Order99, I'm not sure whether there are any topics that might interest you on this forum or not, but I've found it quite helpful for Monitor heater owners. Very few forums I've found have anything at all about Monitor heaters, but this one has it's own Monitor sub forum in the heating section. I can't remember whether there are any topics on alternative power sources or not that might interest you.
Home Repair Forum - Helping you with your home repairs for the past 10 years My user name there is FordMan59. There's one member and moderator of the forum there HayZee518 that's pretty knowledgeable that might be able to give you some assistance, but let me warn you sometimes he comes off a little rude with some of his replies. Still all in all I think he's a pretty smart man and when I had to do the burn chamber rebuild in my 422 in 2012 for the first time he gave me some very helpful information. He also has a Monitor and seems to have pretty much learned it inside and out.