California · 702 locations

California Transformer Buyers

Name: MJ Electrical Transformers Buyers
Address: US
Telephone: 954-740-1983
Price range: $$

We buy used, surplus and decommissioned transformers everywhere in California — from single pad-mount units behind a strip center to full substation lineups at a closed plant. Payment is upfront and we cover the freight, the rigging and the teardown.

Our trucks stage out of the Inland Empire for this market, which means pickups across California are routine runs rather than special trips. That keeps our cost down, and it is why we can pay more than a local scrap yard for the same unit.

Get My Quote Call 954-740-1983

Used WEG pad-mount transformer with FR3 fluid and visible nameplate, staged on skids in the yard before pickup — bought in California — WEG pad-mount unit · bought, paid, hauled

01Paid Upfront

You are paid before the transformer leaves your property. No consignment, no waiting on a resale.

02No Testing Needed

We do not ask you to test, repair or clean anything. We evaluate the unit ourselves.

03Freight On Us

We cover the freight and the rigging. Lowboys, cribbing, permits and escorts are our cost.

04We Do Teardown

Disconnection, dismantling and removal are handled by our crews at our expense.

Transformer types we buy in California

Pad-Mount Transformers

Three-phase padmounts pulled off concrete pads at retail, industrial and campus sites.

Oil-Filled Transformers

Liquid-filled units including mineral oil, FR3 and silicone fluid, with or without radiators.

Dry-Type Transformers

Ventilated and sealed dry-type units from mechanical rooms, vaults and indoor substations.

Substation Transformers

Station-class units from plant substations, utility yards and industrial services.

Power Transformers

Large power transformers from utilities, generation sites and heavy industry.

Distribution Transformers

Pole-mount, pad-mount and single-phase distribution units, including bulk lots.

