No fees, no broker
Sell a Potential 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 potential transformer is usually the last piece of equipment replaced in a plant upgrade, because it is the heaviest and the most disruptive. What we need on a potential transformer is the tag, the condition and the access, and the rest is a conversation about the number.
| Size band | 0.05 to 5 kVA |
|---|---|
| Voltage | 600 to 345,000 volts |
| Usually found | substations, switchgear and metering panels |
| What we inspect | ratio, burden, fuse protection and insulation condition |
| How it travels | a box and a van, with the primary fuses removed |
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 potential transformer is
The potential transformer category covers several vintages, and the year of build changes the materials inside the tank. A station service transformer is unglamorous, critical and usually much older than the station it serves.
A replacement unit with different impedance can turn adequate switchgear into inadequate switchgear. Bushings fail far more often than windings, and they are far cheaper to replace.
Where these units turn up in Ohio
A river terminal changes the arithmetic on a very large unit, because barge transport avoids the bridges. Nothing about a transformer improves by waiting, and the oil in particular gets worse rather than better.
A seller with a deadline should say so early, because the schedule is built around the date rather than the unit. A town that lost its main plant still has the substation that fed it, and that substation is where the surplus is.
What we check before we quote
The pad tells a story too: a settled pad, a rust line at the base and a tilted cabinet all point at water where water should not be. Water in the oil attacks the paper, and paper damage does not come back.
A unit that has been flooded is a teardown inspection rather than a purchase, and the oil analysis is what decides it. A clean oil test is the cheapest insurance anybody can buy on a used transformer.
Condition, oil and contamination
A single sample is a snapshot and two samples are a trend, and the trend is what a buyer wants. A clean test sheet travels with the unit and makes every later conversation shorter.
What a potential 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 potential transformer that has already failed?
There is no middle layer taking a spread: the desk that quotes is the desk that pays and the desk that sends the truck. Teardown is not failure, since a twenty-ton unit that cannot be reused is still a significant amount of metal. A cabinet that has been opened recently has probably been looked at by somebody who knew why.
Service area
What does a potential transformer weigh, and does that change the pickup?
When the answer is no, it is usually about the core, the oil or the access, and we name which one. If the weight is unknown, the tank dimensions and the radiator count get a buyer within a few percent. A demolition pickup is fast, dirty and often the most profitable, because the alternative is a unit in a rubble pile.
Payment
Can you collect a potential transformer outside Ohio?
Funds can clear before the crane hooks on if that is the arrangement you want, and we will put it in writing. If a unit sits just over a state line, the honest answer is that somebody closer should buy it. A hot mechanical room quietly derates everything in it, and nobody notices until a unit fails early.