I've been using an old lister diesel generator to run a TV, lights, pone chargers etc, but am a bit of a simpleton when it comes to electrics and have been having a few issues, so was hoping I might be able to find some answers here.
I'm running appliances directly from the outlet, but something doesn't seem quite right- the TV occasionally turns off and back on, phone/tablet chargers are getting very hot, and when I use a mains 4 amp car battery charger, it is hardly charging the batteries at all (tested the charger by running it off an inverter and the needle indicates it is charging normally, hovering around 4amps, but switching to power from generator it drops to near 0).
Any ideas what might be going on? It makes no sense to me that some equipment seems to work normally while other things don't, but obviously that's just down to my ignorance! Would really appreciate any thoughts on this.
I'm running appliances directly from the outlet, but something doesn't seem quite right- the TV occasionally turns off and back on, phone/tablet chargers are getting very hot, and when I use a mains 4 amp car battery charger, it is hardly charging the batteries at all (tested the charger by running it off an inverter and the needle indicates it is charging normally, hovering around 4amps, but switching to power from generator it drops to near 0).
Any ideas what might be going on? It makes no sense to me that some equipment seems to work normally while other things don't, but obviously that's just down to my ignorance! Would really appreciate any thoughts on this.