Connecticut · Statewide
Connecticut Electrical Equipment Buyers
We purchase switchgear, generators, transformers, substations, panelboards, breakers, MCCs and copper cable across Connecticut, and we perform the de-energized removal ourselves.
Same-day written 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 954-740-1983
Email an asset list to electricalequipmentbuyers@gmail.com
Mon–Sat, 7am–7pm ET. We never resell your contact information.
- State
- Connecticut
- Cities
- 21
- Utilities
- Eversource, United Illuminating, N
- Corridors
- I-95, I-91, I-84 and Route 8
- Offer
- Same business day
- Phone
- 954-740-1983
Process
How Connecticut jobs actually run
Utility territory matters here more than most owners expect: Eversource, United Illuminating, Norwich Public Utilities 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 Connecticut work along I-95, I-91, I-84 and Route 8, which is what keeps trailer and crew cost predictable on a quote instead of padded.
Connecticut is a small state with a disproportionate amount of heavy electrical infrastructure, most of it installed for industries that have since moved on. The brass and metalworking corridor along Route 8 from Bridgeport through Waterbury and Torrington left switchgear, bus systems and transformers in buildings now being converted or demolished. Hartford insurance and office towers, the aerospace and precision manufacturing cluster around East Hartford and the Farmington Valley, the submarine and defence work at Groton, and the Yale and hospital complexes in New Haven all replace essential-power systems on a documented schedule, which helps resale value considerably. Eversource and United Illuminating both run dense urban networks where clearance coordination, not distance, is the scheduling constraint. Nothing in this state is more than a two-hour drive from our route.
Primary hubs
Bridgeport, Hartford, New Haven, Stamford and Waterbury — but coverage is statewide, including rural substation and mine sites.
Equipment
What we buy in Connecticut
Bus 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 runsElectrical 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 MVAPanelboards & 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 MCMCircuit 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 scopeOther desks
Buyer desks
Common questions
Connecticut questions
Do you actually buy electrical equipment in Connecticut, or just broker it?
We buy it. Northeast Electrical Buyers is the purchaser of record — we fund the purchase, send our own crews to Connecticut 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 Connecticut?
A single transformer, one switchgear section, a pallet of breakers or a few boxes of breakers is worth a call. Because we route crews across Connecticut continuously, small Connecticut pickups usually get added to an existing run rather than priced as a dedicated trip.
How fast can you get to a Connecticut site?
Written offers go out the same business day in nearly every case. After acceptance, typical mobilization to Connecticut 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 Connecticut room is still partly live we phase the work.
How do you handle transformer oil in Connecticut?
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 Connecticut and nothing gets dumped — the handling cost is already in the offer.
Equipment sitting in Connecticut?
Send photos or a list. We reply the same business day.