Any condition, any size
Selling a Transformer in a Phase Loss
Units released by this situation bought across Ohio, with the removal and paperwork handled.
What we buy
What we buy here
When phase loss carries an insurance deadline, the salvage decision is usually separate from the repair decision. A closing plant has to clear a building by a date, and a transformer is the heaviest thing between the crew and an empty floor.
| What happens | A lost phase or a single-phasing event overheats one winding and leaves the unit running badly or not at all. |
|---|---|
| Deadline | the plant needs capacity back, so the damaged unit moves quickly |
| Paperwork | a protection record, a test result and a bill of sale |
| Buying note | Phase loss damage is often confined to one winding, which makes the unit a rebuild candidate rather than scrap. |
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 phase loss means for a transformer
phase loss creates a specific kind of transformer sale, and the specifics decide how quickly the unit can move. A transformer is a boring asset until the day it fails, and then it is the only thing anyone discusses.
A short drive within one county costs less than a long drive across three, and the number shows it. A hot mechanical room quietly derates everything in it, and nobody notices until a unit fails early.
The paperwork that has to be right
Records matter more on a large unit than on a small one, because the buyer is taking on more risk with the same information. A seller who keeps the removal photographs has a record that answers most later questions.
A bill of sale fixes the moment risk transfers, and that moment should be when the unit leaves the pad. A bill of sale written after the truck leaves is written from memory, and memory is unreliable.
How the pickup runs
Our people carry their own tools, their own slings and their own spill kit, and they do not need the seller's labour. A pad that has been used for storage for a decade will need clearing before a crane can set up.
A rural site is often easier than an urban one, because there is room for a crane and nobody to complain about it. A driveway that slopes towards the building will not take a loaded trailer in the rain.
What to send us first
The unit is the easy part; the site, the access and the paperwork are where the time goes. A unit in a building that is coming down is a different problem from a unit in a plant that is staying.
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 phase loss situation?
We are the buyer at the end of the chain, not a broker who has to find one, which is why the answer is yes or no rather than maybe. phase loss means the paperwork and the schedule matter as much as the condition. The difference between a good and a bad purchase is usually information rather than luck.
Service area
Who signs the paperwork in a phase loss?
You send a photograph of the nameplate, a buyer reads it, and you get a number with the conditions attached instead of a range that means nothing. 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 desk that buys for its own account answers with a figure rather than a promise to find one.
Payment
How fast can you move in a phase loss?
When the answer is no, it is usually about the core, the oil or the access, and we name which one. We work to your deadline rather than ours, which is why the first question is when the site has to be clear. The industry runs on relationships, but the first one starts with a nameplate photograph.