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Well if a bulb blew when it was plugged in I would say the voltage was wrong. One thing I ALWAYS do with generators, including my own every time I use it, is check the output voltage at the plug I am plugging into. If they were running two separate cords it is possible one may have had an end installed by someone wrong. BRASS colored terminal gets the BLACK wire, SILVER colored terminal gets the WHITE wire and the GROUND goes to the GREEN terminal. I have seen them wired white to brass and black to silver. easy way to remember is B to B and G to G and the W by default goes to the silver(white?) terminal. It is possible in this case for each cord to work by itself albeit with a shock hazard with one of them by causing a hot chassis. When both cords were run to a distribution box it is possible that the phasing was wrong and resulted in 240 volts on a 120 volt outlet. Several times I have needed 240 volts when only 120 was available and by using two separate 120 volt circuits I was able to make a temporary 240 volt source available at the workbench.

<blockquote data-quote="Captain Kilowatt" data-source="post: 556058" data-attributes="member: 39"><p>Well if a bulb blew when it was plugged in I would say the voltage was wrong. One thing I ALWAYS do with generators, including my own every time I use it, is check the output voltage at the plug I am plugging into. If they were running two separate cords it is possible one may have had an end installed by someone wrong. BRASS colored terminal gets the BLACK wire, SILVER colored terminal gets the WHITE wire and the GROUND goes to the GREEN terminal. I have seen them wired white to brass and black to silver. easy way to remember is B to B and G to G and the W by default goes to the silver(white?) terminal. It is possible in this case for each cord to work by itself albeit with a shock hazard with one of them by causing a hot chassis. When both cords were run to a distribution box it is possible that the phasing was wrong and resulted in 240 volts on a 120 volt outlet. Several times I have needed 240 volts when only 120 was available and by using two separate 120 volt circuits I was able to make a temporary 240 volt source available at the workbench.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Captain Kilowatt, post: 556058, member: 39"] Well if a bulb blew when it was plugged in I would say the voltage was wrong. One thing I ALWAYS do with generators, including my own every time I use it, is check the output voltage at the plug I am plugging into. If they were running two separate cords it is possible one may have had an end installed by someone wrong. BRASS colored terminal gets the BLACK wire, SILVER colored terminal gets the WHITE wire and the GROUND goes to the GREEN terminal. I have seen them wired white to brass and black to silver. easy way to remember is B to B and G to G and the W by default goes to the silver(white?) terminal. It is possible in this case for each cord to work by itself albeit with a shock hazard with one of them by causing a hot chassis. When both cords were run to a distribution box it is possible that the phasing was wrong and resulted in 240 volts on a 120 volt outlet. Several times I have needed 240 volts when only 120 was available and by using two separate 120 volt circuits I was able to make a temporary 240 volt source available at the workbench. [/QUOTE]

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