No fees, no broker
Sell a Current Transformer 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
The typical current transformer in service has been doing one job for decades, and the job has usually changed around it. If the current transformer is still connected to a live system, the utility disconnect comes first and the paperwork follows.
| Size band | 0.1 to 10 kVA |
|---|---|
| Voltage | 600 to 345,000 volts |
| Usually found | switchgear, substations, metering cabinets and motor control centres |
| What we inspect | ratio, accuracy class, burden and insulation condition |
| How it travels | a box and a van, with the terminals protected |
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 current transformer is
A current transformer is normally chosen for one duty, and the duty is the first thing to understand before the tag matters. A bushing replaced with the wrong length changes the clearance, which is a safety matter rather than a cosmetic one.
A furnace transformer is built for duty that would destroy a distribution unit within a year. An instrument transformer is small, fragile and expensive to replace, which makes packing it properly worth the trouble.
Where these units turn up in Ohio
A seller who has the serial number to hand moves through the first call in half the time. A municipal utility keeps records that an investor-owned utility rarely matches, which helps at resale.
The best outcome is a unit that leaves the site and turns up somewhere useful, and that happens more often than people expect. A buyer who arrives unprepared wastes the site's morning, which is remembered long after the unit is gone.
What we check before we quote
A unit that has been indoors for twenty years usually grades better than one that has stood in an Ohio schoolyard for eight. A unit that has been run above its rating for years will show it in the oil rather than on the tag.
A flooded unit is a teardown inspection rather than a purchase, and the analysis is what decides it. A clean oil test is the cheapest insurance anybody can buy on a used transformer.
Condition, oil and contamination
What a current transformer 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 current transformer that has already failed?
What you send stays with the buying desk, and we do not publish your plant, your nameplate or your deadline anywhere. We tell a seller when a current transformer is a teardown, because pretending otherwise wastes everybody's week. A buyer who has seen the site will always beat a buyer who has only seen a form, which is why the visit is free.
Service area
What does a current transformer weigh, and does that change the pickup?
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. 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. The difference between a good and a bad purchase is usually information rather than luck.
Payment
Can you collect a current transformer outside Ohio?
A mixed lot takes longer than a single unit because every tag has to be read, but it still moves in days rather than months. We do not buy in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Kentucky, Indiana or West Virginia, and we say so rather than waste a seller's week. A seller who mentions the deadline in the first sentence gets a schedule rather than a queue.