Always operate a generator in a clean, dry, well-ventilated area, and make sure your hands are dry. The use of worn, damaged, undersized, or ungrounded extension cords can cause electrocution to anyone who comes in contact with them. Undersized extension cords could overheat the wires or the attached items, resulting in fire. The Use of ungrounded cordsets could prevent the operation of circuit breakers and result in electrical shock. Always inspect extension cords before use and replace with new ones if required.
Computer systems have very specific requirements that are discussed later.
Improperly connecting appliances or tools to the generator , eceeding the load capacity of the generator by attaching too many items, or by attaching items with very high load ratings, could overheat some items or their attachment wiring and cause fire or electrical shock. Understand load ratings. Make sure that the total of electrical loads for all attachments does not exceed the load rating of the generator . Tampering with the engine speed adjustment could result in overheating of attachments and could cause a fire. Both the output voltage and frequency will be thrown out of standard by this practice, endangering you and the attachments.