Paid on pickup
Sell an Instrument 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 instrument transformer in service has been doing one job for decades, and the job has usually changed around it. We buy instrument transformers in any condition that can be moved, from a running unit to one that failed a test last month.
| Size band | 0.1 to 50 kVA |
|---|---|
| Voltage | 600 to 345,000 volts |
| Usually found | substations, switchgear, metering cabinets and plant rooms |
| What we inspect | ratio accuracy, burden rating, insulation and the calibration record |
| How it travels | a box and a van, because these units are small and fragile |
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 instrument transformer is
Instrument Transformer units run from a few kVA to tens of MVA, and the ones we buy in Ohio sit across that whole range. A zig-zag unit does not supply load, which is the single most misunderstood fact about it.
A grounding transformer carries current only during a fault, so its continuous rating tells you very little. A gauge that reads ambient on a loaded transformer is a broken gauge, not a cold unit.
Where these units turn up in Ohio
A purchase is a handover of risk as much as a handover of metal. A buyer who cannot say where the unit will go is a broker, and brokers add a day and a deduction.
A cabinet that has been opened recently has probably been looked at by somebody who knew why. A substation unit is a project rather than a purchase, and it should be planned like one.
What we check before we quote
We grade on the core, the coil, the tank and the bushings rather than on cosmetics, because a faded cabinet with a clean core beats a painted one with a wet tank. A unit that smells of solvent has probably been cleaned rather than maintained.
A buyer who handles contamination properly takes a liability off the seller's books, and that service has value. A spill on the pad is a reportable event in some jurisdictions, which is why the kit comes out first.
Condition, oil and contamination
A unit stored with its bushings uncapped will take water in through the top and hold it. A test taken before the unit is moved is worth more than one taken after, because the move disturbs the oil.
What a instrument 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 instrument transformer that has already failed?
A buyer reads the tag, checks whatever oil history exists, and says what the unit is worth as it stands rather than what it might be worth rebuilt. We turn down units that cannot be moved safely, and we say so before anybody spends money on a crane. The market for used transformers is smaller than the market for new ones, and it rewards honest descriptions.
Service area
What does a instrument transformer weigh, and does that change the pickup?
We know the Ohio permit routes, the scales and the bridge limits because that is the only ground we work. Overweight is a permit problem before it is a crane problem, and Ohio scales are not forgiving. A seller should be able to tell, from one phone call, whether the buyer has done this before.
Payment
Can you collect a instrument transformer outside Ohio?
The difference shows up when a deadline is tight: a buyer can move on a Thursday, a broker usually cannot. Every county in the state is covered, from the lake shore to the river, and Ohio sits inside the regular loop. A transformer is a boring asset until the day it fails, and then it is the only thing anyone discusses.