No fees, no broker
Sell a Drive Isolation 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
drive isolation transformers are often the oldest asset on a site and the least documented, which is why the tag photograph matters. The one thing that stops a drive isolation transformer purchase is a unit that cannot be identified at all.
| Size band | 5 to 1,000 kVA |
|---|---|
| Voltage | 208 to 600 volts |
| Usually found | pump stations, HVAC plants, conveyors and process lines with drives |
| What we inspect | winding insulation class, shield bonding, harmonic heating and enclosure ventilation |
| How it travels | a pallet and a forklift, with the shield ground left intact |
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 drive isolation transformer is
Most drive isolation transformers are bought for a project that never happened, which is why so many of them are in good condition. A replacement unit with different impedance can turn adequate switchgear into inadequate switchgear.
Harmonics put current on the neutral and heat in the core, and a standard unit dislikes both. A dry-type in a damp room fails from the room rather than from the load.
Where these units turn up in Ohio
The unit is the easy part; the site, the access and the paperwork are where the time goes. A hilly county makes every lift a rigging problem, and the crane budget grows with the gradient.
A town that lost its main plant still has the substation that fed it, and that substation is where the surplus is. Every county in Ohio has a slightly different way of doing things, and a buyer who works statewide learns them all.
What we check before we quote
The pad tells a story too: a settled pad, a rust line at the base and a tilted cabinet all point at water where water should not be. A sample taken from the bottom drain after the unit has stood is worth more than one taken in a hurry.
A bushing, a gasket and an oil processing are the three cheapest ways to raise a number. A three-winding unit needs a test sheet rather than a description, because the tertiary changes everything.
Condition, oil and contamination
What a drive isolation 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 drive isolation transformer that has already failed?
Sellers who send all four photographs in the first message usually have a number the same morning. A drive isolation transformer that failed a high-potential test is a teardown candidate, but the tank and the core often outlive the winding. Paint is a cosmetic question, and seam rust is a structural one, and the two are often confused.
Service area
What does a drive isolation transformer weigh, and does that change the pickup?
We send remittance the same day and we match the seller's invoicing requirements, whether that is a purchase order or a signed bill of sale. Rigging weight, shipping weight and operating weight are three different numbers and only one of them belongs on a permit. A unit that is documented is easier to move than one that is not, in every sense of the word.
Payment
Can you collect a drive isolation 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. Every county in the state is covered, from the lake shore to the river, and Ohio sits inside the regular loop. A substation-class unit sits between what a plant can maintain and what a utility would own, which is why it changes hands.