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Glad you found the problem jerry!

ok from my understanding when connecting a gen to a house, the house/panel is already grounded so you do not install a grounding rod or anything like that on the gen side because you would then have a double ground. the gen should pickup the ground through L0, the 4th wire through your plug to...

i wouldnt doubt for a minute that there was a poor ground somewhere and the arc finally did it in completely. continuity through all the cases, components and framework on these generators are very important. usually all the nuts and star washers are so rusty and corroded on every one i have...

hmmm, i highly doubt a little arc is going to fry the gen end. its something else. other than the simple things like breakers, etc its hard for me to give advice on the electrical side of things without it in front of me. maybe some of the other guys will chime in happy birthday!