District of Columbia · Statewide
District of Columbia Electrical Equipment Buyers
We purchase switchgear, generators, transformers, bus duct, panelboards, breakers, MCCs and copper cable across District of Columbia, and we perform the de-energized removal ourselves.
1 cities- State
- District of Columbia
- Cities
- 1
- Utilities
- Pepco
- Corridors
- I-395, I-295 and New York Avenue
- Offer
- Same business day
- Phone
- 954-740-1983
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How District of Columbia jobs actually run
Utility territory matters here more than most owners expect: Pepco each have their own disconnect and metering process, and the sequence of who de-energizes what is usually the longest lead item on the schedule.
Freight is the other half. We route District of Columbia work along I-395, I-295 and New York Avenue, which is what keeps trailer and crew cost predictable on a quote instead of padded.
Federal building modernizations put well-maintained switchgear, transfer switches and standby generators on the surplus market with full procurement documentation.
Primary hubs
downtown DC, Navy Yard and NoMa — but coverage is statewide, including rural substation and mine sites.
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What we buy in District of Columbia
Electrical Switchgear
We buy low- and medium-voltage switchgear line-ups out of live plants, substations and buildings scheduled for demolition — metal-clad, metal-enclosed, drawout and fixed-mount.
480 V – 38 kV, up to 5,000 AGenerators
Diesel and natural-gas gensets from 100 kW through 3 MW — enclosed, open-skid, trailer-mounted and sub-base tank units, with or without their transfer switches.
100 kW – 3 MW diesel and gasTransformers
Pad-mount, dry-type, cast-coil, unit substation and liquid-filled power transformers from 75 kVA through 50 MVA, including units still energized on the pad.
75 kVA – 50 MVABus Plugs
Fusible and circuit-breaker bus plugs by the unit or by the pallet — 30 A through 1,200 A, all major busway systems, any vintage.
30 A – 1,200 A fusible and breakerBus Duct & Busway
Plug-in and feeder busway runs, elbows, tees, end boxes and cable-tap sections — copper or aluminum, 225 A through 5,000 A, removed by our own crews.
225 A – 5,000 A runsPanelboards & Switchboards
Panelboards, switchboards, distribution panels, safety switches and disconnects — loaded with breakers or empty, one panel or a whole building's worth.
100 A – 4,000 AWire & Cable
Surplus and reclaimed copper and aluminum wire and cable — full spools, partial spools, off-spool coils and cable pulled out of cancelled jobs.
#12 AWG – 1,000 MCMLoad Banks
Resistive and resistive/reactive load banks — portable, trailer-mounted, roof-top and permanently installed, 100 kW through 3 MW.
100 kW – 3 MW resistiveCircuit Breakers
Molded-case, insulated-case, low-voltage power and medium-voltage vacuum and air-magnetic breakers — single units, pallets and full sets pulled from a line-up.
15 A – 6,000 A framesMotor Control Centers
Complete MCC line-ups, individual vertical sections, starter buckets and VFD sections — low voltage and medium voltage, any generation.
MCC line-ups, buckets, VFD sectionsSubstations
Complete unit substations and outdoor station equipment — primary switch, transformer, secondary switchgear, structures, bus and relaying, bought as one lot.
Complete unit and station substationsTransfer Switches
Automatic and manual transfer switches, bypass-isolation switches and paralleling gear, 100 A through 4,000 A, pulled with or without their generators.
100 A – 4,000 A ATSCapacitors & Power Quality
Fixed and automatically switched capacitor banks, harmonic filters, reactors and power-factor correction equipment, indoor and outdoor.
50 kVAR – 10 MVARComplete Plant Lots
When a plant closes, we buy the entire electrical scope as one lot — substation to receptacle — and we do the teardown and loading at our cost.
Whole-facility electrical scopePlate 04
Buyer desks
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District of Columbia questions
Will you take the equipment we cannot sell along with the good items?
Yes, and this is usually why sellers choose us. Cherry-picking leaves you holding the leftovers of the leftovers. We price the District of Columbia lot as a whole — good gear, obsolete gear and the scrap fraction together — so the electrical room ends up genuinely empty.
Do you provide documentation for surplus property or audit records?
Yes. Itemized purchase agreements, weight tickets, bills of lading, oil disposal manifests and recycling documentation are standard on District of Columbia purchases. Public agencies and audited facilities get the paperwork their process requires without having to ask twice.
Do you actually buy electrical equipment in District of Columbia, or just broker it?
We buy it. Industrial Electrical Buyer is the purchaser of record — we fund the purchase, send our own crews to District of Columbia 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 District of Columbia?
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 District of Columbia continuously, small District of Columbia pickups usually get added to an existing run rather than priced as a dedicated trip.
How fast can you get to a District of Columbia site?
Written offers go out the same business day in nearly every case. After acceptance, typical mobilization to District of Columbia 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.
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.
Equipment sitting in District of Columbia?
Send photos or a list. We reply the same business day.