Quote · Disconnect · Rig · Pay
Kent, WA: Industrial Electrical Equipment Bought and Removed
We work with Kent plant managers, facility directors, electrical contractors, demolition contractors and utility engineers on the same footing: tell us what is there, we send back a number and a removal plan. Sites with escort requirements, hot work permitting or classified areas are routine rather than exceptional.
Washington · statewide- Location
- Kent, WA
- State
- Washington
- Utilities
- Puget Sound Energy, Seattle City
- Offer
- Same business day
- Payment
- Before load-out
- Phone
- 954-740-1983
Plate 01
Buying electrical equipment in Kent
Washington industry gives Kent projects a real secondary market close by. Aerospace, aluminum and food processing operations plus Bonneville-territory utility upgrades put large switchgear, rectifier transformers and MV cable on the market, and Puget Sound port access helps on export loads. Equipment that leaves your site frequently goes back into service within a few hundred miles of where we picked it up, and that is what lets us pay above metal value.
Paperwork travels with the job: a certificate of insurance naming your entity, a W-9, a signed purchase agreement listing every asset and its price, oil test and disposal manifests where transformers are in scope, and weight tickets or a bill of lading for what leaves the Kent site. Maintenance, EHS and accounting each get the document they need.
Plate 02
What we buy in Kent
Fourteen categories. We buy every one of them at Kent sites.
Electrical Switchgear
Low and medium voltage, indoor and outdoor
480 V – 38 kV, up to 5,000 AGenerators
Standby, prime and mobile sets
100 kW – 3 MW diesel and gasTransformers
Pad-mount, dry-type, substation, unit
75 kVA – 50 MVABus Plugs
Fusible switch and circuit-breaker plugs
30 A – 1,200 A fusible and breakerBus Duct & Busway
Feeder and plug-in, copper and aluminum
225 A – 5,000 A runsPanelboards & Switchboards
Panelboards, switchboards, distribution
100 A – 4,000 AWire & Cable
Copper and aluminum, new and reclaimed
#12 AWG – 1,000 MCMLoad Banks
Resistive and reactive, portable and permanent
100 kW – 3 MW resistiveCircuit Breakers
Molded case, insulated case, air, vacuum
15 A – 6,000 A framesMotor Control Centers
Low and medium voltage MCCs
MCC line-ups, buckets, VFD sectionsSubstations
Up to 138 kV primary
Complete unit and station substationsTransfer Switches
Automatic, manual, bypass-isolation
100 A – 4,000 A ATSCapacitors & Power Quality
Fixed and automatic capacitor banks
50 kVAR – 10 MVARComplete Plant Lots
One deal, one crew, one number
Whole-facility electrical scopePlate 03
What drives the number
Copper is the floor under most of this equipment, and it is a floor that moves. Bus bar, windings and feeder cable set a minimum value we can always pay on a Kent lot; resale demand for the specific make and model is what lifts the offer above it. Obsolete bus plugs and discontinued panelboard interiors are the clearest example — unglamorous parts that plants cannot buy new anywhere.
| Input | Detail |
|---|---|
| Condition | Working, retired, water-damaged, or already dismantled |
| Support | Are breakers and parts still available for this line-up? |
| Copper | Windings, bus bar and cable weight |
| Access | Rigging path, crane need, dock reality at the Kent site |
| Freight | I-5, I-90, I-405 and SR-167 |
Plate 04
Safety and documentation
Safety is scope, not a brochure page. Crews working in Kent operate to NFPA 70E for arc-flash boundaries and PPE, follow OSHA 1910.147 lockout and tagout with our own locks and written procedures, and hold a daily job safety analysis before the first bolt turns. We do not energize, test or operate your equipment — isolation is verified with your electrician before we touch anything.
Paper you receive
Certificate of insurance before we mobilize, a written itemized offer, a signed bill of sale, and load documentation for every trailer. If your compliance team needs something specific, ask before we schedule.
Plate 05
Nearby cities and buyer desks
More Washington cities on the same routing as Kent:
Plate 06
Kent questions
Do you actually buy electrical equipment in Kent, or just broker it?
We buy it. Industrial Electrical Buyer is the purchaser of record — we fund the purchase, send our own crews to Kent to disconnect and load, and take title when the equipment leaves your dock. There is no third party behind us waiting to approve the price.
What is the smallest job you will take in Kent?
A single transformer, one switchgear section, a pallet of bus plugs or a few boxes of breakers is worth a call. Because we route crews across Washington continuously, small Kent pickups usually get added to an existing run rather than priced as a dedicated trip.
How fast can you get to a Kent site?
Written offers go out the same business day in nearly every case. After acceptance, typical mobilization to Kent is a few business days for a straightforward removal and one to two weeks for a full plant scope that needs phasing, rigging plans or utility coordination.
Do we have to disconnect the equipment before you arrive?
No. We handle removal. Your electrician or the utility performs the final isolation and we verify it; from there our crews lock out, cut and cap cable at the gland, unbolt the sections, skate them out and load them. If the Kent room is still partly live we phase the work.
How do you handle transformer oil in Kent?
Oil is tested, drained and manifested through licensed handlers, and you receive the documentation with your paperwork. PCB-suspect units go under a separate waste profile. Nothing is left on your pad in Kent and nothing gets dumped — the handling cost is already in the offer.
When do we get paid?
Before the equipment leaves your Kent dock. Wire, company check or cashier's check, whichever your accounting group prefers. On large phased projects we pay per load as it ships rather than holding everything until the end.
Form 1 — Request for Offer
Get a Written Offer
Send the asset list, or just describe what is in the room. We come back the same business day with a written, itemized offer.
Faster: call or text 954-740-1983
Email an asset list to electricalequipmentbuyers@gmail.com
Mon–Sat, 7am–7pm ET. We never resell your contact information.
Electrical equipment in Kent?
Photos of the nameplates are enough to start. Written offer the same business day.