connecting a smart charger to panel input on solar charge controller?

Submitted: Sunday, Apr 28, 2013 at 10:06
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Hi
I am camping with my brother who has a 80w solar panel charging van battery through a cmp solar regulator. He also has a ctec 15amp 8 stage smart charger. The regulator keeps a reading of the total cumulative charge to the battery and cumulative load on the battery. If he connects the charger straight to the battery, it will bypass the regulator and thus the cumulative charge readings will be incorrect. Is it possible to connect the smart charger using the solar input to the regulator. This would mean the readings for the cumulative charge would still be correct. My thoughts are that connecting the charger in normal mode may cause problems due to voltage readings, but wonder if connecting in power supply mode would be appropriate.

I would be interested to hear if someone is doing this, or if it is safe/appropriate to do so.

Thanks Kc
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