Paid on pickup
Sell an 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
isolation transformers sit wherever voltage has to change between a source and a load, which in Ohio means plants, utilities, campuses and substations. The one thing that stops a isolation transformer purchase is a unit that cannot be identified at all.
| Size band | 0.5 to 1,000 kVA |
|---|---|
| Voltage | 120 to 600 volts |
| Usually found | hospitals, laboratories, marine shore power and sensitive equipment rooms |
| What we inspect | winding ratio, shield continuity, insulation resistance and enclosure condition |
| How it travels | a pallet truck for small units and a forklift for the larger cabinets |
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 isolation transformer is
What separates a isolation transformer from the next family is usually the enclosure, the cooling and the way the winding is insulated. A transformer energized on a light load first gives the unit a chance to settle and the protection a chance to hold.
A zig-zag unit does not supply load, which is the single most misunderstood fact about it. Radiator fins that have been crushed in transit lose capacity permanently and do not announce it.
Where these units turn up in Ohio
A county with two interstates is easier to serve than one with none, and the quotes show it. A quick decision is a kindness when the unit is standing in the way of a project.
Nothing about a transformer improves by waiting, and the oil in particular gets worse rather than better. Every county in Ohio has a different mix of utility ownership, and that mix decides who signs what.
What we check before we quote
The cabinet tells you whether anybody has been inside it recently, and the bolt heads tell you whether they knew what they were doing. A unit with a nitrogen blanket that has lost pressure has been breathing damp air for years.
A fire-damaged unit is a teardown candidate unless the oil test says otherwise, and it rarely does. A unit that has been flooded is a teardown inspection rather than a purchase, and the oil analysis is what decides it.
Condition, oil and contamination
A unit that smells of solvent has probably been cleaned rather than maintained. Oil processing is cheaper than a rewind, which is why a marginal test is not always bad news.
What a 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 isolation transformer that has already failed?
We do not photograph a site for publication and we do not name a seller in anything we write. We would rather lose a unit than quote a figure we cannot honour once the cabinet is open. A buyer's first question is about the rating and the second is about the access, in that order.
Service area
What does a isolation transformer weigh, and does that change the pickup?
If a unit is scrap, we will tell you it is scrap instead of dressing it up as something better. We weigh when a number sits close to a permit threshold, because guessing on a bridge is not a strategy. Paint is a cosmetic question, and seam rust is a structural one, and the two are often confused.
Payment
Can you collect a isolation transformer outside Ohio?
We work to your deadline rather than ours, which is why the first question is when the site has to be clear. If a unit sits just over a state line, the honest answer is that somebody closer should buy it. A unit that has been in service is a known quantity, and a unit that has been idle is a question.