Paid on pickup
Sell a 20000 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
20000 kVA units are common enough in Ohio that a buyer knows exactly what is being described on the phone. We weigh when a number sits close to a permit threshold, because guessing on a bridge is not a strategy.
| Wet weight | about 100,000 pounds |
|---|---|
| Typical use | a transmission substation or a generating site |
| Common form | substation |
| Why sellers call | Twenty MVA units are project purchases, and the buyer is usually a utility or a large industrial owner. |
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 20000 kVA transformer is used for
The 20000 kVA class covers padmounts, dry-types and pole units, and the form decides where the unit can go. Pole units are the cheapest transformers in any surplus list and the easiest to move, which makes them a good first purchase.
A cooling class with dead fans is a smaller transformer wearing a larger nameplate. An autotransformer has no galvanic separation, which is the whole reason plants avoid it for isolation.
Size, weight and handling
A rectifier transformer is matched to its bridge, so the pair is worth more together than apart. Most sellers underestimate the lift and overestimate the drive, which is the opposite of how the cost actually falls.
Dry-types in basements are a rigging problem before they are an electrical one, and the door is the constraint. A mezzanine unit usually comes out in pieces or through a window, and both options need planning.
What we check on a 20000 kVA unit
A unit that has been indoors for twenty years usually grades better than one that has stood in an Ohio schoolyard for eight. A clean oil test is the cheapest insurance anybody can buy on a used transformer.
A screened unit that passes still needs the full suite before it goes back into service. A unit stored on gravel wicks moisture from below, and a unit on timber skids takes it from the air.
What it is worth
A unit bought for a project that never happened is the cleanest thing in the used market. A seller comparing a scrap quote with a purchase quote is comparing two different services.
A unit that has never been rewound carries a premium that is easy to explain and hard to argue with. A buyer who explains a deduction is easier to trust than one who simply reduces the figure.
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 20000 kVA transformer weigh?
When the answer is no, it is usually about the core, the oil or the access, and we name which one. Rigging weight, shipping weight and operating weight are three different numbers and only one of them belongs on a permit. The second data plate on a rebuilt unit matters more than the first, and it is easy to photograph by mistake.
Service area
Do you buy a single 20000 kVA unit?
With the tag and the access photographs, a working number becomes a firm number and the truck can be booked against it. Answers come back the same day in most cases, and the truck is scheduled the moment the paperwork is signed. A quick decision is a kindness when the unit is standing in the way of a project.
Payment
What if the 20000 kVA unit has failed?
Nothing here needs a meeting. A nameplate photograph and a sentence about access is enough to start, and most answers come back the same day. Teardown value is the floor under any offer on a substation, and it is lower than most sellers expect. A seller should ask what happens to the unit after it leaves, because the answer says what kind of buyer they are dealing with.