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The one I posted was a 4 wire.

Well, its going to smoke a little bit. How much is it smoking? Do you have a short video you can post? Will it carry a full load now that you have tweaked everything?

Are you asking about the outlet for the generator or the inlet for the house? Edit: If you are looking for an inlet box you would use something that looks like this...

ug. Mining cable. Totally forgot about that one.

So long as it has the info stamped into the jacket you should be OK.

That is acceptable but to get to a true 50a cord is going to push you to 4 gauge. 6 gauge cord isn't rated for 50a due to the limited heat rise allowed in those cables. If you could find a 90c rated cord then you would be good. I've not seen anything like that available in the normal commercial...

Its easy and common to confuse ground and bonding. Its normal and desirable to have multiple grounding points in a system (so long as they are all connected together and at the same reference potential). In the case of a backup generator it is not unusual to have a ground rod at the generator...

10 gauge is too small. You will trip your 30a panel breaker if you try to take advantage of the 10kw rating of the generator. You need to run all new stuff from the breaker panel out to the generator. A new 50a breaker, 6 gauge wire, and 50a plugs are the minimum. As mentioned before run a...

I would recommend putting the dead crank switch in "OFF" and exercising your start switch a few times. Wet it down with contact cleaner if you have it. Do the same for the e-stop switch. Be sure to hold the unit in "START" until you see oil pressure on the gauge. Otherwise it will die when you...

After all you've done I'm betting on timing or an injection (injector or pump) issue. You are covering your bases well.

Have you checked the air filter? Can you do a quick test run with the filter removed (assuming you aren't in continuous dusty conditions)? Look for anything obstructing the intake. Black smoke is unburnt fuel. To add to Guyfangs list it can be caused by an air restriction in the intake or...

Do you get voltage if you hold it in "start" after its running? Post 1000, and its my birthday. Woohoo!!

What he said. Run it as is and it will be fine.

Have you inquired with Green Mountain Generators?

Have you done a compression test?

If you are running in 3 phase mode on the generator you can bump it maybe a little but you shouldn't try to get it up to 230-240v range. Appliances will run fine at 208-215. As an example you can reference this data sheet for a Mitsubishi unit I found on the web and it lists the acceptable...

This is more a power distribution question than a generator question. There are plenty of tutorials on the web on how to do a power distribution setup. Since you are asking a pretty basic question about power distribution I have to ask this - Have you considered buying one of the boxes already...

Here. This looks like a generator only section but its not.

The ones on mine have the clips.

I wish I could help you there. I've wanted to play around with those but haven't had the opportunity.