Common charge/discharge cable for separate devices?

Should separate charge controllers and inverters have separate conductors to the battery?

LywWyr said:

Should separate charge controllers and inverters have separate conductors to the battery?

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They have to to some degree as each device has its own set of terminals; however, each device could be connected to a common bus bar with a single connection between the bus bar and the batteries.

First off let me say I mean no offense.
I'm surprised that a master electrician such as yourself is asking this question.
Makes me think I am missing some nuance.

There are many different ways to wire a system.
I like the feeder/branch paradigm but for a simple setup you could daisy chain the solar charge controller from the inverter.
If all the wires in the chain are the same awg you could have a single over-current protection device at the battery positive terminal.

No offense taken. My question was more about the flex max 60 controller and whether or not it would have issues being tied in this way. I'm unfamiliar with this product not the proper method of wiring.

I just looked at my original post....I forgot to mention some details...haven't had my gallon of coffee yet. Thanks

LywWyr said:

No offense taken. My question was more about the flex max 60 controller and whether or not it would have issues being tied in this way. I'm unfamiliar with this product not the proper method of wiring.

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For a simple scenario where the battery is connected to the inverter and the solar charge controller is connected to the inverter terminals the inverter is effectively the busbars(aggregation point).
If the inverter and solar charge controller are both connected to the battery then the battery is effectively the busbars(aggregation point).