We handle the freight
Sell a 2000 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
Most 2000 kVA units we buy come out of plants that outgrew them rather than out of failures. Overweight is a permit problem before it is a crane problem, and Ohio scales are not forgiving.
| Wet weight | about 13,000 pounds |
|---|---|
| Typical use | a plant distribution point or a small substation |
| Common form | substation or large padmount |
| Why sellers call | Two thousand kVA is where a unit stops being a padmount in most designs and becomes a free-standing transformer. |
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 2000 kVA transformer is used for
2000 kVA transformers are the workhorses of Ohio distribution, and they are replaced in ones and twos rather than in projects. A transformer energized on a light load first gives the unit a chance to settle and the protection a chance to hold.
Dry-types fail from heat and dust rather than from weather, which makes the room as important as the unit. A working unit replaced during an upgrade carries no fault history, which is the main reason it is worth more.
Size, weight and handling
The last hundred feet decide the day, and they are the hundred feet nobody photographs. A crane set up on a slope will not lift what its chart says, and the operator will say so before the lift.
A rectifier transformer is matched to its bridge, so the pair is worth more together than apart. A rigging plan written on the back of an envelope is the reason some lifts take two attempts.
What we check on a 2000 kVA unit
The pad tells a story too: a settled pad, a rust line at the base and a tilted cabinet all point at water where water should not be. A bushing, a gasket and an oil processing are the three cheapest ways to raise a number.
A seller who keeps the test sheet makes the next sale faster, because the next buyer asks the same questions. Oil finds the drain nobody mentioned, and it usually finds it within the first ten minutes.
What it is worth
A site visit costs the buyer a morning and saves both sides a misunderstanding, which is why it is free to the seller. A unit that served a plant for thirty years has already proved most of what a buyer needs to know.
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 2000 kVA transformer weigh?
There is no fee to look, no commission on the number, and no deduction invented after the truck is loaded. If the weight is unknown, the tank dimensions and the radiator count get a buyer within a few percent. A short list of photographs covers the cabinet, the tag, the bushings and the access, and nothing else is needed at the start.
Service area
Do you buy a single 2000 kVA unit?
With the tag and the access photographs, a working number becomes a firm number and the truck can be booked against it. 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. A transformer with its original documentation is easier to insure, easier to resell and easier to explain.
Payment
What if the 2000 kVA unit has failed?
The difference shows up when a deadline is tight: a buyer can move on a Thursday, a broker usually cannot. The decision between recovery and teardown on a substation usually comes down to the oil test and the winding resistance. A unit that came out of a working plant is almost always the better buy, and sellers rarely realise it.