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Every California location

702 cities and towns

Acton, CA Adelanto, CA Agoura Hills, CA Alameda, CA Alamo, CA Albany, CA Alhambra, CA Aliso Viejo, CA Alondra Park, CA Alpine, CA Alta Sierra, CA Altadena, CA Alum Rock, CA American Canyon, CA Anaheim, CA Anderson, CA Antelope, CA Antioch, CA Apple Valley, CA Aptos, CA Arcadia, CA Arcata, CA Arden-Arcade, CA Arroyo Grande, CA Artesia, CA Arvin, CA Ashland, CA Atascadero, CA Atherton, CA Atwater, CA Auburn, CA August, CA Avenal, CA Avocado Heights, CA Azusa, CA Bakersfield, CA Baldwin Park, CA Banning, CA Barstow, CA Bay Point, CA Bear Valley Springs, CA Beaumont, CA Bell, CA Bell Gardens, CA Bella Vista, CA Bellflower, CA Belmont, CA Ben Lomond, CA Benicia, CA Benton Park, CA Berkeley, CA Bermuda Dunes, CA Beverly Hills, CA Big Bear City, CA Big Bear Lake, CA Blackhawk, CA Bloomington, CA Blythe, CA Bonadelle Ranchos, CA Bonita, CA Bonsall, CA Bostonia, CA Boulder Creek, CA Boyes Hot Springs, CA Brawley, CA Brea, CA Brentwood, CA Bret Harte, CA Brisbane, CA Broadmoor, CA Brooktrails, CA Buellton, CA Buena Park, CA Burbank, CA Burlingame, CA Bystrom, CA Calabasas, CA Calexico, CA California City, CA California Polytechnic State University, CA California-Davis, CA California-Santa Barbara, CA Calimesa, CA Calipatria, CA Calistoga, CA Camarillo, CA Cambria, CA Cameron Park, CA Camino Tassajara, CA Camp Pendleton South, CA Campbell, CA Canyon Lake, CA Capitola, CA Carlsbad, CA Carmel Valley Village, CA Carmichael, CA Carpinteria, CA Carson, CA Casa de Oro-Mount Helix, CA Castaic, CA Castro Valley, CA Castroville, CA Cathedral City, CA Ceres, CA Cerritos, CA Charter Oak, CA Cherry Valley, CA Cherryland, CA Chico, CA Chino, CA Chino Hills, CA Chowchilla, CA Chula Vista, CA Citrus, CA Citrus Heights, CA Claremont, CA Clayton, CA Clearlake, CA Clearlake Riviera, CA Cloverdale, CA Clovis, CA Coachella, CA Coalinga, CA Colton, CA Colusa, CA Commerce, CA Compton, CA Concord, CA Contra Costa Centre, CA Copperopolis, CA Corcoran, CA Corning, CA Corona, CA Coronado, CA Corte Madera, CA Costa Mesa, CA Cotati, CA Coto de Caza, CA Cottonwood, CA Country Club, CA Covina, CA Crescent City, CA Crestline, CA Cudahy, CA Culver City, CA Cupertino, CA Cutler, CA Cypress, CA Daly City, CA Dana Point, CA Danville, CA Davis, CA Del Aire, CA Delano, CA Delhi, CA Denair, CA Desert Hot Springs, CA Desert Palms, CA Diamond Bar, CA Diamond Springs, CA Dinuba, CA Discovery Bay, CA Dixon, CA Dos Palos, CA Downey, CA Duarte, CA Dublin, CA Durham, CA Earlimart, CA East Bakersfield, CA East Foothills, CA East Hemet, CA East Los Angeles, CA East Niles, CA East Palo Alto, CA East Pasadena, CA East Porterville, CA East Rancho Dominguez, CA East San Gabriel, CA East Whittier, CA Eastern Goleta Valley, CA Eastvale, CA El Cajon, CA El Centro, CA El Cerrito, CA El Dorado Hills, CA El Granada, CA El Monte, CA El Paso de Robles, CA El Rio, CA El Segundo, CA El Sobrante, CA Elk Grove, CA Elverta, CA Emerald Lake Hills, CA Emeryville, CA Encinitas, CA Escalon, CA Escondido, CA Eucalyptus Hills, CA Eureka, CA Exeter, CA Fair Oaks, CA Fairfax, CA Fairfield, CA Fairview, CA Fallbrook, CA Farmersville, CA Felton, CA Fillmore, CA Firebaugh, CA Florence-Graham, CA Florin, CA Folsom, CA Fontana, CA Foothill Farms, CA Ford City, CA Fort Bragg, CA Fort Irwin, CA Fortuna, CA Foster City, CA Fountain Valley, CA Fowler, CA Franklin, CA Fremont, CA French Valley, CA Fresno, CA Fruitridge Pocket, CA Fullerton, CA Galt, CA Garden Acres, CA Garden Grove, CA Gardena, CA Garnet, CA Gilroy, CA Glendale, CA Glendora, CA Gold River, CA Golden Hills, CA Goleta, CA Gonzales, CA Good Hope, CA Goshen, CA Grand Terrace, CA Granite Bay, CA Grass Valley, CA Greenacres, CA Greenfield, CA Gridley, CA Grover Beach, CA Guadalupe, CA Guerneville, CA Gustine, CA Hacienda Heights, CA Half Moon Bay, CA Hanford, CA Happy Valley, CA Harbison Canyon, CA Hawaiian Gardens, CA Hawthorne, CA Hayward, CA Healdsburg, CA Heber, CA Hemet, CA Hercules, CA Hermosa Beach, CA Hesperia, CA Hidden Valley Lake, CA Highgrove, CA Highland, CA Hillcrest, CA Hillsborough, CA Hilmar-Irwin, CA Hollister, CA Holtville, CA Home Gardens, CA Homeland, CA Hughson, CA Huntington Beach, CA Huntington Park, CA Huron, CA Imperial, CA Imperial Beach, CA Indian Wells, CA Indio, CA Inglewood, CA Interlaken, CA Ione, CA Irvine, CA Isla Vista, CA Ivanhoe, CA Jackson, CA Jamul, CA Joshua Tree, CA Jurupa Valley, CA Kelseyville, CA Kensington, CA Kentfield, CA Kerman, CA Keyes, CA King City, CA Kingsburg, CA La Canada Flintridge, CA La Crescenta-Montrose, CA La Cresta, CA La Habra, CA La Habra Heights, CA La Mesa, CA La Mirada, CA La Palma, CA La Presa, CA La Puente, CA La Quinta, CA La Riviera, CA La Verne, CA Ladera Heights, CA Ladera Ranch, CA Lafayette, CA Laguna Beach, CA Laguna Hills, CA Laguna Niguel, CA Laguna Woods, CA Lake Arrowhead, CA Lake Elsinore, CA Lake Forest, CA Lake Isabella, CA Lake Los Angeles, CA Lake Mathews, CA Lake San Marcos, CA Lake Wildwood, CA Lake of the Pines, CA Lakeland Village, CA Lakeport, CA Lakeside, CA Lakewood, CA Lamont, CA Lancaster, CA Larkfield-Wikiup, CA Larkspur, CA Las Flores, CA Lathrop, CA Lawndale, CA Lemon Grove, CA Lemon Hill, CA Lemoore, CA Lemoore Station, CA Lennox, CA Lincoln, CA Lincoln