Types, voltage classes, and matching the unit
The two big families are dry-type and liquid-filled. Dry-type transformers use air and cast or ventilated insulation, which makes them the safer indoor choice with no oil to contain — common up through the low-medium-voltage range. Oil-filled (liquid-filled) transformers cool with fluid, handle higher loads and voltage classes efficiently, and dominate pad-mount and substation duty outdoors. Beyond the family, the numbers that matter are kVA, primary and secondary voltage, and voltage class.
Matching a used transformer means lining up all of those to your service: the kVA to your load, the primary voltage to your incoming service, and the secondary to what you're feeding. Send us the nameplate you're replacing or your one-line, and we'll match you to a unit that actually fits rather than sell you the closest thing in the yard.


