We are in ky. No power because of the ice strom, bought a 5,500 briggs and straton generator from home depot, plugged it in does not seem to sork exactly right (fluxuwaiting from 118 - 129 voltage, but that is not my question, here's my question plugged our 1981 kenmore refrigerator up to it, worked fine now it won't come on, no power to the compressor

Could be the unit is in the defrost mode or the thermostat is not calling for cooling on the cold control.