We handle the freight
Sell a Furnace 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
A furnace transformer is usually the last piece of equipment replaced in a plant upgrade, because it is the heaviest and the most disruptive. A furnace transformer that has been partly disassembled is still a purchase, provided the parts came with it.
| Size band | 1 to 60 MVA |
|---|---|
| Voltage | 13,800 to 34,500 volts |
| Usually found | steel mills, foundries and induction melting shops |
| What we inspect | winding condition, cooling system integrity, tap range and short-circuit history |
| How it travels | a heavy haul with a route survey, because these units are dense and often water-cooled |
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 furnace transformer is
A furnace transformer is built around a core, a coil and a tank or an enclosure, and the furnace transformer label describes the form rather than the rating. A Scott-T connection survives in a handful of legacy two-phase areas and is effectively a custom build.
An autotransformer has no galvanic separation, which is the whole reason plants avoid it for isolation. A nameplate that has been painted over is a nameplate that will have to be read under a torch.
Where these units turn up in Ohio
A transformer with its original documentation is easier to insure, easier to resell and easier to explain. Every county in Ohio has a different mix of utility ownership, and that mix decides who signs what.
A town that lost its main plant still has the substation that fed it, and that substation is where the surplus is. A unit that is documented is easier to move than one that is not, in every sense of the word.
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 that has leaked for years has probably taken water in through the same joint.
A screened unit that passes still needs the full suite before it goes back into service. A buyer who reads the lab report properly can price a unit without seeing it, which is why the report matters.
Condition, oil and contamination
What a furnace 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 furnace transformer that has already failed?
The last thing we need is a contact on site who can open a gate, and that is often the hardest thing to arrange. We turn down units that cannot be moved safely, and we say so before anybody spends money on a crane. 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 furnace transformer weigh, and does that change the pickup?
Funds can clear before the crane hooks on if that is the arrangement you want, and we will put it in writing. If the weight is unknown, the tank dimensions and the radiator count get a buyer within a few percent. A buyer's first question is about the rating and the second is about the access, in that order.
Payment
Can you collect a furnace transformer outside Ohio?
What you send stays with the buying desk, and we do not publish your plant, your nameplate or your deadline anywhere. Ohio only is not a limitation for us, it is why the logistics work: the crews, the cranes and the permits are all in-state. A yard with a dozen units in it is a record of what Ohio plants have been replacing.