This is a pretty typical Delco Light Plant. They were often used on farms, homes and camps before rural electrification. With 16, lead / acid cells in tall, square glass jars you would have a battery bank to supply 32 volts dc to the home. You could get 28, 30, and 32 volt light bulbs, which had ordinary screw in bases. The voltage for the bulb depended upon how far from the light plant and battery bank were from the bulb. They generally burned either Distillate or Kerosene, after being started with gasoline. . . . borrowed from the internet
Gramps and Granny had a Delco Plant, that is what they always called it, in the basement of the "new" house at Peru. Gramps built the house before electricity was available in rural Madison County. He knew that rural electric was not far off so he wired the house for electricity but in the meanwhile, the folks used a Delco Plant (generator) to run the appliances in the house.
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