Price check please

[Gary-k]

I have just dug two air bottles out of the back of my gun cupboard - they are:

3 Lt - 232 bar - with carrying straps/handle
Takes an A clamp - no hose/gauge.
Manufactured 11/97 currently out of test.

12 Lt - 232 bar - with rubber boot & mesh cover sleeve
Takes an A clamp - no hose/gauge.
Manufactured 11/97 currently out of test.

Both are in pretty good nick and I think they should sail through
the test.

What are they worth.?

Cheers Gary

[Dirty-Harry]

Out of test = not a lot!

[jonballs]

between £10 and £20 on a good day. so i`ed stick them back in the cuboard and after a few years thay may become collectors items,

stick them on and see what offers you get or if you can get down to suffolk i can see if i can sell them for you at one of the shows i go to as people do ask for them

hope this is of help

jonballs

[Gary-k]

Originally posted by Dirty-Harry
Out of test = not a lot!

Right then .... thats me all sorted.
Wonderful bit of information

What do you suggest then Dirty Dicky
that I put them up on the For Sale section
with no price but a helpfull guideline of
"not a lot"

Why do I bother....

[Gary-k]

Originally posted by jonballs
between £10 and £20 on a good day. so i`ed stick them back in the cuboard and after a few years thay may become collectors items,

jonballs

Laugh..... I didnt know when to start.

[jonballs]

they are worth whot you get for them, get them tested min of £60 each then

jonballs


ps didn`t mean to p##s you off, only hear to help

[Dirty-Harry]

I agree with Jonballs - if you want 'good' money for them, get 'em tested

[krazy_horse]

Originally posted by Gary-k
I have just dug two air bottles out of the back of my gun cupboard

Jesus, how big is your gun cupboard!?

As said before mate get them tested, then you should get top whack for them if they are in good condition

JB

[Shed tuner]

Yeah, get them tested Gary, worth sod all without it...

BTW Once tested, I might be interested in the small one

The big one must be worth £70-£80 ?

ATB -JB

[Gary-k]

Originally posted by jpdbromley
Jesus, how big is your gun cupboard!?

As said before mate get them tested, then you should get top whack for them if they are in good condition

JB

How big - Put it this way it has expanded to include my cupboards in my workshop, Kitchen and 3 other rooms in the house. Bottles sat in my workshop out of test for months until my wife complained that she kept tripping over them.

Cheers Gary

[Gary-k]

Hi Jon

After the response I got on here - I stuck them both on .....
I know, I know shame on me.

They are selling at just over £ 80 for the pair........
Funny thing is had someone on here offered me £ 30
they could have had them both.

Nuff said,


Cheers Gary

[michaeladkins]

How much is a retest on a bottle ??

[nurek]

As these are the A-clamp type valves (not the MDE airgun type with gauge) they are considered as 'proper diving bottles') they will require a test every 2.5 years and will be due for a full visual and pressure test, these can cost from £25, visual test is cheaper. After getting a full test the next one (after 2.5yrs) is a visual only (inspecting for corrosion and cracks) after 5yrs a pressure (bottle is pressurised to test pressure) and a visual.

As far as value goes, untested and good visual condition ~30% of new cost, tested ~60% of new cost, compared to

THESE PRICES but these are less desireable then the 300 bar bottles, and as your bottles are A-clamp, they are worth less then the MDE valve bottles as shown on the BAR website.

[nurek]

Bottle test cost, taken from

http://www.divemasterscuba.com/info/fees.html

Service and Repairs - Usually 7 - 14 days

Visual Cylinder Test 15.00
Hydrostatic Cylinder Test 25.00

I paid £25 in Cambidge Dive Centre, but prices vary, was quoted around £45 by one place ion London as far as I can remember...

[michaeladkins]

Thank You!