Subject
Process
Every field note filed under process.
Ten questions that separate real buyers from brokers
Insurance, licensing, references, payment timing, removal capability and recycling documentation — a practical checklist for vetting an equipment buyer.
2026-08-12
The single-line diagram is worth a hundred photographs
What a one-line tells an equipment buyer, why it accelerates offers, and what to do when your facility does not have a current one.
2026-07-01How test reports change what used equipment is worth
Insulation resistance, contact resistance, DGA, breaker timing and thermographic surveys — which reports matter to buyers and when testing before sale pays for itself.
2026-06-24A range on the phone is not an offer
Why itemized written offers protect sellers, what a real offer document contains, and how verbal ranges get renegotiated on the loading dock.
2026-05-20The questions that separate a real buyer from a broker with a phone
Certificates of insurance, additional insured status, crew employment, safety programs and site access. What to verify before anyone works in your building.
2026-05-13What happens on site, hour by hour
From lockout coordination to the last sweep: the real sequence of an industrial electrical equipment removal, and where schedules usually slip.
2026-02-25The photographs that turn an inquiry into a number
Buyers price equipment from the nameplate and the surrounding site conditions. Here are the exact photographs to take, what has to be legible, and the shots sellers almost always forget.
2026-01-21Why this matters
Why we publish on process
Everything filed under process comes out of work we actually performed: a line-up we bought, a transformer we drained, a shutdown we scheduled around, a number we had to defend to a purchasing department. We write these notes because the questions arrive in the same order on almost every project, and a page answers them better than a phone call repeated fifty times.
None of it is written to rank for a phrase. The test we apply before publishing is whether a plant electrician, a facility director or an estimator would read it and recognise the situation. If a paragraph would not survive being read aloud in an electrical room, it does not go in.
If a note here raises a question about your own equipment, the quickest resolution is a nameplate photograph and a phone call. We will tell you which of these articles applies to your scope, and what your specific line-up is worth, before you commit to anything.
| Note | Filed |
|---|---|
| Ten questions that separate real buyers from brokers | 2026-08-12 |
| The single-line diagram is worth a hundred photographs | 2026-07-01 |
| How test reports change what used equipment is worth | 2026-06-24 |
| A range on the phone is not an offer | 2026-05-20 |
| The questions that separate a real buyer from a broker with a phone | 2026-05-13 |
| What happens on site, hour by hour | 2026-02-25 |
| The photographs that turn an inquiry into a number | 2026-01-21 |
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