On Sunday, October 6, 2019 at 6:34:32 AM UTC-4, wrote:
On 10/5/19 10:59 AM, trader_4 wrote:
If it's a conventional generator, about the only bad thing I can see
happening is if the voltage regulator failed and it went way over
voltage.


I've always wondered if corroded connections on a generators twist-lock receptacle (that's vibrating like crazy) causes an intermittent connection.

And what happens if the generator is feeding an unbalanced load on L1 and L2 and the vibrating neutral connection is intermittent?


Well, we know that would be bad, very bad. I've never seen any study
of what the power actually looks like and what all problems people
encounter. The only direct experience I've seen is a neighbor having
the electronic coffee maker go kaput when using it plugged in to his
very small generator. And I've read of a lot of people having troubles
with using generators that have GFCI on the main 240V output, because
the generator has the neutral bonded to the frame and the house does
too. That causes the generator GFCI to immediately trip.