Hi all, I use several systems (PV, SCC, Battery) in a way the SCC manufacture says you shouldn't do (hence posting in this section).
In order to keep [portable genset, mower, tractor, etc.] batteries from going flat when not used, I've got them on their own chargers.
This works really well, but it involves disconnecting the battery from the system when ever 'that bit of gear' has to earn its keep.
So far, the SCC has coped fine, but clearly this is not ideal.
So - does anyone else (admit) use regs like this and have you done anything to make it less-worse?
As an experiment, I've added some capacitors to the battery output of two SCC to see how it would behave. So far it looks good.
On the first, I ordered a PCB with 40F caps (w/ balance/limit dev.). What arrived is a 100F bank which seems to be doing its job.
The second, I added a single 24000uF cap. It was an old cap and oscillated a bit to start with, but is now stable.