I'm curious if a charge controller can pass through 'supplemental' power when the batteries can't keep up. Most answers in other forums suggest that the charge controller will 'only charge the depleted batteries' and there is no concept of 'pass through' power. That's a head scratcher for me.
So. A thought experiment:
Let's say my solar panels are sending down 5000 watts ( 50vdc 100a) to my 100a MPPT charge controller. Let's say the load on the battery/inverter side is constant 1200 watts. This quickly depletes a tiny 12 battery (for this thought experiment, let's suppose a 14ah motorcycle battery feeding a capable inverter) . Or even no battery? Again this is just a thought experiment to understand the process.
Since the battery can only take so much charge (6 amps?), and there appears to be plenty of surplus power available, I'd hope that my 1200 watt load would be supported by some of the 'surplus' power that isn't sent to the battery.
Does it work that way?
