TC Charger Isolation Issue

[4Springs]

Hi all, I have discovered what seems to be an isolation issue with my TC Charger.
I have a 2kW TCCH-H175.2-12 and 48 LFP cells. The charger has the 0-5V control option.
I have now installed all of my cells and connected them together. I thought the first thing I should do now is to check isolation to chassis. I use the method described in E/ECE/324, regulation N. 100, which involves connecting a test resistor between HAZV and chassis and measuring the voltage drop across it.

I found that there was 300mA of touch current (if that is the correct term). Before upgrading to lithiums, my normal reading was about 0.05mA. Australian guidelines say it should be less than 20mA.

I tracked the source down to the new charger. There are two connections - the HAZV (+ & -, where only - is connected), and the 12V (+, - & control, where control is not connected to anything at the moment). If I unplug the HAZV from the charger (with 12V connected, then the touch current disappears. If I unplug the 12V (with the HAZV connected), then the touch current disappears. Touch current without charger connected is 0.02mA.

With the charger connected these are the voltages:
With the resistor connected between chassis and HAZV-, I read +10.1 (chassis = 0V).
With the resistor connected between chassis and HAZV+, I read +165.8 (chassis = 0V).
With the resistor connected between 12V+ and HAZV-, I read -2.3V (12V+ = 0V).
With the resistor connected between chassis and HAZV-, and 12V+ disconnected from the 12V battery, I read 0.0 (chassis = 0V).
Test resistance is 82k.

Is this a fault or a feature?
I thought I'd ask the nice folk here if there is something I'm missing before going to the supplier.

[jonescg]

Many chargers use the 0 V of the traction battery as a reference for the 12 V electronics to drive it. I was working on a conversion where I'd regularly get shocks when touching a cell terminal and chassis. Like you, we worked out that it was the charger's 12 V supply.

If you use the charger's own 12 V output to dial the charger's power up or down, you should be able to avoid these isolation issues. You would need to put a Zener and resistor in there to make it a more consistent 0-5V signal, but you can avoid the shocks

[Johny]

Jonescg is correct in that the charger's control signal is referenced to the traction pack voltage. If you are just providing an on/off signal later on then do as suggested and use the charger's 12V with a regulator or zener regulated supply and an opto-coupler or relay to isolate the charger control from the actual control you may use.

[4Springs]

Thanks guys, I'm glad I asked here first!
My fault was that I didn't realise that 12V was supplied by the charger. I thought that I had to supply it to the charger. Now that I look back in the manual, it quite plainly says "12V internal power supply". I'll disconnect my aux 12V and use an optocoupler to interface to my BMS.