I am about a week away from hooking all the componets up for my new (not quite finished) offgrid home. I have read several different methods of grounding, please help me with the proper method. My system will have 4-130 watt panels, 1-400 watt AirX, gas generator, 8 battery bank, 1200 watt sign wave inverter, AC panel, switches, fuses etc. Should everything be grounded to just one ground rod (or several tied together) with one continous bare ground. Should the solar panel mount be grounded seperate, or should it also tie in with the whole system, this also goes for the AirX. Or should the AirX and solar panels have a system ground rod at each location. The AirX will be 40 feet high, 1 1/2" pipe with guy wires going to 3' ground augers. The solar panel mount is an old satellite dish modified to hold the 4 panels, sit on a 4" pipe buried about 4 feet deep. Should the gas generator also have a ground rod? I have wired the house to run off of the battery bank, and also run a seperate system for the washer, dryer (220) and 2 outlets in the kitchen for large 120 loads. I want to run a 220 wire from gas generator to a seperate box just for these loads, but I also want to have the gas generator power a 40 amp battery charger when we run the large loads, or when there is no sun or wind. Will this cause a problem with the grounding? I also want to install a manual transfer switch, bringing 120 from generator to the main AC panel, when generator is off it will go back to the inverter and batteries. Is it OK to use one of the 120 outlets from the generator for this and also have the 220 outlet run the seperate AC loads that are in a seperate AC panel. How would I go about the grounding of this?
Sorry for all the questions, but I want to get it right the first time, local electritions seem abit un-schooled when it comes to offgrid hookups. Thanks in advance. BEAR