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Irmo, SC Industrial Electrical Equipment Purchase and Removal
We work with Irmo 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.
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.
- Location
- Irmo, SC
- State
- South Carolina
- Utilities
- Dominion Energy South Carolina,
- Offer
- Same business day
- Payment
- Before load-out
- Phone
- 954-740-1983
This city
Buying electrical equipment in Irmo
The I-85 corridor between Greenville and the North Carolina line is one of the densest stretches of modern manufacturing we work in — automotive assembly, tire plants and aerospace suppliers, all running medium-voltage switchgear and unit substations recent enough to have a real resale market rather than just scrap weight. Charleston adds port and shipyard equipment, and the Santee Cooper and Dominion Energy South Carolina systems, together with the nuclear sites along the Savannah River, put well-documented utility-grade gear on the market with test records attached. For Irmo specifically, that density helps: crews already move through Charleston, Columbia, Greenville and Spartanburg, so mobilization is a scheduling question rather than a cost problem.
If the Irmo equipment is still carrying load, we phase it. Usually that means dead sections and spares first, then distribution as circuits are released, then the main line-up once the last feeder is isolated. The phasing goes into the offer so nobody is improvising in an energized room at two in the morning.
Equipment
What we buy in Irmo
Fourteen categories. We buy every one of them at Irmo 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 MVAPanelboards & Switchboards
Panelboards, switchboards, distribution
100 A – 4,000 AWire & Cable
Copper and aluminum, new and reclaimed
#12 AWG – 1,000 MCMCircuit 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 scopeValuation
What drives the number
Sometimes the equipment value exceeds our removal cost and you receive a check. On older, stripped or badly access-restricted Irmo scopes, the removal cost exceeds the value and the project nets near zero or a modest fee. You hear which one you are looking at up front rather than halfway through the teardown.
| 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 Irmo site |
| Freight | I-85, I-26, I-95 and I-20 |
Safety
Safety and documentation
If your Irmo facility runs permits — hot work, confined space, elevated work, site orientation, background checks — tell us at the quote stage and we build the time into the schedule rather than asking for an extension later. Our people are used to refinery, hospital and utility permitting cultures.
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.
Nearby
Nearby cities and buyer desks
Nearby South Carolina coverage — crews serving Irmo also run to:
Common questions
Irmo questions
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 Irmo purchases. Public agencies and audited facilities get the paperwork their process requires without having to ask twice.
Do you actually buy electrical equipment in Irmo, or just broker it?
We buy it. Southeast Electrical Buyers is the purchaser of record — we fund the purchase, send our own crews to Irmo 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 Irmo?
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 South Carolina continuously, small Irmo pickups usually get added to an existing run rather than priced as a dedicated trip.
How fast can you get to a Irmo site?
Written offers go out the same business day in nearly every case. After acceptance, typical mobilization to Irmo 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 Irmo room is still partly live we phase the work.
How do you handle transformer oil in Irmo?
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 Irmo and nothing gets dumped — the handling cost is already in the offer.
Electrical equipment in Irmo?
Photos of the nameplates are enough to start. Written offer the same business day.