We handle the freight
Sell a Zig-Zag Grounding 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
zig-zag grounding transformers appear in industrial plants with ungrounded buses and utility distribution work more often than anywhere else, and that is where most of our Ohio pickups come from. We have bought zig-zag grounding transformers out of plants, substations, hospitals and yards, and the process does not change with the setting.
| Size band | 5 to 2,000 kVA |
|---|---|
| Voltage | 2,400 to 34,500 volts |
| Usually found | industrial plants with ungrounded buses and utility distribution |
| What we inspect | impedance value, neutral bushing condition and short-time rating |
| How it travels | a skid and a forklift, because most are small and tank-mounted |
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 zig-zag grounding transformer is
Most zig-zag grounding transformers are bought for a project that never happened, which is why so many of them are in good condition. A tap changer parked at the end of its range has been fighting a voltage problem for years.
A failed winding does not make a unit worthless, because the tank, the core and the hardware all have a market. A dry-type in a damp room fails from the room rather than from the load.
Where these units turn up in Ohio
A cabinet that has been opened recently has probably been looked at by somebody who knew why. A hot mechanical room quietly derates everything in it, and nobody notices until a unit fails early.
Remanufacturing keeps the footprint, and the footprint is often the reason the unit cannot simply be replaced. Nothing about a transformer improves by waiting, and the oil in particular gets worse rather than better.
What we check before we quote
The cabinet tells you whether anybody has been inside it recently, and the bolt heads tell you whether they knew what they were doing. A seller who keeps the test sheet makes the next sale faster, because the next buyer asks the same questions.
A dark sample is not automatically a failed sample, and a clear one is not automatically a good one. A screened unit that passes still needs the full suite before it goes back into service.
Condition, oil and contamination
What a zig-zag grounding transformer is worth to us
Getting it off the pad
Common questions
A zig-zag grounding unit is small, cheap to move and easy to misprice, because its value sits in the protection scheme it completes rather than in the copper. The winding arrangement is visible on the tag and in the terminal box, and a unit that has never carried load current will usually still test clean. Photograph the terminals and the nameplate together.
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 zig-zag grounding transformer that has already failed?
When the answer is no, it is usually about the core, the oil or the access, and we name which one. Teardown value is the floor under any offer on a zig-zag grounding transformer, and it is lower than most sellers expect. A seller should never feel rushed into a decision, and a buyer should never need to rush one.
Service area
What does a zig-zag grounding transformer weigh, and does that change the pickup?
We know the Ohio permit routes, the scales and the bridge limits because that is the only ground we work. 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 zig-zag grounding transformer outside Ohio?
There is no middle layer taking a spread: the desk that quotes is the desk that pays and the desk that sends the truck. We do not buy in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Kentucky, Indiana or West Virginia, and we say so rather than waste a seller's week. A buyer who arrives unprepared wastes the site's morning, which is remembered long after the unit is gone.