Any condition, any size
Sell a 345 kV Transformer in Ohio
Padmount and dry-type units at this voltage bought across Ohio, in service or already on the floor.
What we buy
What we buy here
A 345 kV transformer being retired usually comes out of a feeder rebuild or a substation upgrade. 345 kV on the tag means the insulation, the bushings and the clearances are all sized for that class and nothing above it.
| Meaning | 345,000 volts is the highest transmission voltage in common use in Ohio, and the equipment at that level is utility-owned without exception. |
|---|---|
| Systems | bulk transmission and generating stations |
| Equipment | power transformers, GSUs and phase shifters |
| Buying note | Three hundred forty-five kV units are bought by utilities and generators, and the transport is a rail or heavy-haul exercise. |
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.
Voltage class
What 345 kV means on a nameplate
A 345 kV primary tells you the unit was built for a utility distribution system rather than for a plant bus. A decommissioning is orderly, which makes it the easiest kind of large project to buy from.
A unit with a clean surround has usually been maintained by somebody who cared, and that shows in the oil. A substation-class unit sits between what a plant can maintain and what a utility would own, which is why it changes hands.
What we see at this voltage
A phase shifter without its control system is a very expensive fixed reactor. A traction transformer and its rectifier are a matched pair, and a unit without its partner has a smaller market.
A failed winding does not make a unit worthless, because the tank, the core and the hardware all have a market. Soft ground after a wet week has stopped more lifts than any mechanical problem.
Handling and safety
If the unit is still in service, the utility disconnects it, because we do not pull a live transformer out of a loop. A crew that has worked the county before knows which road floods and which bridge is closed for repair.
The last hundred feet decide the day, and they are the hundred feet nobody photographs. A county with a rail siding is easier to work than one without, because rail takes what road cannot.
What it is worth
A spill kit on site before the first bolt comes out is cheaper than the phone call that follows a missing one. An offer that states what it assumes is easier to accept than one that does not, because both sides know where they stand.
The buyer's number is a purchase figure rather than a valuation, which is why it does not move once agreed. An expansion is the best kind of sale, because the unit was working when it was disconnected.
Common questions
Other voltage classes
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 345 kV transformers in Ohio?
You are paid when the unit leaves the pad, not thirty days after it arrives somewhere else. Coverage means all eighty-eight counties, and the cities inside them are worked the same way as the farms between them. A unit that has been disconnected for a year is not the same proposition as one that came out last week.
Service area
What is the difference between 345 kV and the next class up?
We do not photograph a site for publication and we do not name a seller in anything we write. On an Ohio system, 345 kV primary usually pairs with a 480 or 208-volt secondary, and the tag shows both. A buyer who quotes without asking anything has quoted for a different transformer.
Payment
Can a 345 kV unit be moved without a permit?
Demolition schedules, lease expirations and closing dates all work the same way here: give us the date and we work to it. Permits take days rather than hours, which is why the application starts before the crane is booked. The second data plate on a rebuilt unit matters more than the first, and it is easy to photograph by mistake.