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    Scrapping an ultrasound machine and other older medical equipment

    Im trying to sell an ultrasound machine and some other older medical equipment but, if I cant sell it by the end of this week I will go ahead and scrap it down.

    Does anyone know the scrap value of this gold adapter that comes off of the medical equipment?

    thanks in advance for any comments.







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    That's a coaxial connector, I'm not sure if that's gold or just a gold anodizing.
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    Here are some more pics. of it on the machine. It seems to be different than coaxel. One side has a little pin in the middle that plugs into the machine and on the other side you can plug another cable into it. I guess when I see that gold color I get my hopes up but maybe not worth that much, who knows.






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    It's a coaxial to RCA adapter, could be older and be gold. I have some old coax connectors for CB radio coax that is gold plated and some silver, but the silver doesn't look to be plated.

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    Thanks for clearing that up. Any idea how much something like that is worth? (assuming it is gold plated)

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    That connector is called a BNC connector. It does fit on to coaxial cable (not that particular one, but if it comes on a cable then it would be a coaxial cable). That particular connector would be an RCA to BNC.

    I believe that they are gold plated. If I had a pound or so, then I would try and get a price from one of our buyers. Just a few? I would toss them in with my gold plated connectors and be done with it.
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    Ya I only have four connectors plus other connectors that arent removable. Ill go ahead and break them down then I will know exactly how many gold components I have. If I have more than 1lb I will look for a quote and if I have less I'll figure something else out.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mrsamsonite View Post
    Ya I only have four connectors plus other connectors that arent removable. Ill go ahead and break them down then I will know exactly how many gold components I have. If I have more than 1lb I will look for a quote and if I have less I'll figure something else out.
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    If you do break it down please share photo's of it. I have been wanting to get some medical equipment and test equipment to break down. I still like the thrill of seeing what's inside of things I haven't broken down before. Mike.
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    Ya, I totally want to break them down but, the sell value is always more than the scrap value. And if it could potentially be used to help people by selling it at an affordable price, Im all for that. Although, the reality is that it is an older machine and there isnt much demand for this type of equipment anymore so, it is looking more and more that I will break it down. I will show pics.

    Does anyone know anything about the safety of breaking these things down (radiation, chemicals, etc)? I think ultra-sound equipment should be ok but, you never know.

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    see if you can find a user, operator, or service repair manual for it. That may very well cover any dangers in it

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    Im going to go ahead and break them down. Here are a couple of pic and I will have much more soon.

    Any idea what the boards and cards are classified as?










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    Ill have lots more to show tomorrow.

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    Medical Printer #2: this device had one main board, 7 big gold finger cards, and a couple other boards

    Does anyone know what the mother board and the cards are worth?

    ps: just to warn readers, this will be a long thread with lot of pics.








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    Thanks for the photo's. What is the first machine? I look forward the rest of the photo's Mike.

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    Quote Originally Posted by miked View Post
    Thanks for the photo's. What is the first machine? I look forward the rest of the photo's Mike.

    I believe it is the same as the second but, a different model. Some kind of medical printer, perhaps for heart rate. Im not really sure.

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    Ok here is the next unit that I broke down. All of the pics in this post are from the ultra-sound machine.

    I do have a couple of questions on the broads:
    1.one of the boards has two cpu's but the pins are not gold, although where you insert the cpu the pin hole are gold. What is this board worth. Mother board or telecom price? (see pics)
    2.There is another board that has some long gold pins that lead up to a socket. What is this worth? (see pics)
    3. I think most of them are telecom boards and some of them mid-grade boards. What do you think?

    Ok Ill have some more pics soon.




















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    I have no idea of the scrap value of this adapter. I would suggest you to sell the entire ultrasound equipment on eBay. This can give you the great value of equipment than selling it as scrap.

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    Quote Originally Posted by miked View Post
    If you do break it down please share photo's of it. I have been wanting to get some medical equipment and test equipment to break down. I still like the thrill of seeing what's inside of things I haven't broken down before. Mike.
    <----this guy still likes the thrill of seeing whats inside things he has broke down before

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    I used to do a lot of medical stuff, for x ray none of the scrap yards here will take it or e waste shops, all the stuff I sold in the past never set off the radiation detector, However one yard here shipped a load of Aluminum to the states it set the radiation detector at the border. Load had to be brought back, then unloaded, they found a 6 inch piece, that was it. Was very costly for them


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