Hedges
I See Electromagnetic Fields!
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Good day please, are there charge controllers that charge with generator/public utility power supply?
Battery chargers. Most are meant for temporary use recharging automotive or forklift batteries, so difficult to get the right voltage and regulation.
There are inverter/chargers. Some stop inverting and pass through grid to loads while also charging battery (common mobile units for RV). Some are grid interactive, synchronize inverter to grid and draw just some power from grid. Some have built in battery chargers powered from grid, and output is always from inverter.
It may be possible to feed utility grid into "PV" input of some charge controllers. That would be an electrical design project - probably isolation transformer, rectifier, and need to limit inrush current charging capacitors.
A better way to do that could be an AC to DC power supply (or 48V battery charger) connected to the input of a charge controller which has suitable profile. Probably not "PV" input, but one that has "turbine" input settings. Outback and Midnight have such SCC.