No fees, no broker
Sell a 100 kVA Transformer in Ohio
Padmount and dry-type units at this rating bought across Ohio, from pole cans to padmounts, with the freight arranged.
What we buy
What we buy here
The step from 100 kVA to the next size up changes the trailer more than it changes the paperwork. A 500 kVA padmount runs a few thousand pounds wet, a substation unit can run into six figures, and that difference decides the whole plan.
| Wet weight | about 900 pounds |
|---|---|
| Typical use | a small plant, a school building or a commercial service |
| Common form | three-phase padmount or dry-type |
| Why sellers call | A 100 kVA unit is small enough for a telehandler and large enough to matter to a buyer, which makes it an easy sale. |
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.
Rating
What a 100 kVA transformer is used for
A 100 kVA unit usually serves a load measured in hundreds of horsepower rather than thousands. A K-rating is the shorthand a data hall needs and a machine shop does not.
An impedance figure that does not match the existing protection is a problem nobody notices until a fault. A station service transformer is unglamorous, critical and usually much older than the station it serves.
Size, weight and handling
A crane set up on a slope will not lift what its chart says, and the operator will say so before the lift. A rigging plan written on the back of an envelope is the reason some lifts take two attempts.
The difference between a good purchase and a bad one is usually access rather than condition. A site with two gates is a site with options, and options are what a rigging plan needs.
What we check on a 100 kVA unit
We grade on the core, the coil, the tank and the bushings rather than on cosmetics, because a faded cabinet with a clean core beats a painted one with a wet tank. A drained unit produces regulated oil, and the oil and the tank then travel as separate waste streams.
A bushing, a gasket and an oil processing are the three cheapest ways to raise a number. A pre-1979 unit is presumed suspect until a screen says otherwise, and the screen is inexpensive.
What it is worth
A mixed lot is priced unit by unit, and the junk in the corner is part of the arithmetic rather than a gift. The offer reflects what the unit can be used for, not what it cost when it was new.
Common questions
Other ratings 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
How much does a 100 kVA transformer weigh?
There is no pressure to accept on the call; the number holds for a set period and you can test it against another buyer. A unit with the oil drained ships lighter and leaks less, but draining adds a day and a drum. A unit with elevated gas that has been stable for a decade is a different proposition from one where the figure doubled.
Service area
Do you buy a single 100 kVA unit?
Send the tag, the cabinet, the bushings and the pad, and the answer usually arrives before the end of the working day. Answers come back the same day in most cases, and the truck is scheduled the moment the paperwork is signed. The paperwork at the end is short, and it is the part that keeps everybody out of trouble.
Payment
What if the 100 kVA unit has failed?
Site names, addresses and photographs stay in the file, and the file does not leave the desk. If a three-phase padmount is beyond repair it is still a tank, a core and a set of bushings, and those hold value. A unit that came out of a working plant is almost always the better buy, and sellers rarely realise it.