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Hi Ragga Are you saying that the original seal/gasket or grummet for the cable is in fact squirt of rubber based butyl sealant? How would the 710 rubber based sealant compare to the Sikaflex-221 Polyurethane Sealant? Could the 710 sealant be used to fill gaps in the original gray sealant under...

Hello Paul. I installed a solar panel last year & chose to run the cable from the panel through the same hole as the cable to the elevating roof piston. I researched the sealant used in the original manufacture. It was Sikalastomer 710 rubber based butyl sealant. Available in different colours...

Hah, then we have to repair them I guess. ;-) I do not expect blisters under the poly carbonat panel since it is completely sealed. The solar panel itself can be removed if it fails and I can install a new one fairly easily. I expect it will not easily fail (happens sometimes due to overheating)...

You could consider to also charge the starter battery with the solar panel? I am using a charger (WRM15) that can charge both batteries. It will start to charge the starter battery below a certain treshold. So, even when you do not use the van for several weeks, the starter battery will always...

Had a lovely weekend away this weekend and was very happy that our new solar panel from solarcampersolutions kept the leisure battery topped up without a hookup whilst using fridge, lights etc. Imagine my disappointment, therefore, when we went to start the engine at the end of the weekend...

Hey guys. I'm in the process myself to do something similar on my 2006 Marco Polo. I am a little curious though - does anyone have experience with this kind of solution and the washing machines ???? Do you need to dismount the solar panel to wash your beautifull car ? Sunny greetings Jorgen

Hi everyone I,'ll be installing a 120w panel on to the van weather permitting in the next week or so,with an integrated bluetooth controller il post some pics with a short guide for anyone who may want to do the same

Yes I have the same one on my Cali’, it works really well with my 2 leisure batteries! The goal zero looks like a good solution except the space it takes up. I will look more into a similar lithium battery with the same size as the .org battery, then it doesn’t take more space in the car, but...

I had a solar panel fitted by SolarCamperSolutions in Taunton. I know Roger will ship abroad and provides full instructions. It’s really pretty straightforward. Check out the website. I previously had a solar panel on a Westfalia converted Fiat Ducato and it worked very well. In fact, I did...

Get a goal zero yeti and keep it between the front seats goal zero will supply you a yeti 1000 lithium and 12v charge cable it incorporates a 1500 watt pure wave inverter,230 volts anywhere, no hook up in fact you can wire it so it plugs straight in to the leisure battery to charge, it has solar...

Hi Paul If you search “solar panels” you should come up with a thread on “roof slot measurements” and a discussion on solar panels which identifies a company (Solar Camper Solutions) that supplies and installs. Good luck !

Hi, new to the forum and thoroughly enjoying the new Marco Polo. Thinking of fitting a solar panel. Has anyone fitted already? How easy is the cable run, has anyone done photos of install? Thanks

Where did you get your solar panel fitted? What sort of spec / charging options did you go for? It’s something I’m really interested in come spring.

Thanks Jeff, going through insurance at the moment, on the 7 day merc cover at the moment. You have to be careful as direct line for example are confused over V class and marco polo, they were saying things like 'we don't cover any of the camper stuff'. I have a solid back up quote from a...

...haven't got as far as the app yet, lucky spot re tap etc! Im finding bits each weekend mainly from here and with the van itself, just had solar panel and colour coded Thule top box fitted this week ready for GP's this year Silverstone and Monaco before that so hopefully all will work ok...

The existing set up lasts about 3 days including the fridge on constantly so I would think a solar panel would suffice,much cheaper and would not infringe the vehicle warranty, unless of course you're needs are very much more than normal usage.

...allows you to arrive on Wednesday and that might be a little early for me so we’d likely travel down on Thursday, get there middle of the day and then leave Sunday evening, so I am tempted to see if the leisure battery will last for that long based on your post before I go the solar panel route.

It did cross my mind but thought I might be pushing it a bit with the expenditure on the race tickets and camping. What kind of costs are you looking at?

Time to consider solar panels. I'm going for the flexible version with a Victron bluetooth controller.