Picked up four 200W mono panels off Amazon back in spring — some brand called Dokio, total outlay about £280 delivered. Paired them with a Victron SmartSolar 100/30 I already had kicking about.
I've been running a 400W panel setup on my static shed conversion in Suffolk since March, and through spring and summer it was brilliant — regularly hitting 1.5–2kWh a day even on overcast days.
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@ForestWanderer — one thing I'd add that hasn't come up yet: check your VEConfigure settings, specifically the input current limit...
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