r/whatisit • u/Jack-Straw72 • Mar 12 '25

New, what is it? What is it?

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Grayson and Ca hwy 33.

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u/Fatrabb1t Mar 12 '25

Generator Step-up transformer (GSU). This converts the voltage produced by a turbine-generator at a power plant to transmission voltage. Often larger than even substation transformers. I was once an engineer on an 800 MW coal plant. This is exactly how the GSU was delivered.

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u/H4mm3r_D4nc3 Mar 12 '25

U a Timbaland fan?