Quote Originally Posted by alloy2 View Post
If the transformer had PCB oil and was changed over there will be a tag attached to the can stating how much oil was removed and replaced along with the date.



Some of you guys may recall a Quonset that I had purchased that burnt to the ground, part of that deal was to clean up the home site from any scrap that was there. I had Jack come in for the old equipment but I did the pile of copper wire and three transformers myself.

I paid a farmer with a front end loader on his tractor to load them onto my trailer.

The transformers I had were a bit larger than t hose shown on the pole below and had square cans. These were three phase units having a large transformer for each phase.

Your electric company often puts out this type of scrap for public bidding but the scrap yards alway pay a premium - often more than whats the copper is worth. Must be something about keeping your competitor at bay by out bidding them even if its at a lose to you.

yeah thats the one im talking about the one on the pole with the round shape