Re: Compressor Value

"David Walker" <wbsdavenews@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:bvlbgh$11m$1@wisteria.csv.warwick.ac.uk...
> Just a bit of an open query:
> We've got a compressor at our club thats a bit old and slow, and we've
also
> got a bit of spare budget lying around (can you guess where this is going?
> :O) )
> The current compressor is a Bauer (KA14-5.5), made 1980, 210l/min, 7.4cfm,
> 225bar max, 900rpm. Its had an extra filter stack added too - does anyone
> have any idea about what something like that may sell for if we tried?
> Obviously just roughly, are we talking £100, £200, £500...?
> Second, what sort of price would a new (well, secondhand but better)
> compressor likely be available for? We just want something with a bit
more
> capacity, bit more speed for filling tanks now we're getting more and
more.
> If it could do clean air too for Nitrox tanks than that'd be ideal (if not
> we'd want to add it).
>
> Any ideas on vague costing for that? Is there a big secondhand compressor
> shop somewhere I can look at?
> This is just very early preliminary investigations into whether its even
> feasible, its been discussed several times in the past at exec level, but
> never had any numbers to work from.
>
> Thanks
>
> David

check the back of dive / diver there used to be a firm that advertised in
one of them as to buying / selling second hand compressors (and new spares
etc)

but not sure who