurance I will take it on a proper road test.

21/11/09
I’m now using 12x Challenge Xtreme DFC530 5.3 Amp (rms) / 3.5 Amp 6/12v dc Intelligent Battery Chargers to top up and maintain the batteries. There wired to each individual battery. I need to fit isolators to between the batteries and the chargers. The other problem I’ve found is the charger won’t work whilst both packs are in parallel they come up with the fault light, I think they are detecting the charge voltage of the other pack. So I’ve decided to split the packs into A & B for charging I might keep it like this for running as well until I know what mileage I can get.

How strong is the float?
We had an old Land Rover in the yard in bits with flat tyres. It needed to be moved so I jumped in the float, hooked up the tow rope and started to pull, I couldn’t tell when the tow rope was tight she pulled it no problem at all. She may be slow but there is a lot of torque. I found some old literature on the net, the air ports used the similar model as this and they were capable of towing 8 tones so I will try to tow some of the bigger trucks in the yard just to see.

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