Onan Model # 10LS-6 Generator on Kijii

[Richard Farrant]

Originally Posted by Lang

Rob

Do you know if Onan has always been a Cummins product or was it a later company amalgamation? PS just found the story below.

I always thought Onan was an amusing choice of name for a stand-alone generator, the marketing man must have had the Sunday School version of Fred Onan's activities.

I am being unkind because it was a family name with a brilliant history not a play on biblical characters.

http://www.onanfamily.org/wp-content...STORY-1982.pdf


Lang

Hi Lang,
Thanks for the link to the Onan company history, truly fascinating. While working in British Army workshops I repaired many Onan sets, most from the early Sixties and recollect there was a link with Studebaker on the data tags.
They were very reliable and most of the work was for things like valves, ignition and and carburettor. These sets were flat twin side valve engines of 240 volt 3.5kva output, later a vertical engine came along to cover the same output.

regards, Richard