Think a grid-tie home is better than an isolated circuit? Did you know an expensive gridtie probably will NOT provide power to the home during a blackout? Most don't. It's safer, wiser and cheaper to wire your home with a GEN-OFF-GRID switch that you can flip manually (or leave it in GEN position all the time if you have wind), and use your own batteries and inverters...much more reliable and much cheaper than a gridtie that can cost $2000.00-$5000.00. Here are a few wiring diagrams for you to consider: More elaborate drawings and articles include: Full systems with large GridTie for half the cost of smaller kits. Simple block diagram circuits for hybrid systems. Battery based with gride tie system. Battery based with grid tie and generator system. High Voltage nonbattery system. High Voltage nonbattery with generator system. Simple block diagram and complete block diagram of a Manual and Automatic Wind Gen. I usually leave my rig on automatic (diode) unless winds are ripping for days and then switch it to manual since diodes have a .5 - 1.5 voltage loss, they get warm and eat a small amount of power heading for the battery; all circuits between your gen and battery have losses, especially expensive charge controllers; simple circuits with fewer components generally have less losses and a direct hit through a 200 amp switch has the least loss. For high amperage systems use several large diodes, each capable of 150% of the max amps, in parallel to insure safe, long life.