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    Transformer Value

    Can anyone give me a guess on the value of this transformer. Here's what is says on it

    Approximate weight in pounds



    Core and coil- 1514
    Tank and fittings- 488
    162 GALS-Oil-1184


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    I tried to post pic but it wouldn't let me

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    If the core and coil is 1514 lbs. Transformer price here is about .20/lbs = $302.8

    Or if you dispose of the oil, scrap the tank and fittings and break the coil down you will have a much larger payday with the copper.

    What kind of transformer is it?

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    I believe it's empty of oil. Does this pic answer the type?


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    Date it was built is listed as 1964, PCB's maybe?? They weren't outlawed till later.
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    I don't know how to post a link. Dummy here. But search Abb transformer. It was just discussed a couple days ago. And I'll tell you the same thing I said in the other thread: my brother got a couple of these years ago, he ended up needing a lawyer out of the deal (PCBs). As forest gump said: That's all I have to say about that.
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    Thanks for the heads up

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    Don't have anything to do with a transformer built in that era without a certified clean oil test. I manage the inventory for an electric utility. All of our transformers that are not labeled as no PCB's get an oil sample sent for testing. The rebuilders will only take units of less than 5ppm of PCB's. Above that I have to pay a specialist disposal company to haul and incinerate the transformer. To move one that is classes as PCB or PCB contaminated requires hazmat certification.

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    I am SURE in NY you can break down this thing and get paid well for it.....!

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    Quote Originally Posted by hobo finds View Post
    I am SURE in NY you can break down this thing and get paid well for it.....!
    Are you joking hobo, or being serious? I wouldn't touch that thing with a 10 foot pole. I don"t care if the oil is drained out or not! How you gonna move it, unless you have a hazmat endorsment, and are placarded? As Musicman already pointed out. Couple hundred $ worth of metal ain't worth it.

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