Generator/ Reverse Polarity Question

TheHound wrote:

KD4UPL wrote:
I agree that it sounds like your bonding plug is wired wrong and bonding the hot to the frame. Test the bonding plug with an ohm meter rather than cutting it open. Then, if it's bad, you can return it.

Good plan, thanks but how do I test the plug? Sorry, total novice here. I do have a multimeter. Cheers!

Put your multimeter on ohms (lowest setting if it has several). Touch the leads to each other and you should read something near 0. Now do that between the ground and neutral on the bonding plug and again between the ground and hot. The neutral is the one that is a larger oin or would plug into the larger slot on a receptacle. You should read near 0 between neutral and ground and nothing between hot and ground.