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PCB Rules for Transformers: What Ohio Sellers Need to Know
A working guide for Ohio sellers: what decides the number and how the unit leaves.
What we buy
What we buy here
PCB Rules for Transformers: What Ohio Sellers Need to Know is worth understanding even if you never sell a unit, because it explains what a buyer is looking at. A transformer that is still bolted down belongs to the building until somebody unbolts it, and that is a decision. The unit will outlast the building it serves, which is why so many of them change hands.
If you do only one thing, photograph the nameplate and the cabinet in good light. A partial assembly is bought on the assumption that something is missing, because it usually is. A seller with a deadline should say so early, because the schedule is built around the date rather than the unit.
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.
Guide
Why the date matters
PCB was used in transformer oil until the late 1970s, when American manufacture of the chemical was banned. A unit built before 1979 may contain PCBs, and a unit built after that date is presumed clean unless somebody has contaminated it. The presumption matters because the seller carries the liability for a mislabelled unit.
The unit is the easy part; the site, the access and the paperwork are where the time goes. A hot mechanical room quietly derates everything in it, and nobody notices until a unit fails early.
The concentrations that matter
Oil below 50 parts per million is generally treated as non-PCB for disposal purposes, while higher concentrations fall under federal handling rules. A unit between 50 and 500 parts per million is regulated but can sometimes be handled as PCB-contaminated rather than as pure PCB equipment. Above 500 parts per million the unit is fully regulated, and the disposal route is a licensed facility rather than a yard.
A unit that has been in service is a known quantity, and a unit that has been idle is a question. A site manager who has already cleared the pad has done most of the work that matters.
Practical consequences
What to ask before you move anything
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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
Does pcb rules for transformers: what ohio sellers need to know change what a transformer is worth?
A contaminated unit cannot be drained on site, cannot be sold as clean equipment and cannot travel without the right manifest. A buyer who handles contaminated units properly takes that liability off the seller's books, and that service has value.
Service area
Where does a seller start with pcb rules for transformers: what ohio sellers need to know?
A unit built before 1979 may contain PCBs, and a unit built after that date is presumed clean unless somebody has contaminated it. A decommissioning is orderly, which makes it the easiest kind of large project to buy from.
Payment
Is pcb rules for transformers: what ohio sellers need to know part of what a buyer checks on site?
Ask for the last oil test, the unit's date of manufacture and any label that mentions PCB. If none of those exist, test before you load, because a truck stopped at a scale with a contaminated unit is a very expensive day.
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