We handle the freight
Sell a Federal Pacific Transformer in Ohio
Padmount and dry-type units from this builder bought across Ohio, with the tag read and the serial checked first.
What we buy
What we buy here
The common Federal Pacific padmounts are the ones that show up in subdivisions and industrial parks, and they are the easiest to move. We would rather lose a unit than quote a figure we cannot honour once the cabinet is open.
| Common vintages | the 1960s and 1970s |
|---|---|
| What they built | Federal Pacific built dry-types, control transformers and switchgear, and its equipment is still in service in older buildings. |
| Where we see them | Ohio plants, utilities and yards |
| Buying note | Federal Pacific units are old enough that contamination and insulation condition decide the outcome, not the name. |
Who we buy from
Six kinds of seller, one desk
- Recyclers
- Electrical contractors
- Equipment dealers
- End users
- Demo contractors
- Distributors
Fast offers
A nameplate photo is usually enough to price a unit the same day.
Dedicated logistics
We arrange the crane, the permits and the flatbed, not you.
No broker fees
You are dealing with the buyer, so nothing is shaved off the offer.
How it works
Six steps from your yard to the money
- 01
Take pictures
The nameplate, the cabinet interior and the tank in daylight. Three photographs are usually enough to place a unit in the right class and the right price band.
- 02
Send them to us
The form on this page, a text or an email all reach the same desk. Include the city, the access and any deadline the site is working to.
- 03
Review the offer
A buyer reads the photographs, asks one or two questions and sends a written offer with the assumptions stated, so nothing changes on the day.
- 04
We schedule freight
Crane, flatbed and permits are booked around your access. You get a date and a window, and we carry the cost of getting it right.
- 05
Testing on arrival
Winding resistance, megger and turns ratio, plus oil analysis where the unit is liquid filled. The results decide the final number, and you see them.
- 06
Get paid
Payment is released on the agreed terms once the unit is received and tested, by check or ACH. No retention, no sixty-day terms.
What we handle for you
The parts sellers dread, done for you
Rigging
Crane and forklift arranged around your access, not the other way round.
Oil containment
Bunds, absorbent and disposal handled before the unit moves.
Bill of sale
A clean title document for your records, signed on collection.
PCB paperwork
Pre-1979 units get the testing and the manifest they need.
Brand
Federal Pacific transformers in Ohio
A Federal Pacific unit is usually identifiable from the cabinet style alone, which helps when the tag is gone. A site inside a city limit usually means an overnight move and a closed lane, which is planned rather than improvised.
A plant on the river has a barge option that a plant on a ridge does not. A transformer that has been idle for two years may still be perfect, and the test sheet is how you find out.
What we look for on a Federal Pacific unit
A seller should ask what happens to the unit after it leaves, because the answer says what kind of buyer they are dealing with. The unit will outlast the building it serves, which is why so many of them change hands.
A partial assembly is bought on the assumption that something is missing, because it usually is. A short list of photographs covers the cabinet, the tag, the bushings and the access, and nothing else is needed at the start.
Where the value sits
Where a Federal Pacific unit has a known failure mode we say so before quoting, because it changes what the unit is worth. A number that survives the site visit is worth more than one that was generous on the phone.
An overstock sale is where matching sets appear, and a matching set is worth more than the units bought one at a time. Value follows the rating before it follows the condition, because an unusable size is worth its metal and nothing more.
Paperwork, insurance and the crew
A fault history is not automatically bad news, because a repaired fault is often better documented than an unrepaired one. A record kept for seven years is a record that answers the auditor's question before it is asked.
Common questions
Other brands we buy
Get started
Get an offer in minutes
Five fields and a phone number is all we need to start. We reply the same business day, and a firm number follows the nameplate photo.
(614) 715-3047or send the form and we will call you.
Questions
What sellers ask before they call
Equipment types
Do you buy older Federal Pacific transformers?
Nobody asks you to front the crane, the permits or the haul, and nobody nets those out of the offer afterwards. Federal Pacific serial numbers date a unit precisely, which is useful when the nameplate has been painted over. A seller with four units on one site gets a better number per unit than a seller with one.
Service area
What if the Federal Pacific nameplate is missing?
A municipal seller needs an invoice and a W-9; a plant needs a wire against a bill of sale. We do both without drama. A tag that reads 12470/7200Y describes a different unit from one that reads 12470 delta, even when the kVA matches. A decision made on a photograph is reversible; a decision made after the truck arrives is not.
Payment
Can you pick up a Federal Pacific unit this week?
Sellers who send all four photographs in the first message usually have a number the same morning. Answers come back the same day in most cases, and the truck is scheduled the moment the paperwork is signed. Every county in Ohio has a slightly different way of doing things, and a buyer who works statewide learns them all.