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Temperature Rise: 55/65 and What It Costs You
A working guide for Ohio sellers: what decides the number and how the unit leaves.
What we buy
What we buy here
Most of what matters about Temperature Rise: 55/65 and What It Costs You can be settled before anybody picks up a wrench. A relocation leaves behind exactly the units that were built into the building, which is why they become surplus. A tank that has been repainted recently deserves a closer look than one that has not.
The last step is the one people rush, so confirm the unit is de-energised, isolated and grounded before anyone opens a door. A unit that has been disconnected for a year is not the same proposition as one that came out last week. A seller should never feel rushed into a decision, and a buyer should never need to rush one.
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
What the numbers mean
A 55/65 rise rating means the winding averages 55 degrees above ambient at rated load, and can reach 65 with a loss of life. A 55-degree rise unit is more conservatively built than a 65-degree unit of the same kVA, and it usually weighs more. Ambient in an Ohio mechanical room can run well above the design figure, which quietly derates everything in it.
A buyer's first question is about the rating and the second is about the access, in that order. A desk that buys for its own account answers with a figure rather than a promise to find one.
The life equation
Insulation life halves for roughly every eight degrees of sustained extra heat, which is why the difference between 55 and 65 matters. A unit that has run at its 65-degree limit for twenty years has used more life than a 55-degree unit of the same age. An oil test cannot measure insulation life directly, but hot oil usually shows it in acidity and colour.
A buyer who arrives unprepared wastes the site's morning, which is remembered long after the unit is gone. A purchase is a handover of risk as much as a handover of metal.
At purchase
A 55-rise unit is worth more in a hot location because it has margin the other unit does not. A 65-rise unit is fine for a standby duty where it runs rarely. The figure is on the nameplate, so there is no reason to guess.
The practical rule
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Questions about temperature rise: 55/65 and what it costs you
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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 temperature rise: 55/65 and what it costs you change what a transformer is worth?
A 55-rise unit is worth more in a hot location because it has margin the other unit does not. The figure is on the nameplate, so there is no reason to guess.
Service area
Where does a seller start with temperature rise: 55/65 and what it costs you?
A 55-degree rise unit is more conservatively built than a 65-degree unit of the same kVA, and it usually weighs more. A buyer who explains the reasoning gets a second call, and the second call is where the good units are.
Payment
Is temperature rise: 55/65 and what it costs you part of what a buyer checks on site?
If the room is hot and the load is continuous, buy the lower rise or buy a bigger unit. If the room is hot and the load is continuous, buy the lower rise or buy a bigger unit.
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