Paid on pickup
Sell a Network 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
You find a network transformer at the point where the utility's voltage stops being useful to the process behind it. A network transformer that has been partly disassembled is still a purchase, provided the parts came with it.
| Size band | 500 to 2,500 kVA |
|---|---|
| Voltage | 4,160 to 13,800 volts |
| Usually found | downtown vaults, hospitals and campus networks |
| What we inspect | vault condition, network protector condition, oil test and the sealing arrangement |
| How it travels | a vault rigging plan with ventilation, because the unit comes out through a hatch |
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 network transformer is
What separates a network transformer from the next family is usually the enclosure, the cooling and the way the winding is insulated. Dry-types fail from heat and dust rather than from weather, which makes the room as important as the unit.
A unit with a crushed radiator bank has lost capacity that the tag still claims. A damaged core changes the arithmetic entirely, and only an inspection will tell you which case you have.
Where these units turn up in Ohio
Nothing about a transformer improves by waiting, and the oil in particular gets worse rather than better. Most of what a buyer needs to know is stamped on a plate the size of a postcard.
A seller who mentions the deadline in the first sentence gets a schedule rather than a queue. A transformer with its original documentation is easier to insure, easier to resell and easier to explain.
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 built before 1979 is presumed suspect until a screen says otherwise.
Oil finds the drain nobody mentioned, and it usually finds it within the first ten minutes. Contamination is a legal question before it is an electrical one, and the handling path changes completely.
Condition, oil and contamination
A unit with a nitrogen blanket that has lost pressure has been breathing damp air for years. The oil is the cheapest diagnostic on the machine and the one most often skipped.
What a network 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 network 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 would rather lose a unit than quote a figure we cannot honour once the cabinet is open. A buyer who works the whole state can move a unit to whichever plant needs it, which is why the coverage matters.
Service area
What does a network transformer weigh, and does that change the pickup?
A municipal seller needs an invoice and a W-9; a plant needs a wire against a bill of sale. We do both without drama. If the weight is unknown, the tank dimensions and the radiator count get a buyer within a few percent. A site visit answers in twenty minutes what a week of messages cannot.
Payment
Can you collect a network transformer outside Ohio?
Discretion costs nothing here, and it is the reason a good share of our work arrives by referral inside the same plant. We buy in Ohio and only in Ohio, which is why a truck can be at a Ohio gate the same week the number is agreed. A mine-duty unit is designed to be dragged, and it looks it, which is not the same as being worn out.