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Field Notes

Thirty-two pieces written for the person who has to justify a number to somebody else: how used electrical equipment is actually priced, what removal really costs, and which documents change the outcome.

Engineer surveying an electrical room32 articles

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TitleSubjectPublished
What paperwork you should receive when equipment leaves your siteCompliance2026-08-19
Ten questions that separate real buyers from brokersProcess2026-08-12
Renewable energy equipment is entering the used market in volumeSectors2026-08-05
Refinery electrical surplus: hazardous-area equipment has its own marketSectors2026-07-29
Automation retrofits are quietly generating a lot of surplus gearSectors2026-07-22
Campus electrical projects run on a summer clockSectors2026-07-15
Selling hospital electrical equipment without touching life safetySectors2026-07-08
The single-line diagram is worth a hundred photographsProcess2026-07-01
How test reports change what used equipment is worthProcess2026-06-24
What buyers look for in 5 kV and 15 kV equipmentValuation2026-06-17
Arc-flash upgrades: what comes out, and what it is worthSectors2026-06-10
Upgrading a plant's electrical system without throwing away the old oneSectors2026-06-03
Why data centers generate the best used electrical equipmentSectors2026-05-27
A range on the phone is not an offerProcess2026-05-20
The questions that separate a real buyer from a broker with a phoneProcess2026-05-13
Scrap dealer versus equipment buyer — the difference in your checkMarkets2026-05-06
Why the storage shelf beats the switchgear on a value-per-pound basisProjects2026-04-29
Panelboards, switchboards and the value line between themValuation2026-04-22
Why MCC buckets sell when the structure does notValuation2026-04-15
Sorting electrical wire and cable before you sell itValuation2026-04-08
How copper prices set the floor under used electrical equipmentMarkets2026-04-01
What used load banks sell for, and to whomValuation2026-03-25
What a used diesel generator is worth, and why hours misleadValuation2026-03-18
Taking a substation out of service and out of the groundProjects2026-03-11
How to scope the electrical side of a plant shutdownProjects2026-03-04
What happens on site, hour by hourProcess2026-02-25
Busway and bus plugs — the most underestimated line on the listValuation2026-02-18
Why obsolete circuit breakers can be the most valuable items in the roomValuation2026-02-11
How transformer offers are actually builtValuation2026-02-04
Transformer oil and PCB documentation, explained plainlyCompliance2026-01-28
The photographs that turn an inquiry into a numberProcess2026-01-21
What used switchgear is actually worthValuation2026-01-14

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