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Additional info… Thanks everyone for your thoughtful comments. A few answers to the questions posed in the thread: - original alternator is a Lucas putting out 55A (port) - have replaced alternator on Stb with closest match possible and it puts out 75A - VSR is active all the time (not just...

Hi all, appreciate any views on the way the batteries have been configured on our boat: we've had it for less than two years so we've inherited the configuration. The boat is a CheoyLee 34' trawler (mid 1980s) with twin Ford Lees 120hp deisels. I have just replaced both the house bank (4x140AH...

We recently bought a 35 year old Cheoy Lee trawler. Spent a good amount of time looking at the cap rails (before pic) deciding whether to stay with the teak finish (and what to do...) or to be done with it and paint them. Previous owners had mixed results, I do not know what product they’d...

I am expanding my house battery bank from 2 to 4 batteries. The current setup is shown in the first diagram and picture and was set up this way when I acquired the boat. Whilst the batteries when joined in parallel create one 'big' battery isn't it important to have the load being drawn from...

Have been able to track down brochures for a Cheoy Lee 34 and layout is identical to ours. Thanks for the link to the 36 - so many similarities as you'd expect. Regards, Steve

Cheoy Lee 34 Hi all, New owner of a CL 34 circa 1984. Slowly piecing together its history and keen to learn more about this model from other owners. Regards, Steve Brisbane Australia