Village, CA Linda, CA Lindsay, CA Live Oak, CA Livermore, CA Livingston, CA Lodi, CA Loma Linda, CA Lomita, CA Lompoc, CA Long Beach, CA Loomis, CA Los Alamitos, CA Los Altos, CA Los Altos Hills, CA Los Angeles, CA Los Banos, CA Los Gatos, CA Los Osos, CA Lucas Valley-Marinwood, CA Lucerne Valley, CA Lynwood, CA Madera, CA Madera Acres, CA Magalia, CA Malibu, CA Mammoth Lakes, CA Manhattan Beach, CA Manteca, CA Marina, CA Marina del Rey, CA Martinez, CA Marysville, CA Mather, CA Mayfair, CA Mayflower Village, CA Maywood, CA McFarland, CA McKinleyville, CA McSwain, CA Mead Valley, CA Mecca, CA Mendota, CA Menifee, CA Menlo Park, CA Mentone, CA Merced, CA Midway City, CA Mill Valley, CA Millbrae, CA Milpitas, CA Mira Monte, CA Mission Viejo, CA Modesto, CA Mojave, CA Monrovia, CA Montclair, CA Montebello, CA Montecito, CA Monterey, CA Monterey Park, CA Moorpark, CA Moraga, CA Moreno Valley, CA Morgan Hill, CA Morongo Valley, CA Morro Bay, CA Mountain House, CA Mountain View, CA Murrieta, CA Muscoy, CA Myrtletown, CA Napa, CA National City, CA Needles, CA Newark, CA Newman, CA Newport Beach, CA Nipomo, CA Norco, CA North Auburn, CA North El Monte, CA North Fair Oaks, CA North Highlands, CA North Tustin, CA Norwalk, CA Novato, CA Nuevo, CA Oak Hills, CA Oak Park, CA Oak View, CA Oakdale, CA Oakhurst, CA Oakland, CA Oakley, CA Oasis, CA Oceano, CA Oceanside, CA Oildale, CA Ojai, CA Old Fig Garden, CA Olivehurst, CA Ontario, CA Orange, CA Orange Cove, CA Orangevale, CA Orcutt, CA Orinda, CA Orland, CA Orosi, CA Oroville, CA Oroville East, CA Oxnard, CA Pacheco, CA Pacific Grove, CA Pacifica, CA Palermo, CA Palm Desert, CA Palm Springs, CA Palmdale, CA Palo Alto, CA Palos Verdes Estates, CA Paradise, CA Paramount, CA Parkway, CA Parlier, CA Pasadena, CA Patterson, CA Perris, CA Petaluma, CA Phelan, CA Phoenix Lake, CA Pico Rivera, CA Piedmont, CA Pinole, CA Pinon Hills, CA Pismo Beach, CA Pittsburg, CA Placentia, CA Placerville, CA Pleasant Hill, CA Pleasanton, CA Pleasure Point, CA Plumas Lake, CA Pollock Pines, CA Pomona, CA Port Hueneme, CA Porterville, CA Portola Valley, CA Potomac Park, CA Poway, CA Prunedale, CA Quartz Hill, CA Ramona, CA Rancho Calaveras, CA Rancho Cordova, CA Rancho Cucamonga, CA Rancho Mirage, CA Rancho Mission Viejo, CA Rancho Murieta, CA Rancho Palos Verdes, CA Rancho San Diego, CA Rancho Santa Margarita, CA Red Bluff, CA Redding, CA Redlands, CA Redondo Beach, CA Redwood City, CA Reedley, CA Rialto, CA Richmond, CA Ridgecrest, CA Rio Linda, CA Rio Vista, CA Rio del Mar, CA Ripon, CA Riverbank, CA Riverside, CA Rocklin, CA Rodeo, CA Rohnert Park, CA Rolling Hills Estates, CA Rosamond, CA Rosedale, CA Rosemead, CA Rosemont, CA Roseville, CA Rossmoor, CA Rowland Heights, CA Running Springs, CA Sacramento, CA Salida, CA Salinas, CA Salton City, CA San Anselmo, CA San Bernardino, CA San Bruno, CA San Buenaventura, CA San Carlos, CA San Clemente, CA San Diego, CA San Diego Country Estates, CA San Dimas, CA San Fernando, CA San Francisco, CA San Gabriel, CA San Jacinto, CA San Jose, CA San Juan Capistrano, CA San Leandro, CA San Lorenzo, CA San Luis Obispo, CA San Marcos, CA San Marino, CA San Martin, CA San Mateo, CA San Pablo, CA San Rafael, CA San Ramon, CA Sanger, CA Santa Ana, CA Santa Barbara, CA Santa Clara, CA Santa Clarita, CA Santa Cruz, CA Santa Fe Springs, CA Santa Maria, CA Santa Monica, CA Santa Paula, CA Santa Rosa, CA Santa Ynez, CA Santee, CA Saranap, CA Saratoga, CA Sausalito, CA Scotts Valley, CA Seal Beach, CA Seaside, CA Sebastopol, CA Selma, CA Shafter, CA Shasta Lake, CA Sierra Madre, CA Signal Hill, CA Silver Lakes, CA Simi Valley, CA Solana Beach, CA Soledad, CA Solvang, CA Sonoma, CA Sonora, CA Soquel, CA South El Monte, CA South Gate, CA South Lake Tahoe, CA South Monrovia Island, CA South Pasadena, CA South San Francisco, CA South San Gabriel, CA South San Jose Hills, CA South Whittier, CA Spring Valley, CA Spring Valley Lake, CA St. Helena, CA Stanford, CA Stanton, CA Stevenson Ranch, CA Stockton, CA Strawberry, CA Suisun City, CA Sun Village, CA Sunnyside, CA Sunnyvale, CA Susanville, CA Taft, CA Tamalpais-Homestead Valley, CA Tara Hills, CA Tehachapi, CA Temecula, CA Temescal Valley, CA Temple City, CA Templeton, CA Thermalito, CA Thousand Oaks, CA Thousand Palms, CA Tiburon, CA Topanga, CA Torrance, CA Tracy, CA Truckee, CA Tulare, CA Turlock, CA Tustin, CA Twentynine Palms, CA Twin Lakes, CA Ukiah, CA Union City, CA Upland, CA Vacaville, CA Valinda, CA Valle Vista, CA Vallejo, CA Valley Center, CA Vandenberg Village, CA Victorville, CA View Park-Windsor Hills, CA Villa Park, CA Vincent, CA Vineyard, CA Visalia, CA Vista, CA Walnut, CA Walnut Creek, CA Walnut Park, CA Wasco, CA Waterford, CA Watsonville, CA Weaverville, CA West Athens, CA West Carson, CA West Covina, CA West Hollywood, CA West Modesto, CA West Puente Valley, CA West Rancho Dominguez, CA West Sacramento, CA West Whittier-Los Nietos, CA Westlake Village, CA Westminster, CA Westmont, CA Whittier, CA Wildomar, CA Williams, CA Willits, CA Willowbrook, CA Willows, CA Wilton, CA Winchester, CA Windsor, CA Winter Gardens, CA Winters, CA Winton, CA Woodbridge, CA Woodcrest, CA Woodlake, CA Woodland, CA Woodside, CA Wrightwood, CA Yorba Linda, CA Yosemite Lakes, CA Yreka, CA Yuba City, CA Yucaipa, CA Yucca Valley, CA

