Couple of simple SCC related questions

[drabina]

I am building a small one solar panel system in my car (100W solar panel, SCC and 50Ah battery). I just received the Epever MPPT SCC (10A 12/24V). The SCC has input for the solar panel, output to the battery and also third set of sockets for load (a bulb icon). So here are my questions:

1. Is the bulb (load) connectors on the SCC the same as attaching the load directly to the battery or that's something different (like running load directly from the solar panel)?

2. The case of the SCC has a ground connection. In a situation where the SCC will be connected in the car I should just leave it not connected, correct?

Thanks

 

[sunshine_eggo]

1. Sorta. It is a means of connecting to battery that has additional controls, i.e., any load on those terminals can be set to turn on/off according to options within the controller. Some of which include cutting the load off if the battery drops below X volts.

2. I would presume both the battery (-) and MPPT ground terminal should be grounded to chassis.