Paid on pickup
Sell a Step-Up Transformer in Ohio
Substation-class units of this type bought across Ohio, in any condition, with the oil sampled before we quote.
What we buy
What we buy here
The load behind a step-up transformer is what wears it out, and a lightly loaded unit lasts far longer than its year suggests. A step-up transformer that has been partly disassembled is still a purchase, provided the parts came with it.
| Size band | 500 kVA to 500 MVA |
|---|---|
| Voltage | 480 to 345,000 volts |
| Usually found | generating sites, solar and wind collection systems and industrial co-generation |
| What we inspect | impedance, cooling, ratio and the generator or inverter it was matched to |
| How it travels | a lowboy or multi-axle trailer, with the bushings supported for travel |
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 step-up transformer is
The step-up transformer category covers several vintages, and the year of build changes the materials inside the tank. A damaged core changes the arithmetic entirely, and only an inspection will tell you which case you have.
A three-phase unit with an unusual secondary voltage has a small market, and the offer reflects it honestly. Temperature rise is the figure that decides how long the insulation lasts, and it is printed in small type.
Where these units turn up in Ohio
A flat county with wide roads makes a heavy move routine, and the number reflects it. A site inside a city limit usually means an overnight move and a closed lane, which is planned rather than improvised.
A transformer with its original documentation is easier to insure, easier to resell and easier to explain. A hot mechanical room quietly derates everything in it, and nobody notices until a unit fails early.
What we check before we quote
Dents in a radiator bank matter more than dents in a door, because a crushed fin is a cooling problem that only shows up under load. A lab report that names the method is easier to defend than one that does not.
A unit built before 1979 is presumed suspect until a screen says otherwise. A single sample is a snapshot and two samples are a trend, and the trend is what a buyer actually wants.
Condition, oil and contamination
What a step-up 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 step-up transformer that has already failed?
We know the Ohio permit routes, the scales and the bridge limits because that is the only ground we work. If a step-up transformer is beyond repair it is still a tank, a core and a set of bushings, and those hold value. Every county in Ohio has a slightly different way of doing things, and a buyer who works statewide learns them all.
Service area
What does a step-up transformer weigh, and does that change the pickup?
Nobody asks you to front the crane, the permits or the haul, and nobody nets those out of the offer afterwards. The truck is chosen from the weight, the height and the axle count, not from whatever happens to be in the yard. A unit with elevated gas that has been stable for a decade is a different proposition from one where the figure doubled.
Payment
Can you collect a step-up transformer outside Ohio?
We do not list your unit anywhere, we do not need another buyer to appear, and we do not ask you to hold it while we look. Every county in the state is covered, from the lake shore to the river, and Ohio sits inside the regular loop. A unit with a clean surround has usually been maintained by somebody who cared, and that shows in the oil.