I won a practically brand new 14400/24900 to 120/240 volt, 25 kVa, double-eared pole pig off eBay about six years ago for just $1 over the opening bid of $25! I placed a $50 bid on it early on after talking with the seller to see how long he would allow me to come and pick it up after the auction should I win it. I wasn’t even worried about being sniped on this auction and I really expected to not win it. I already had the transformers I needed, but figured I couldn’t pass up at least an outside chance to score a big piggy on the cheap. The seller was about a six and a half hour drive from me, so it was feasible to spend a single day, without the concerns of the extra costs of overnight lodging, to make the round trip to pick it up.
Well, one other eBay buyer did try to sneak in a low ball snipe bid at the last second, but my $50 bid ceiling was all that was needed to snag the transformer for myself and I was really surprised that I won it. 😊 The seller was very lenient about giving me all the time I needed to arrange a pick up, so I ended up picking it up a few months after the auction’s end.
The only caveat was my truck only got about 13 mpg on the highway and gas was running about $3.50 gallon at that time! Even figuring in the cost of fuel, I still ended up with a grand total of only about ~$250-$275 invested in a like new 25 kVa, 14.4 kV pole pig, though and now it is housed in the control panel of my big coil! 😊
Keepin ‘em sparkin’
David
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> On May 22, 2020, at 11:34 AM, Tedd Dillard <tedd.dillard@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> There is a scrap yard orlando that sells good ones for $7.00 dollars per
> KVA.
>
>> On May 22, 2020 8:54 AM, "Mr Nico" <nicothefabulous@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> I got this one some years ago from an electrician. Thought he said it was
>> only good for 8000v so I never did anything with it. Well I'm trying to
>> move the rest of my junk to San Antonio from Las Cruces aaaaaand I finally
>> really looked at the nameplate.
>>
>> Tag reads:
>>
>> Additive Polarity Class OA Single Phase 60Hz
>>
>> 15kVA 73AD 1144
>>
>> 8000/13860 120/240
>>
>> A7912A15KAE 1.6
>>
>> And all copper windings. After ther voltage it looks like it says GRD
>> over a Y
>>
>> It's a 15kVA 2 bushing unit. Pretty big for most uses. This might just
>> be worth more to me than scrap copper. Any thoughts?
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