Home owners purchase residential wind generators or used wind turbine to reduce or eliminate their electricity bills, or simply to generate their own clean power. Wind turbines have been used for household electricity generation in conjunction with battery storage over many decades in remote areas as a reliable source or residential wind power. Increasingly, U.S. consumers are choosing to purchase grid-connected turbines in the 1 to 10 kilowatt range to power their whole homes. Certainly they create a lot less noise than the average lawn implement, such as lawnmower or leaf-blower! If the turbine is improperly balanced, it can create a whining or whistling noise, which can be annoying and should be fixed anyway. But a properly tuned fan that is spinning in the wind will not make anymore noise than the average ceiling fan. The charge controller is an important part of the battery pack to avoid problems related to overcharging. The electrical system has an inverter that connects to the output of the battery bank and the power switch of the house. It converts the direct current from the batteries to alternating current to be used on home appliances. In most cases, the inverter connects to new electrical outlets not included with the wirings of the house. These outlets are normally used for low energy appliances only such as lights, televisions and computers. You may want to seek the help of a technician when it comes to adjusting the settings of your main circuit box to accommodate the electricity produced by the wind turbine.