We handle the freight
Sell a Schneider Electric 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 Schneider Electric design changed over the years, and the later cabinets are usually better sealed than the early ones. We would rather lose a unit than quote a figure we cannot honour once the cabinet is open.
| Common vintages | the 1990s and 2000s |
|---|---|
| What they built | Schneider builds dry-type, cast resin and medium-voltage distribution transformers for commercial and industrial use. |
| Where we see them | Ohio plants, utilities and yards |
| Buying note | Schneider cast resin units are common in water plants and are usually replaced on a maintenance schedule rather than on failure. |
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
Schneider Electric transformers in Ohio
We buy Schneider Electric units of every vintage, including the ones that have not run since the plant closed. The difference between a good and a bad purchase is usually information rather than luck.
A seller should be able to tell, from one phone call, whether the buyer has done this before. A purchase that finishes in a week is normal, and one that finishes in a day is a favour returned.
What we look for on a Schneider Electric unit
A cabinet that has been opened recently has probably been looked at by somebody who knew why. The unit is the easy part; the site, the access and the paperwork are where the time goes.
Nothing about a transformer improves by waiting, and the oil in particular gets worse rather than better. A unit that has been in service is a known quantity, and a unit that has been idle is a question.
Where the value sits
The common Schneider Electric padmounts are the ones that show up in subdivisions and industrial parks, and they are the easiest to move. A unit with a matched partner is worth more as a pair than as two singles, and pairs are rare.
A common rating in poor condition sells faster than a rare one in good condition. Two units of the same age can be worth very different amounts, and the difference is usually the tap changer.
Paperwork, insurance and the crew
A bankruptcy sale is slow at the signature and fast at the pickup, so the truck is booked after the order rather than before. A leased unit is sold by the lessor, and the tenant cannot sell what the tenant does not own.
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 Schneider Electric transformers?
If there is a bill of sale, a lien release or an asset tag, photograph that too, because paperwork is part of the condition. Older Schneider Electric substation units often carry a load tap changer, and the tap changer is the part that decides their future. A substation unit is a project rather than a purchase, and it should be planned like one.
Service area
What if the Schneider Electric nameplate is missing?
You are paid when the unit leaves the pad, not thirty days after it arrives somewhere else. The nameplate carries the kVA, the primary and secondary voltages, the impedance, the temperature rise, the cooling class and the weight, and every one of them moves the number. A short drive within one county costs less than a long drive across three, and the number shows it.
Payment
Can you pick up a Schneider Electric unit this week?
A unit with no tag is not a dead end; it is a unit that needs a tape measure and a close look at the bushings. Demolition schedules, lease expirations and closing dates all work the same way here: give us the date and we work to it. A hot mechanical room quietly derates everything in it, and nobody notices until a unit fails early.