No fees, no broker
Selling a Transformer in a Fire and Lightning Damage
Units released by this situation bought across Ohio, with the removal and paperwork handled.
What we buy
What we buy here
Timing is the whole conversation in fire and lightning damage, because a unit that can wait a month is a different negotiation from one that cannot. The decision is rarely emotional. Somebody has a unit, somebody has a deadline, and storage against recovery settles it.
| What happens | Heat or a surge damages insulation, bushings and sometimes the core, and the visible damage understates the internal damage. |
|---|---|
| Deadline | the site is usually cleared quickly after the fire report |
| Paperwork | a fire report, an insurance loss note and an oil test |
| Buying note | Fire-damaged units are priced as teardown candidates unless the oil test says otherwise. |
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.
Situation
What fire and lightning damage means for a transformer
fire and lightning damage creates a specific kind of transformer sale, and the specifics decide how quickly the unit can move. A cabinet that has been opened recently has probably been looked at by somebody who knew why.
A unit in a building that is coming down is a different problem from a unit in a plant that is staying. A unit that has been looked after is obvious within a minute, and so is one that has not.
The paperwork that has to be right
A bill of sale that names the serial is worth ten that describe a transformer in general terms. A fault history is not automatically bad news, because a repaired fault is often better documented than an unrepaired one.
A utility seller adds a disposal authorisation, and a company adds a purchase order. A leased unit belongs to the lessor, and the tenant cannot sell what the tenant does not own.
How the pickup runs
The crew that arrives is our crew, not a subcontractor who has never seen the site. A lift that starts level ends level, and a lift that starts crooked rarely does.
A drive isolation transformer is specified by the drive manufacturer rather than by the plant, which is why the tag looks odd. Most sellers underestimate the lift and overestimate the drive, which is the opposite of how the cost actually falls.
What to send us first
A seller with four units on one site gets a better number per unit than a seller with one. The second data plate on a rebuilt unit matters more than the first, and it is easy to photograph by mistake.
Common questions
Other situations we handle
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
Do you buy in a fire and lightning damage situation?
You deal with the same desk from the first call to the wire, and the person who quoted is the person who signs the bill of sale. fire and lightning damage can put a very large unit on the market with very little notice, and that is where a buyer with a truck earns their keep. A relocation leaves behind exactly the units that were built into the building, which is why they become surplus.
Service area
Who signs the paperwork in a fire and lightning damage?
The only thing that changes a quote afterwards is something the photographs did not show, which is why we ask early. If the unit was capitalised, the fixed asset register will hold the serial, the year and the cost centre, and that record is useful to both sides. A transformer is a boring asset until the day it fails, and then it is the only thing anyone discusses.
Payment
How fast can you move in a fire and lightning damage?
The offer arrives with the reasoning attached, so it can go to a board or a finance team without translation. fire and lightning damage that is already in progress needs a buyer who can be on site within days rather than weeks. The order of work is always the same: look, measure, test, agree, lift, pay.