No fees, no broker
Sell an Autotransformer in Ohio
Padmount and dry-type units of this type bought across Ohio, in any condition, with the oil sampled before we quote.
What we buy
What we buy here
autotransformers appear in motor starting, voltage regulation and utility distribution work more often than anywhere else, and that is where most of our Ohio pickups come from. The one thing that stops a autotransformer purchase is a unit that cannot be identified at all.
| Size band | 1 to 5,000 kVA |
|---|---|
| Voltage | 240 to 13,800 volts |
| Usually found | motor starting, voltage regulation and utility distribution |
| What we inspect | tap condition, winding insulation and whether the common winding has been overloaded |
| How it travels | a skid and a crane, with the tap links photographed before the move |
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.
Transformer type
What a autotransformer is
A autotransformer is built around a core, a coil and a tank or an enclosure, and the autotransformer label describes the form rather than the rating. A gauge that reads ambient on a loaded transformer is a broken gauge, not a cold unit.
A delta secondary has no neutral, so a plant that needs 277 volts cannot use it without another transformer. Inrush trips breakers more often than faults do, and the fix is a setting rather than a new unit.
Where these units turn up in Ohio
Details that seem trivial on the phone become decisive on the pad, which is why they are asked about early. A short drive within one county costs less than a long drive across three, and the number shows it.
A partial assembly is bought on the assumption that something is missing, because it usually is. A transformer that is still bolted down belongs to the building until somebody unbolts it, and that is a decision.
What we check before we quote
Dents in a radiator bank matter more than dents in a door, because a crushed fin is a cooling problem that only shows up under load. A unit with a nitrogen blanket that has lost pressure has been breathing damp air for years.
The oil is the cheapest diagnostic on the machine and the one most often skipped. A lab report that names the method is easier to defend than one that does not.
Condition, oil and contamination
Water in the oil attacks the paper, and paper damage does not come back. A unit built before 1979 is presumed suspect until a screen says otherwise.
What a autotransformer is worth to us
Getting it off the pad
Common questions
Other transformer types 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
Do you buy a autotransformer that has already failed?
Once access is confirmed, the offer stops being conditional and starts being a pickup date. The offer arrives with the reasoning attached, so it can go to a board or a finance team without translation. 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
What does a autotransformer weigh, and does that change the pickup?
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. A substation unit is a project rather than a purchase, and it should be planned like one.
Payment
Can you collect a autotransformer outside Ohio?
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. If a unit sits just over a state line, the honest answer is that somebody closer should buy it. A seller should never feel rushed into a decision, and a buyer should never need to rush one.