We handle the freight
Sell a Westinghouse 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
Where a Westinghouse unit has a known failure mode we say so before quoting, because it changes what the unit is worth. If a unit is scrap, we will tell you it is scrap instead of dressing it up as something better.
| Common vintages | the 1950s through the 1980s |
|---|---|
| What they built | Westinghouse built padmounts, substation transformers and dry-types, and its units are still common in Ohio plants. |
| Where we see them | Ohio plants, utilities and yards |
| Buying note | Westinghouse units often predate contamination rules, so an oil test is part of every purchase rather than an option. |
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
Westinghouse transformers in Ohio
A Westinghouse unit is usually identifiable from the cabinet style alone, which helps when the tag is gone. The unit will outlast the building it serves, which is why so many of them change hands.
A transformer is a boring asset until the day it fails, and then it is the only thing anyone discusses. A transformer with its original documentation is easier to insure, easier to resell and easier to explain.
What we look for on a Westinghouse unit
The industry runs on relationships, but the first one starts with a nameplate photograph. A unit that has been in service is a known quantity, and a unit that has been idle is a question.
A buyer who arrives unprepared wastes the site's morning, which is remembered long after the unit is gone. A seller with a deadline should say so early, because the schedule is built around the date rather than the unit.
Where the value sits
Older Westinghouse substation units often carry a load tap changer, and the tap changer is the part that decides their future. A seller with photographs gets a firm number, and a seller with a description gets a range.
A sealed unit that has lost its gas blanket has lost the advantage that justified the price. A test that costs less than a tank of fuel can change a five-figure decision, which is the whole argument for doing it.
Paperwork, insurance and the crew
A waste manifest names three parties, and all three have to be right before the truck moves. A contact who can open a gate is worth more on pickup day than any amount of paperwork.
A bill of sale fixes the moment risk transfers, and that moment should be when the unit leaves the pad. A seller who keeps the removal photographs has a record that answers most later questions.
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 Westinghouse transformers?
You are paid when the unit leaves the pad, not thirty days after it arrives somewhere else. The Westinghouse design changed over the years, and the later cabinets are usually better sealed than the early ones. A transformer is heavy, oily, regulated and awkward, and every part of the process reflects that.
Service area
What if the Westinghouse nameplate is missing?
Send the tag, the cabinet, the bushings and the pad, and the answer usually arrives before the end of the working day. 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 decommissioning is orderly, which makes it the easiest kind of large project to buy from.
Payment
Can you pick up a Westinghouse unit this week?
Once access is confirmed, the offer stops being conditional and starts being a pickup date. Answers come back the same day in most cases, and the truck is scheduled the moment the paperwork is signed. A buck-boost unit is almost always misapplied rather than worn out, and the diagram inside the cover explains why.