Generator help please

[Boar]

I have a champion brand generator. I use in my otter sled as a genetrator hut, his weekend I used one of those power strips to hook up another fish house with power. Friday night we watched TV an movies no problem, then I moved the generator ut to reposition an the generator slid against the tub didnt know it but it burnt a big hol in my tub with the exhaust.dint think much about it. Whent to turn on the tv an it dosent work but lights an stuff do, think there must have been some sort of power surge n butn otu the tv when the genereator was againsst the tub. No biggie either really but my concern is this. the power strip has a thre light indicator, active non active an grounded. the strip says not grounded, thought the plastic tub was insulating the generator so it wasnt grounded, I dont know just thinking. My friend pluged in the power strip to his honda an the strip worked fine an was grounded. His was on snow, I put mine on snow, not grounded. what might be wrong. Thing is I cn run lights an stuff but afraid I might burn out anotherTV. Any thoughts?

[Whoaru99]

Did you notice any problems with the light flickering, going bright/dim, and such? If not, I doubt it was a power surge. But, before I connected anything of material significance I'd probably test the voltage unloaded and with a fair load like an electric heater to confirm there isn't anything obviously wrong.

As far as not showing ground with power strip or a receptacle tester, far as I know that's pretty common, dare I say normal, for a small portable generator. Typically, the frame of the unit is connected to the ground prong of the receptacle, but not connected to the generator electrical circuits per se.

I just checked my Honda EU2000i with a receptacle tester and it does not show ground either. Checking the manual shows this is normal/as expected, for the reason mentioned in the preceding paragraph.

I would not assume your buddy's generator showing proper ground is the way yours should be. In fact, I question why his shows ground as that seems to be the oddity in this regard.

[Boar]

Thanks for the reply, youve eased some anxiey in this might be norm. I really think what happend to the tv is that is the exhaust of the generator sat an chuggged angainst the wall of the tub untill it melted thru an realead a small surge,. the tv is a lcd flat screen an from what ive haerd after the fact is that one should have a surge protector on those. Thanksagain

[rustysetter]

Boar, are your lights 120 volt or 12 volt fed from a converter to a battery. Check the output voltage of the generator like the previous poster recommended it seems odd there would have been a surge that resulted from your explanation, but anything is possible did you notice if the lights got bright.

[Boar]

my lights are 120 but convert then to 12, no flickering of any kind, I think the ground on the 3 prong receptical went, not sure why.