Paid on pickup
Sell a 15 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
15 kVA is a rating rather than a guarantee, because a unit at that rating can be built in several physical sizes. The truck is chosen from the weight, the height and the axle count, not from whatever happens to be in the yard.
| Wet weight | about 250 pounds |
|---|---|
| Typical use | a small outbuilding, a sign circuit or a farm service |
| Common form | single-phase pole or padmount |
| Why sellers call | A 15 kVA unit is the smallest thing we buy regularly, and it is usually collected as part of a lot rather than on its own. |
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 15 kVA transformer is used for
15 kVA units are common in commercial buildings, which usually means parking-lot access and a door that has to be measured. A cast resin unit tolerates damp air that would destroy a ventilated dry-type, which is why water plants use them.
A delta secondary has no neutral, so a plant that needs 277 volts cannot use it without another transformer. A mechanical room built around a transformer will have to be opened, and the wall usually goes back afterwards.
Size, weight and handling
A pad cleared and swept afterwards is the difference between a buyer who is called again and one who is not. A lowboy is the right trailer for a heavy unit with a low centre of gravity and a long approach.
Escorts are decided by dimensions rather than by weight, which surprises most sellers. The buyer who arrives with a tape measure and a torch is the buyer who will not reduce the number at the gate.
What we check on a 15 kVA unit
We look for evidence of overload, because a unit that ran hot for years shows it in the paint on the tank and the colour of the oil. A unit that has been topped up repeatedly is leaking, and the leak is the story.
A clean oil test is the cheapest insurance anybody can buy on a used transformer. A unit stored with its bushings uncapped will take water in through the top and hold it.
What it is worth
An overstock sale is where matching sets appear, and a matching set is worth more than the units bought one at a time. A missing bushing subtracts more than its replacement cost, because it signals how the unit was treated.
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 15 kVA transformer weigh?
The paperwork is between your company and ours, and it does not travel. If the weight is unknown, the tank dimensions and the radiator count get a buyer within a few percent. A buyer's first question is about the rating and the second is about the access, in that order.
Service area
Do you buy a single 15 kVA unit?
If the building changes hands at the end of the month, say so at the start and the schedule gets built backwards from that date. We work to your deadline rather than ours, which is why the first question is when the site has to be clear. A substation-class unit sits between what a plant can maintain and what a utility would own, which is why it changes hands.
Payment
What if the 15 kVA unit has failed?
You are paid when the unit leaves the pad, not thirty days after it arrives somewhere else. We tell a seller when a single-phase pole is a teardown, because pretending otherwise wastes everybody's week. A buying desk earns its keep by answering quickly, because a seller with a unit in the way is not looking for a relationship.