Paid on pickup
Sell a Station Service 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 station service transformer is installed, the rest of the system is designed around its impedance, its voltage and its footprint. If the station service transformer is still connected to a live system, the utility disconnect comes first and the paperwork follows.
| Size band | 500 kVA to 5 MVA |
|---|---|
| Voltage | 4,160 to 34,500 volts |
| Usually found | substations, generating sites and large industrial switchyards |
| What we inspect | winding condition, fuse coordination and the auxiliary load it was sized for |
| How it travels | a step deck, since most are small enough for a single trailer |
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 station service transformer is
What separates a station service transformer from the next family is usually the enclosure, the cooling and the way the winding is insulated. A cast resin unit tolerates damp air that would destroy a ventilated dry-type, which is why water plants use them.
Three-phase padmounts are the most common commercial unit in Ohio and the easiest to place with a buyer. A working unit replaced during an upgrade carries no fault history, which is the main reason it is worth more.
Where these units turn up in Ohio
A buying desk earns its keep by answering quickly, because a seller with a unit in the way is not looking for a relationship. The order of work is always the same: look, measure, test, agree, lift, pay.
A unit in a building that is coming down is a different problem from a unit in a plant that is staying. A purchase is a handover of risk as much as a handover of metal.
What we check before we quote
A transformer that has been re-gasketed and re-painted is not automatically a good unit, and sometimes the paint is hiding a leak that was never fixed. Oil finds the drain nobody mentioned, and it usually finds it within the first ten minutes.
The oil is the cheapest diagnostic on the machine and the one most often skipped. 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
What a station service 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 station service transformer that has already failed?
Once access is confirmed, the offer stops being conditional and starts being a pickup date. Teardown value is the floor under any offer on a station service transformer, and it is lower than most sellers expect. A buyer who has seen the site will always beat a buyer who has only seen a form, which is why the visit is free.
Service area
What does a station service transformer weigh, and does that change the pickup?
A mixed lot takes longer than a single unit because every tag has to be read, but it still moves in days rather than months. Rigging weight, shipping weight and operating weight are three different numbers and only one of them belongs on a permit. A unit substation is convenient in service and awkward to move, because the sections are bolted together.
Payment
Can you collect a station service transformer outside Ohio?
When the answer is no, it is usually about the core, the oil or the access, and we name which one. One desk, one state, one set of hauling relationships, which is why a Ohio pickup does not need a national carrier. A mine-duty unit is designed to be dragged, and it looks it, which is not the same as being worn out.