Why California sellers call us

Most transformers get retired for one of a handful of reasons: a service upgrade, a change of building ownership, a plant closure, a demolition, or an insurance inspection that flagged an oil-filled unit sitting indoors. In every one of those cases the owner ends up with a large, heavy, awkward asset and no obvious way to convert it.

Scrapping is the default, and it is usually the wrong call. A scrap price reflects metal weight minus the yard's hauling cost. Our price reflects what the transformer is worth to somebody who needs that rating and voltage, which for a serviceable unit is frequently several times the scrap number. We also buy genuine scrap-grade units, so there is no downside to asking first.

Two used green transformers chained and strapped down on a flatbed trailer, loaded out and ready to haul — bought in California — Load-out day · two units, one trailer

Selling transformers in California

Straight answers

How much of California do you cover?

All of it. We list 702 California cities and towns, and we buy outside those too — the list is for navigation, not a limit on our service area.

Do you charge for pickup or freight?

No. Freight, rigging, cribbing, permits and escorts are our cost, and they are already accounted for in the offer we give you.

What size transformers do you buy in California?

Everything from 15 kVA dry-types up through multi-MVA station and power transformers. Small units are best sold as a lot; large units are worth a call on their own.

Will you buy transformers that have sat outside for years?

Yes. Surface rust, a pried-open cabinet, missing bushings or a weathered nameplate do not disqualify a unit.

Transformers to move in California?

One unit or a whole substation. Call or text.

Call or text 954-740-1983

Request a Quote

Anywhere in California. No obligation.