Great product bother in law works in The R&D. However
our last Governor did everything he could to run them out of the country. Thanks Doyle for all the jobs you cost Generac in Wisconsin .

 

Onans work well too, I've seen them alot on RV's.

 

Are they made in the USA? This forum is about products Made in USA.

 

Last I remember, they're made in Milwaukee WI.

 

Mine ran for seven days straight on more than one occasion here in NH during power outages.

 

The small units may be made here, but I work on big Generators for a living (some hold 150 gallons of oil), and they have a majority of foreign parts. Daewoo, Hino, Mitsubishi engines, they used to use FIAT engines for some of their 12kW units. Other times they use Ford or GM industrial engines.

Onan used to be made here, but they have been bought out by Cummins, and became part of Cummins Power Generation. Cummins also bought AVK from the UK and the alternator half is now usually from the UK.

I believe that Kohler is still designed and made in the USA, as is CAT for the most part.

One thing that amazes me is that Kohler, Generac and Marathon are from Wisconsin, CAT is based in Illinois, and Onan used to be based in Minnesota. Seems like all of the US generator production companies were based in a relatively small area.

 

I used to work on generators myself. The larger ones used just about any engine that would fit the specs for the building it was going in (1.5 HP per KW).
Used to love changing oil on them. 150 gallons took almost the whole day. Hell, the air cleaners held 5 qts.

 

Hard to find ANYTHING thats 100% made in the USA, I support those company's whenever possible.

 

Generac was advertising for people, doing job fairs. Shows how you buy American it employees people. Now those folks will have more money to spend, and trickles down.

People with good jobs build new homes, buy cars, ect.

 

I have a Generac XL4000 generator and a Honda eu2000i inverter. I like the Generac better starts easier
Ken

 

Mine ran twice for over five days straight without a nitch. I fact yesterday it kept the house powered for 15 hours.

 

Great generators. I live in a hurricane area where we can go for weeks without power. I have a big Generac that rolls on wheels for 8yrs now. It's an excellent machine, does 110v and 220v.

 

Generators are one of those things I think about buying, and probably won't until after I need it.

 

Yup, generac make a great product. Ran my whole household has run on mine for days on end, 5 days once here in NH
Its nice when most of the neighborhood is dark and I'm cozy, warm and still watching cable. I have the 14kw model, runs on propane

 

I have a generac 4000 watt generator and I love it! I don't even need a generator but got this one after my dad died. I put stabil in it every year and it works great every time I need it. Totally happy with it.