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If accessing the battery to clip on - clip off in a fast and easy manner is not possible you could consider making a battery harness to bring out from the battery terminals with a plug in "tail" extension. I have attached an image to explain roughly what I mean.

Thanks SBD, I'll have a look when the weather improves, It was more about clipping a portable solar panel on. The lightweight folding ones have moved on over the past year or so and now get good reviews, so was thinking about that.

Solar like the heater is essential for me. 2 days off grid and the single habitation battery is reaching critical SOC. Even with 100w of solar a couple of cloudless days and your struggling. In winter with the use of the heater, that has a large current draw on start up and shut down, the solar...

Solar is a nice treat, not something I had considered initially but my van had a PV panel fitted and I am very pleased it has! It just keeps the leisure battery topped up, a bit like a battery maintenance charger, meaning that it remains 100% healthy and ready to go. I did read on here...

...seems like a respectable chap who knows what he’s talking about and the price is fair. He is also providing a courtesy car and fitting a solar panel for me. our other car is a Merc and we’ve had some shocking experiences with MB servicing departments over the years so he’ll have a customer...

...unless you know about the issue and get up on the roof this is easily overlooked. I noticed by accident on my first roof when fitting my solar panel. This lead me to the forum when trying to investigate what the problem was with my roof. I do believe it is the result of a hard frost...

I have taken my panels off on both occasions to avoid risking it. I am sure they can see they have been there but interestingly the blisters were also underneath where the panels were located. They are easy to remove just a nuisance having to do so.

Has anyone taken a roof in for review for possible replacement with a solar panel fitted? (I don't want MB to wriggle out on a technicality)

...are not moving and/or you don’t have access to 230 volt mains to top up the auxiliary battery Solar Camper Conversions do a very good solar panel kit that requires minimal changes to the vehicle. As an aside has anyone on this forum come across the electrical wiring/circuit diagram for...

Hey Ian, did you already manage to find a solution for this? Would be great to hear your experience, I'm currently looking at a solution myself.

I might be interested, how easy/difficult is it to fit?

Comfortz front screen cover for Marco Polo for sale- £90 - collection only from PE2 . Great condition and only being sold as replaced with a new one which came with a solar panel....let me know if interested. Thanks

this is a great topic, i bought a 200w solar panel system but still cant get 240v from the 240v socket :-) - all advice welcome, thanks folks, and hopefully we can get to enjoy our amazing MP's in 2021 :)

Thx guys, very helpful. I expect in winter it will be a bit less than 3 days. It might indeed be a better option to start with just the solar panel and see how it goes with the existing battery.

...in which I need to charge a laptop for 3,5 hours + other normal use of the heather, fridge, light - how much km do I need to drive roughly to get this power. Although I understand this is something I will find out eventually, I already consider mountain a solar panel with extra battery. Cheers

...nights) with the fridge on 3 and a couple of lights on for an hour or two at night and the battery was about half full. I don’t have a solar panel. Dealers often let the auxiliary battery go flat by not connecting the hook up cable resulting in battery damage. If you have just bought it, see...

Our 2018 horizon has two batteries, one under each seat. I have been experimenting with charging them, the main battery through the 13 pin towbar socket. And the leisure battery through the power outlets in the back.

...one battery. It is under the passenger seat. There is no leisure battery in the Horizon. There is no battery under the bonnet. I used a compressor fridge for 2 weeks in September keeping the battery topped up with a suitcase type folding 120w solar panel in Cornwall. There were no problems...

Thanks for the response. The idea of solar panels really appeals, we will have to see though whether we visit many wild enough places to justify them. My reading of the brochure is that the diesel aux heater is now standard equipment on new orders... Let's hope that turns out to be correct given...

...- it would be horrible. Just get a topper and it's then really comfy. I would definitely get the diesel auxiliary heater and put some solar panels on once you have it home: https://www.solarcampersolutions.co.uk/index.php/shop/mercedes-marco-polo-solar-panel-kit As for the drive, I have...