No fees, no broker
Sell a Marine 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
Where a marine transformer is installed, the rest of the system is designed around its impedance, its voltage and its footprint. We buy marine transformers in any condition that can be moved, from a running unit to one that failed a test last month.
| Size band | 5 to 2,000 kVA |
|---|---|
| Voltage | 440 to 480 volts |
| Usually found | shipyards, docks, vessels and lake freight terminals |
| What we inspect | enclosure corrosion, winding insulation and the mounting arrangement |
| How it travels | a crane with a spreader, because the enclosure is built to be lifted by its own eyes |
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 marine transformer is
Marine Transformer units run from a few kVA to tens of MVA, and the ones we buy in Ohio sit across that whole range. A nameplate that has been painted over is a nameplate that will have to be read under a torch.
Capping the bushings before storage is the single cheapest thing anybody can do for a transformer. A three-phase unit with one damaged winding is still a three-phase unit, and the repair is priced accordingly.
Where these units turn up in Ohio
A county seat usually holds the courthouse, the hospital and the largest service transformers in the county. A unit in a building that is coming down is a different problem from a unit in a plant that is staying.
An insurance salvage is bought on the adjuster's valuation rather than the seller's hope, which keeps the process honest. A site that has been photographed properly can be quoted without a visit, and the visit is only a confirmation.
What we check before we quote
Condition is read from the outside in: paint, rust pattern, radiator fins, bushing condition, then the oil. Nobody has ever regretted testing the oil before agreeing a number, and plenty of people have regretted skipping it.
A contaminated unit enters a regulated path, and the documentation changes from equipment to waste. A fire-damaged unit is a teardown candidate unless the oil test says otherwise, and it rarely does.
Condition, oil and contamination
What a marine 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 marine 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. The decision between recovery and teardown on a marine transformer usually comes down to the oil test and the winding resistance. A seller with four units on one site gets a better number per unit than a seller with one.
Service area
What does a marine transformer weigh, and does that change the pickup?
We do not photograph a site for publication and we do not name a seller in anything we write. Rigging weight, shipping weight and operating weight are three different numbers and only one of them belongs on a permit. A seller with a deadline should say so early, because the schedule is built around the date rather than the unit.
Payment
Can you collect a marine transformer outside Ohio?
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. Every county in the state is covered, from the lake shore to the river, and Ohio sits inside the regular loop. A desk that buys for its own account answers with a figure rather than a promise to find one.