Re: Transformer Cost

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Original poster: "Dr. Resonance" <resonance-at-jvlnet-dot-com> 


I'm in Tucson all winter.

If you west coast guys get together I could probably get a discount here in
Tucson.  You could come over with a pickup truck and haul a bunch of them.
Maybe they have some with chipped or cracked bushings in which case they
would cost a lot less.

Someone from LA with a pickup could pick them up and then the SFC guys could
drive done to SFC for a pickup in truck or van.

You can haul approx 3 in a van --- that's about the limit for weight and
control of vehicle.

Dr. Resonance

 >  >
 >  > Ah, another Bay Area coiler.  I'm afraid that there are no transformer
 >  > sources on the West Coast.  About two years ago Sean Taylor and I went
on a
 >  > quest, scouring the Internet and asking everyone we knew about power
 >  > distribution transformers.  In the end, nothing.  The closest
 >  > re-manufacturer we found was located in Tucson Arizona and they had no
 >  > interest in selling to us.  The best deal I found was the guy on Ebay
who
 >  > has some sort of arrangement with T&R Electric and was selling Pigs in
the
 >  > $200-300 range delivered to your door.  But somebody screwed the pooch
on
 >  > that deal and T&R terminated the arrangement.
 >  > Your best bet just might be D.C. Cox.  I bought a pair of his 10 KVA
pigs
 >  > for $80 each which he shipped via Yellow Freight to Tracey.  I still
had to
 >  > rent a pickup and drive the 30 mile round trip to get them to my
 >  > place.  But the painful part was the shipping cost,  $380 each.  So,
 >  > outside of Dr. R, your best bet is to keep a watchful eye on Ebay and
hope
 >  > somebody on the West Coast wants to unload one.  I does occasionally
happen.
 >  >
 >  > Dave
 >  > Pleasanton, CA
 >  > stopped selling to individuals. At 04:51 PM 1/29/2004, you wrote:
 >  > >Original poster: Ian Macky <ian.macky-at-oracle-dot-com>
 >  > > > We sell them for $100 --- in south central Wisconsin.  14.4 kV at
10 KVA
 >  > >
 >  > >Can someone recommend a West Coast source?  Bay Area would be
Excellent...
 >
 > A couple of years ago C&H Sales of Pasadena had a couple of brand new
 > pole pigs sitting in their warehouse on Garvey; might not hurt to give
 > them a call.  Didn't bother to ask the price but, like most surplus
 > outfits, the price is whatever they think the traffic will bear.  I'm
 > not sure the shipping costs are proportional to the distance so might be
 > just as bad from here as they would be from "back east".
 >
 > Ed
 >
 >
 >