Any way to move industrial controls and get close to what they are worth?

Does anyone have contacts for industrial HVAC controls? I have sent off about 10 emails so I'm waiting for those to see if they pan out, but thought someone here might have a contact they would be willing to share. I was given most of a system that had been removed from a local factory and I can find the parts listed for $150-1500 each depending on the part. I did get one reply earlier today, offering $750 for the lot, but I would like to get as much as possible out of them. I'm figuring on the retail/used market they are selling for a total of about $7200 or more.

Pretty much everything is Barber-Colman/Siebe branded, working when it was pulled out of the factory.

You have to have them tested, calibrated and certified at an official cal-lab .
The other issue is - what exactly do you have ?! I have mostly dealt with industrial controls and instrumentation, and re-sellability is all based on what you have, the name brand, the condition, and the calibration certs !

( Example ) If you have a certified Rosemont differential pressure transmitter with Hart, I would have no issues paying $600 per unit .... on the other hand if you had an uncertifyed 'no name', I would not pay more than scrap.

The fact that you DID get a response and offer for $750 is encouraging. Time to haggle. Put your negotiating skills to the test. I realize you don't want to short yourself, but money in hand is much more powerful for helping to make more, IMO.

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Originally Posted by HipoGear

The fact that you DID get a response and offer for $750 is encouraging. Time to haggle. Put your negotiating skills to the test. I realize you don't want to short yourself, but money in hand is much more powerful for helping to make more, IMO.

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Of course it depends on the situation that I can not be aware of but taking the money and moving on to the next project can make sense. Please let us know how it works out.

73, Mike

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Originally Posted by RLS0812

You have to have them tested, calibrated and certified at an official cal-lab .
The other issue is - what exactly do you have ?! I have mostly dealt with industrial controls and instrumentation, and re-sellability is all based on what you have, the name brand, the condition, and the calibration certs !

( Example ) If you have a certified Rosemont differential pressure transmitter with Hart, I would have no issues paying $600 per unit .... on the other hand if you had an uncertifyed 'no name', I would not pay more than scrap.

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It looks like the main control systems are for 'Smoke control system' but can also be used for other system controls. The Network 8000 boxes are remote satellite stations that I think allow you to hook up multiple controls which then get patched back to the main system. Here is a list of the equipment:

GCM-86110 INVENSYS / BARBER COLMAN (Siebe) qty 3
GCM-ECH-001 INVENSYS / BARBER COLMAN (Siebe) qty 3
MN-FLO3T INVENSYS / BARBER COLMAN (Siebe) Approx qty 20
Barber-Colman Network 8000 Global Control Satellite (Siebe) Approx qty 16

Ebay does have some sales of these items, but everyone lists them as bench tested and warrantied - since I don't know how I would even test them that is why I'm trying to sell as a lot.

Thanks everyone for the ideas, I will let you know what I find out.

The offer is pretty good considering they are untested pulls. If you are capable of bench testing it goes a long ways otherwise like what has already been said, best to put cash in hand, move on to the next project.