We handle the freight
Sell a 500 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
500 kVA is a rating rather than a guarantee, because a unit at that rating can be built in several physical sizes. Weight is the first logistics question, and the figure on the tag is not the figure the crane needs, because oil, bushings and skid weight all add up.
| Wet weight | about 3,800 pounds |
|---|---|
| Typical use | a plant service, a data hall or a large commercial building |
| Common form | three-phase padmount or dry-type |
| Why sellers call | Five hundred kVA is the most requested size in the used market, because it fits almost any mid-size industrial service. |
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 500 kVA transformer is used for
A 500 kVA unit usually serves a load measured in hundreds of horsepower rather than thousands. A transformer with an unusual secondary is usually matched to one process, and that process is the market.
Rewinding is a planned decision rather than an emergency one, which is why it suits a unit with a rare rating. A furnace or kiln unit runs hot for days and then cools, which is harder on insulation than a steady load.
Size, weight and handling
A river terminal changes the arithmetic on a very large unit, because barge transport avoids the bridges. The difference between a good purchase and a bad one is usually access rather than condition.
A lowboy is the right trailer for a heavy unit with a low centre of gravity and a long approach. A crew that has worked the county before knows which road floods and which bridge is closed for repair.
What we check on a 500 kVA unit
Condition is read from the outside in: paint, rust pattern, radiator fins, bushing condition, then the oil. A unit stored with its bushings uncapped will take water in through the top and hold it.
A tarp over a transformer traps condensation and is often worse than no cover at all. A single sample is a snapshot and two samples are a trend, and the trend is what a buyer wants.
What it is worth
Solar inverter units are recent enough that the first wave is only now reaching the used market. A common rating in poor condition sells faster than a rare one in good condition.
A sealed unit that has lost its gas blanket has lost the advantage that justified the price. A spill kit on site before the first bolt comes out is cheaper than the phone call that follows a missing one.
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 500 kVA transformer weigh?
You are paid when the unit leaves the pad, not thirty days after it arrives somewhere else. The truck is chosen from the weight, the height and the axle count, not from whatever happens to be in the yard. The best outcome is a unit that leaves the site and turns up somewhere useful, and that happens more often than people expect.
Service area
Do you buy a single 500 kVA unit?
The paperwork is between your company and ours, and it does not travel. 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 seller should keep the photographs after the sale, because the next buyer will ask for the same ones.
Payment
What if the 500 kVA unit has failed?
We would rather lose a unit than quote a figure we cannot honour once the cabinet is open. A three-phase padmount that failed a high-potential test is a teardown candidate, but the tank and the core often outlive the winding. A tank that has been repainted recently deserves a closer look than one that has not.