We handle the freight
Sell an Unit Substation 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 typical unit substation in service has been doing one job for decades, and the job has usually changed around it. If the unit substation is still connected to a live system, the utility disconnect comes first and the paperwork follows.
| Size band | 500 kVA to 10 MVA |
|---|---|
| Voltage | 4,160 to 34,500 volts |
| Usually found | industrial plants, campuses and utility distribution |
| What we inspect | switchgear condition, transformer condition and whether the sections can be separated |
| How it travels | a lowboy and a crane, with the sections blocked as one piece or split 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 unit substation is
Most unit substations are bought for a project that never happened, which is why so many of them are in good condition. A dry-type with dust on the windings has been in a room nobody cleaned, and the dust holds moisture.
A gauge that reads ambient on a loaded transformer is a broken gauge, not a cold unit. A delta secondary has no neutral, so a plant that needs 277 volts cannot use it without another transformer.
Where these units turn up in Ohio
A short conversation at the start saves an argument at the gate, and the argument is the expensive part. Paint is a cosmetic question, and seam rust is a structural one, and the two are often confused.
A seller who mentions the deadline in the first sentence gets a schedule rather than a queue. A unit substation is convenient in service and awkward to move, because the sections are bolted together.
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. Oil finds the drain nobody mentioned, and it usually finds it within the first ten minutes.
Water in the oil attacks the paper, and paper damage does not come back. A three-winding unit needs a test sheet rather than a description, because the tertiary changes everything.
Condition, oil and contamination
What a unit substation 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 unit substation that has already failed?
Site names, addresses and photographs stay in the file, and the file does not leave the desk. A buyer who says yes to everything is not a buyer; the useful answer explains what would have to be true for the number to rise. A substation unit is a project rather than a purchase, and it should be planned like one.
Service area
What does a unit substation 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. A 500 kVA padmount runs a few thousand pounds wet, a substation unit can run into six figures, and that difference decides the whole plan. A unit that has been in service is a known quantity, and a unit that has been idle is a question.
Payment
Can you collect a unit substation outside Ohio?
If a unit is scrap, we will tell you it is scrap instead of dressing it up as something better. Every county in the state is covered, from the lake shore to the river, and Ohio sits inside the regular loop. A seller who has the serial number to hand moves through the first call in half the time.