What we buy
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Acme Electric dry-type transformers turn up in older North Carolina factories, office buildings and hospital mechanical rooms. This page covers the nameplate details, winding damage and removal conditions that matter when owners retire them.
Transformer Buyers NC buys used, surplus, failed and obsolete Acme units statewide. Plant engineers, facility directors and demolition crews can use these checks to document equipment before disconnecting conductors or planning a lift.
| Phase | kVA | Voltage | Fluid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-phase | 10 - 333 kVA | 600 V - 25 kV | Liquid or dry |
| 3-phase | 15 kVA - 20 MVA | up to 230 kV | Liquid or dry |
Who we buy from
Six kinds of seller
- Recyclers
- Electrical contractors
- Equipment dealers
- End users
- Demo contractors
- Distributors
Fast offers
A written offer the same business day, based on your photographs.
Dedicated logistics
Our own crew, trailer and crane, not a brokered haul.
No broker fees
One buyer from first call to cleared pad, with nothing skimmed.
How it works
Six steps from photograph to payment
- 01
Take pictures
Photograph the nameplate, the inside of the cabinet and the tank from both ends. Four frames on a phone are enough to price most units.
- 02
Send them to us
Email or text the photographs with the site address and whether the unit is still energised. We reply the same business day with questions or a number.
- 03
Review the offer
The offer names the unit, the site, the price and the pickup window. It is written, dated and good for thirty days unless the unit changes hands.
- 04
We schedule freight
A crew, a trailer and a crane if the pad needs one. You get the date and the arrival window, and the site does not have to close for it.
- 05
Testing on arrival
Winding resistance, insulation resistance and a turns ratio check, plus oil analysis where the unit is liquid-filled. Results travel with the unit.
- 06
Get paid
Payment is released against the signed bill of sale and the scale ticket, by check or ACH, with the paperwork copy left on site.
What we handle
The parts sellers dread
Rigging
Crane, skates and a route survey for anything that will not roll onto a trailer.
Oil containment
Pans, absorbent and a spill plan before a drain plug is touched.
Bill of sale
A document that clears a lien, a lease or a bankruptcy file, not a handwritten note.
PCB paperwork
Testing and manifesting for pre-1979 oil, handled before the unit moves.
On the ground
What makes a Acme Electric different
Acme Electric is an American manufacturer of dry-type transformers for commercial and industrial distribution. Its straightforward, reliable designs are familiar sights in older buildings.
A ventilated enclosure beside a panelboard may serve lighting loads, machinery controls or a separate distribution circuit rather than the entire facility.
The important distinction is often inside the enclosure: a buck-boost arrangement does not perform the same job as an isolation transformer. Read the Acme connection diagram before describing the unit.
Terminal connections and winding relationships matter more than the enclosure's resemblance to another transformer.
Local reality
Acme Electric vintages and models in the state
In older Greensboro manufacturing buildings, an Acme transformer may remain beside machinery that has already been replaced. Record the model and catalog number directly from the plate rather than estimating age from paint.
Renovation records can establish whether the transformer predates the current electrical distribution.
An Acme unit marked for 480-volt primary and 208Y/120-volt secondary service belongs in a different assessment from a small buck-boost transformer. Copy every listed voltage and connection option.
Do not assume that a familiar enclosure size identifies the winding design or the actual installed connection.
Around the site
Where they fail
Decades in a hot mechanical room can end with Acme winding failure. Restricted ventilation, accumulated dust and sustained loading deserve attention during the failure review.
Darkened insulation or a burned odor provides useful evidence, but neither establishes the complete cause without electrical testing and operating history.
A failed Acme isolation transformer in a Raleigh hospital service area may have tripped upstream protection before anyone saw damage. Preserve breaker records and the maintenance report.
Distinguish a confirmed winding fault from a loose terminal, damaged feeder or overheating connection outside the transformer enclosure.
Where it sits
The nameplate and the paperwork
Start with a sharp photograph of the Acme nameplate showing kVA, primary voltage, secondary voltage, phase and model identification. Include the connection diagram when it appears separately.
For a buck-boost unit, its nameplate rating alone does not describe the capacity of every possible installed arrangement.
The building's one-line diagram helps explain how an Acme transformer actually served its load. Pair it with disconnect identification, maintenance notes and any test report.
If demolition has erased circuit labels, document the remaining terminal markings before conductors are removed by qualified electrical personnel.
On the ground
Inspection priorities
Our Acme evaluation starts with kVA, voltage and whether the design is buck-boost or isolation. Photographs should show the full enclosure, nameplate and accessible connection compartment.
A dented cover is different from a displaced core assembly; record both without treating cosmetic damage as an electrical diagnosis.
Inspect an Acme dry-type unit only under the facility's electrical safety procedures, with isolation and absence of voltage verified by qualified personnel. Note blocked ventilation openings, damaged terminals and winding discoloration.
Do not energize a retired transformer simply to demonstrate that it still operates.
Local reality
Getting a Acme Electric out of the building
An Acme transformer in a basement electrical room needs a removal route, not just an open loading dock. Measure door clearances, corridor turns and elevator limits.
Confirm weight from manufacturer documentation where possible; an enclosure's dimensions are not a dependable substitute for a documented lifting weight.
Wall-mounted Acme buck-boost units require support before mounting hardware is released. Larger floor-mounted units may need rigging that accounts for the core and winding assembly's weight distribution.
In occupied Charlotte buildings, coordinate shutdown, conductor removal and the travel path so equipment never blocks required exits.
Around the site
How the brand affects our evaluation
The Acme name helps identify the equipment family, but it does not replace a readable nameplate or condition record. A documented isolation transformer and an unidentified buck-boost unit require different technical review.
Missing covers, burned windings and altered terminal connections each change the assessment.
For retired Acme equipment anywhere in North Carolina, useful documentation separates what is known from what remains uncertain. State whether winding failure was confirmed, list available test records and describe access from the electrical room to the truck.
Those details guide evaluation and removal planning.
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Questions
Straight answers
Equipment types
Do you buy failed Acme Electric dry-type transformers?
Yes. We buy failed Acme Electric dry-type transformers across North Carolina. Identify the unit from its nameplate and describe the failure, including winding damage or overheating in a mechanical room. Keep existing test reports; additional energization is not needed simply to document the equipment.
Service area
How should I identify an Acme buck-boost transformer?
Photograph the Acme nameplate and connection diagram, then record the installed terminal arrangement if qualified personnel can safely verify it. Buck-boost applications depend on how the windings are connected. Enclosure size or a single voltage marking is not enough to identify the arrangement.
Payment
What information helps plan an Acme transformer removal?
Provide the Acme model, documented weight, mounting method and photographs of the removal route. For basement or upper-floor equipment, include doorway dimensions and elevator limits. Explain whether qualified personnel have disconnected the transformer and whether it remains attached to a wall or floor.
Logistics
Inspection priorities: what should a seller know?
Our Acme evaluation starts with kVA, voltage and whether the design is buck-boost or isolation. Photographs should show the full enclosure, nameplate and accessible connection compartment.