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What was the vehicle originally, a library bus? Is the side door one of the ones made for horse boxes or a caravan style door?

I have 3 different weight plates on mine, original of 3850kgs, previous owner up plate of 4000kgs and latest is my down plate of 3500kgs. The up and down were both done with SVTech and I found them extremely helpful and efficient :)

The German guy that does the Off-Grid Garage Youtube channel has done a couple of videos on them. From what he has found they are never going to be the battery of choice for vehicles, more of a home application. Cant remember the reason now but if you watch his vids you won't need to put up with...

You and Trev most likely blocking everything lol. Here are the pics, slightly cropped as I just used a screenshot app to capture them.

Pics open for me

Cant think of his name at the moment but the guy who is on Youtube as Rusty Rose Adventures has done a few videos on maintaining old Mercs. May not be same model but probably a few similarities.

Sorry cant answer you, only experience of PHGV and PLG I have are when my van was plated at 4t and now it is plated at 3.5T. I have seen vehicles built for disabled use can be heavier (is it 4250kgs) and still eligible for standard car license, may be they don't get classed as PHGV but I am...

My van was PHGV until I got it down plated so that would seem consistent. What were you thinking it would be?

I almost always use a watering can to fill my tank but it is only used for the van. Apart from my fresh tank I also carry a number of 5 litre bottles that I refill until they are no longer usable. If I was worried about the water in my tank I would fit a filter to the kitchen cold tap

If its trace heating you also need some other stuff which I presume you have, (switch/thermostat)? If not the trace heating will be a constant drain on your battery

I am wandering around the highlands and you are harvesting more than me, I am averaging 40 to 60W a day off 300W flat on the roof.

Yes, the leads that come with diesel heaters can be quite long. Probably okay if heater is close to the battery and you can do away with most of the cable but not so good if you need to run 5metres or so. I swapped feed cable for 25amp for diesel heater.

I am fully aware of that, particularly when it comes to gas lol

Think spray foam done properly is best for thickness and performance but as said with your straight, flat walls Kinspan type should be great. Someone mention the sticky pins that Greg Virgo used, I remember seeing those and thinking how much easier it seemed to make fitting.

I think unless you are going to do a proper job then put a bolt through it, I have seen people not following instructions and also glue to dodgy paintwork. I contacted Sika and told them what I was wanting to do, they advised me how to do it (with just glue), I followed their instructions and am...

Good reason for roughing down to the metal Trev. Was okay for me as mine is aluminium, shouldn't be a problem on a PVC either so long as plenty adhesive used to fully cover bare metal

Yes for what David is suggesting it just needs a fuse pulling or isolator switch in line. Cheapest and probably easiest way to extend starter battery while stood. OP has already pointed out they don’t have the spare cash to put ‘proper’ solutions in at present.

I haven’t noticed any difference in speed engine warms up or vent temperatures David. Now normally I wouldn’t have been able to answer this but I have currently disconnected the calorifier from the loop and everything vehicle wise seems the same. It’s been cold as well so probably a good time to...

Electric May be adjustable but you would need to check the immersion itself. They normally come preset at 60/65 I think, mine can be adjusted but I don’t know if that’s typical or not. My calorifier has automatic mixer valve on outlet so hotter the water in the tank the further it goes, that was...

You forgot it would need to be consistently shite and documented as such 😂😂😂