Absolute unit! 🐘 The generators at Manapōuri aren't your usual generators - they're absolutely massive! The rotor alone weighs about 250 tonnes, and the headcover is another 34 tonnes - together that's roughly the weight of 50 African elephants! Because they're so big - and deep underground - any work requires a huge amount of planning and precision. We’ve just finished refurbishing one of them - this footage shows the head cover and rotor being installed, through to the final components being

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